Gender and Urban Agriculture: The case of Accra, Ghana1.

This paper describes the roles and values of male and female with respect to production, and marketing of vegetable crops within Accra, Ghana. An attempt has been made to (1) explore and compare labor divisions and responsibility among members in farming and non-farming households (2) analyse gendered access to and control of production resources (3) investigate gender differentiation of constraints and opportunities in urban agriculture in Accra