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Organic vegetable production on the peri-urban interface: helping low income producers access high value markets in Lima, Peru by Prain, G, Gonzales, N, Arce, B, Tenorio, J

“…Strategies and methods have been developed in Lima, Peru to enable urban agricultural producers to take fuller advantage of the nearby location of a wide range…”
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Vegetable production systems as livelihood strategies in Lima-Peru: opportunities and risks for households and local governments by Arce, B, Prain, G, Valle, R, Gonzales, N

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Strengthening capacity for sustainable livelihoods and food security through urban agriculture among HIV and AIDS affected households in Nakuru, Kenya by Karanja, N, Yeudall, F, Mbugua, S, Njenga, M, Prain, G, Cole, D.C, Webb, A.L, Sellen, D, Gore, C, Levy, J.M

“…The promotion and support of urban agriculture (UA) has the potential to contribute to efforts to address pressing challenges of poverty, under nutrition and…”
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ORGANIC VEGETABLE PRODUCTION ON THE PERI-URBAN INTERFACE: HELPING LOW INCOME PRODUCERS ACCESS HIGH VALUE MARKETS IN LIMA, PERU by Prain, G., Gonzales, N., Arce, B., Tenorio, J.

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Horticulture in urban eco-systems: some socio-economic and environmental lessons from studies in three developing regions by Prain, Gordon, Arce, Blanca, Karanja, Nancy

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DYNAMICS OF SOIL NEMATODES AND EARTHWORMS IN URBAN VEGETABLE IRRIGATED WITH WASTEWATER IN THE NAIROBI RIVER BASIN, KENYA by Nancy Njarua Karanja, G.K. Mutua, F. Ayuke, M. Njenga, G. Prain, J. Kimenju

“…The effects of heavy metals lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd) and Cromium (Cr) on nematode communities and earthworm density and biomass were studied in the wastewater…”
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ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARDS IN WASTEWATER USED FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE IN NAIROBI, KENYA by Nancy Njarua Karanja, M. Njenga, G. Prain, E. Kang’ethe, G. Kironchi, C. Githuku, P. Kinyari, G.K. Mutua

“…Thirty percent of residents in Nairobi practise urban agriculture (UA) with a majority of the farmers using untreated sewage to irrigate crop and fodder. Due…”
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VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AS LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES IN LIMA-PERU: OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS FOR HOUSEHOLDS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS by Arce, B., Prain, G., Valle, R., Gonzales, N.

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Rootcrops in agricultural societies: what social research has revealed by Prain, G, Thiele, G, Ortiz, O, Campilan, D

“…This chapter focuses on the contribution of social research to the International Potato Center's (CIP) programme, including, but not limited to participatory…”
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