Urban compost: A socio-economic and agronomic evaluation in Kumasi, Ghana

Agriculture in Urban Planning: Generating Livelihoods and Food Security

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 35-48

  Eriksen Hamel, Nikita S ^a   Danso, George ^a  

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EID: 84876731272     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770439     Document Type: Chapter

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