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Use of waste water in urban agriculture in the Dakar area, Senegal: an interdisciplinary study towards sustainability
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| Coordinating organisation: | Centre of Mineral Analysis |
| Description: | The project aims to assess two widespread practices used in irrigated agriculture in developing countries: (1) the use of untreated or poorly treated wastewater or mixtures of wastewater with groundwater water in order to supply for the lack of fresh water (during the dry seasons) and (2) the massive use of pesticides. The area to be studied is the costal area of Dakar, whose urban agriculture provides more than 60% of the vegetable production for the 2.3 million inhabitants living there. By studying the current agronomic practices, testing low cost extensive wastewater treatment methods and by studying in detail the current interaction between water contaminants (micro-organisms, macro-and micro-pollutants), farm products, soils and groundwater, we do a complete environmental and socio-economic assessment. |
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| Start: | 2005-10-01 |
| End: | 2008-09-30 |
| Total number of staff: | 14 |
| Number of staff abroad: | 9 |
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| ARD-theme: | urban agriculture |
| Target country: | Senegal |
| Ecosystem: | tropical |
| Activity: | research |
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| Donor organisations: | 2 |
| Participating organisations: | 1 |
| Programmes funding: | 1 |
| Last editing: | 2007-12-18 12:03:31 |