Urban wastewater: A valuable resource for agriculture - A case study from Haroonabad, Pakistan

Wim van der Hoek, Mehmood Ul Hassan, Jeroen H.J. Ensink, Sabiena Feenstra, Liqa Raschid-Sally, Sarfraz Munir, Rizwan Aslam, Nazim Ali, Raheela Hussain and Yutaka Matsuno

No 44566, IWMI Research Reports from International Water Management Institute

Abstract: Farming communities in water-scarce regions increasingly practice the use of urban wastewater in agriculture. Untreated urban wastewater is generally considered unacceptable for direct use because of potential health risks. However, in many parts of the world, poor farmers in peri-urban areas use untreated wastewater. This situation is considered likely to continue even in the foreseeable future due to the high investment cost associated with the installation of treatment facilities.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: v, 20p.
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.44566

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