ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARDS IN WASTEWATER USED FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE IN NAIROBI, KENYA
Thirty percent of residents in Nairobi practise urban agriculture (UA) with a majority of the farmers using untreated sewage to irrigate crop and fodder. Due to the environmental and health risks associated with wastewater irrigation, a study was carried out in partnership with farmers in Kibera and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
2009-08-01
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Series: | Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems |
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Online Access: | http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/367 |