Institutional environment and incentives for using low quality water in urban and peri-urban areas in Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Samson, Suzana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-15T05:48:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-15T05:48:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study was designed to assess the institutional environment and incentives for the use of low quality water. Specifically, the study aimed at assessing the relevance of the existing regulatory instruments in the use of low quality water; establishing the incentives for farmers to use low quality water; determining the informal organisational arrangements and the obstacles regarding the use of low quality water for food crops irrigation. Mafisa area and Changarawe village in Morogoro region were purposively selected for the study. A cross sectional survey was used whereby both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. Farmers’ survey was employed in the collection of quantitative data to a total of 50 and 30 farmers from Mafisa area and Changarawe village respectively. Qualitative data were collected through desk review of the regulatory instruments, in-depth interviews with 22 key informants and four focus group discussions with farmers. Structured set of questions were used for farmers’ survey whereas checklists of questions were used to guide the in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The findings showed that the incentives for farmers to use low quality water are income generation, lack of alternative sources of water, the need to produce food, land availability near the low quality water and plant nutrients in the water. The regulatory instruments reviewed lack provisions that explicitly support or oppose the use of low quality water in food crops irrigation. The regulatory instruments provided rationale for appropriate wastewater treatment and recycling; the aspects which are relevant to the use of low quality water in food crops irrigation. Due to lack of formal recognition of food crops irrigation using low quality water, the current use of the resource is based on farmers’ informal organisational arrangements with limited risk reduction measures. The study recommends improvements in the existing wastewater treatment and effluent quality monitoring as short term strategies in ensuring safe use of the resource especially in the production of leafy vegetables. However, policy formulation and/or review of relevant policies to accommodate the use of low quality water in food crops irrigation should be considered as long term strategy. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Safe Water for Food (SaWaFo) project | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5617 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Low quality water | en_US |
| dc.subject | Peri-urban areas | en_US |
| dc.subject | Urban areas | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.subject | Institutional environment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Incentives | en_US |
| dc.title | Institutional environment and incentives for using low quality water in urban and peri-urban areas in Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |