Acceptability of wastewater resource and its impact on crop production in Tanzania: the case of Dodoma, Morogoro and Mvomero wastewater stabilization ponds
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2013
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The study was carried out to assess the views of urban farmers in relation to
acceptability of wastewater resource in agriculture and examine its impact for
crop production. A total of 200 respondents were involved in this study. The
study found that 90% of the 112 households using wastewater and 85% of the
88 households not using the resource indicated effluents from WSPs as main and
reliable source of water for irrigation. Wastewater utilization in agriculture was
accepted by 97.3% of farmers using wastewater and 64.8% of farmers not using
it and the difference was significant (p<0.01). The study found that on average
farmers utilizing wastewater produced 4.5 bags of rice per acre more than
farmers not utilizing wastewater and the difference was significant (p<0.05). In
conclusion, wastewater utilization in agriculture was accepted by both groups of
farmers engaging in agriculture in urban and peri-urban areas and that high crop
yield was realized by farmers utilizing wastewater in agriculture . Since some
respondents indicated that the resource may have health effects to farmers and
consumers of the produce, it is recommended that, more research on microbial
analysis be carried out to establish evidence of health effects associated with the
use of wastewater in agriculture from infectious agents
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Kivukoni Journal 2013, 1(2)
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Acceptability, Wastewater, Crop production, Dodoma, Morogoro