Wastewater Use for Vegetable Farming and Post-Harvest Health Risk Management in Ghana

This policy brief provides an overview of research conducted by SHARE-funded PhD student Prince Antwi-Agyei, and provides key recommendations to improve the WHO guidelines on the safe use of wastewater for urban agriculture. It also suggests how governments in low and middle income countries - in particular the Government of Ghana - could manage produce health risks arising from wastewater use and post-harvest practices at farms, markets, street vending sites and restaurants.

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BUILDING KNOWLEDGE. IMPROVING THE WASH SECTOR.

SHARE contributes to achieving universal access to effective, sustainable and equitable sanitation and hygiene by generating evidence to improve policy and practice worldwide.