 | The Use and Fate of Pesticides in Vegetable-Based Agro-Ecosystems in Ghana Subjects: Environment & Agriculture; Bioscience; Environment and Sustainability; Environmental Studies; Agriculture & Environmental Sciences; Toxicology; Agriculture; Environmental & Ecological Toxicology; The Use and Fate of Pesticides in Vegetable-based Agro-ecosystems in Ghana reviews current knowledge on pesticides use in vegetable farming in Ghana and establishes the fate of pesticides in situ in tropical vegetable-based agro-ecosystems as well as their environmental and public health impacts on selected population groups. A field survey showed William Joseph Ntow (1960) received his degree in Chemistry at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He taught secondary school chemistry for four years and proceeded to The University of Science and Technology (Kwame Nkrumah University), Kumasi, Ghana in 1990 to pursue a two-year Master's programme in Environmental Chemistry. He worked at the Institue of Acquatic Biology (now Water Research Institue, WRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and carried out research into various aspects of resources of inland, estuarine, lagoonal and the immediate coastal inshore water systems of Ghana covering water quality and pollution. He obtained a MSc at UNESCO-IHE in 1998 specialising in Water Quality Managament. |
