Environmentally Just Urbanisation through Urban Agriculture. Accra-Ghana 2012

LEGON ACCRA

Appendix 5. Research methods used in each site

Dzorwulu and Roman Ridge

CSIR

University of Ghana

•Semi-structured interviews: 25 farmers and 2 market women •Transect walks: 2 in each site •Participatory mapping: coordinates of encroached land and water sources. •Focus group: 8 farmers

•Structured and semi-structured interviews: 20 farmers •Transect walks: 2 •Participatory mapping: boundaries of the farmers' plots, coordinates of water sources and the encroached land.

•Semi-structured interviews: 5 people including researchers and farmers •Transect walks: 1 209

GAEC

•Semi-structured interviews: 1 meeting and 2 more interviews with farmers and employees. •Transect walks: 1

Christian Village

•Semi-structured interviews: 8 people including farmers •Transect walks: 1

Environmentally Just Urbanisation through Urban Agriculture. Accra-Ghana 2012

Published on Mar 14, 2013

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These reports have been produced as part of the MSc Environment and Sustainable Development programme at the Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London(UCL) in response to terms of reference for the ‘Environment and Sustainable Development in Practice’ module, 2011-12. The five student groups worked in distinct areas within the city of Accra and its broader metropolitan area to understand the contribution of Urban Agriculture towards environmentally justice urbanisation in the city. The study areas represent a series of different realities facing urban farmers and urban dwellers alike.Water Management Institute (IWMI), People’sDialogue on Human Settlements (PD) and theGhana Federation of the Urban Poor.

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