Environmental sanitation and urban agriculture in Ghana

Towards the Millennium Development Goals - Actions for Water and Environmental Sanitation: Proceedings of the 29th WEDC Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 9-12

  Cofie, O ^a   Drechsel, P ^a   Obuobie, E ^a   Danso, G ^a   Keraita, B ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

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