Perceived Health Hazards of Low-Quality Irrigation Water in Vegetable Production in Morogoro, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMayilla, Winfrida
dc.contributor.authorMagayane, Flavianus
dc.contributor.authorKeraita, Benard
dc.contributor.authorNgowi, Helena A
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-03T10:33:21Z
dc.date.available2022-03-03T10:33:21Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-25
dc.description.abstractThis study assessed the perceptions of vegetable farmers, traders, consumers and key informants on the health hazards of using low-quality water in irrigation vegetable production in Morogoro, Tanzania. Methods used to collect data were a survey involving all farmers in Changarawe village and Fungafunga area using low-quality water for irrigation vegetable production (n=60), consumers of low-quality water irrigated vegetables (n=70) and vegetable traders selling low-quality water irrigated vegetables (n=60), focus group discussions (n=7) and key informant interviews (n=25). The study employed cross sectional research design. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate mean, frequencies and percentages while Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal-Wallis H-test assessed the association between social-demographic variables and respondents score on the health hazard perception scale of using low-quality water in vegetable production. Results showed skin itching, fungal diseases, bilharzias and worm infestation as among the perceived health hazards in using low-quality irrigation water. Health hazard perception differed among groups of farmers, consumers and vegetable traders (p<0.001). The mean ranks of the groups indicated that farmers perceive less health hazards in using low-quality water (mean rank = 147.98) compared to consumers (mean rank = 72.68) and vegetable traders (mean rank 69.64). More health hazards were perceived by Fungafunga farmers compared to farmers from the Changarawe village (p<0.001) while female farmers perceived less hazards in using low-quality water than male farmers (p < 0.05). Consumers with formal education perceived more health hazards than consumers with no formal education (p < 0.001) while vegetable traders from Fungafunga area perceived more health hazards in selling low-quality water irrigated vegetable than vegetable traders from the Changarawe village (p<0.001). These findings demonstrate the need to design health hazards minimization interventions for specific target group.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1927-0917
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3964
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCanadian Center of Science and Educationen_US
dc.subjectagricultureen_US
dc.subjecthealth hazard perceptionen_US
dc.subjectlow-quality wateren_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectvegetable productionen_US
dc.subjectwastewater irrigationen_US
dc.titlePerceived Health Hazards of Low-Quality Irrigation Water in Vegetable Production in Morogoro, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ep.v5n1p1en_US

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