Takawira Mubvami & Percy Toriro

In: UA Magazine no. 20 - Water for Urban Agriculture, pp. 31-32

Irrigation with municipal wastewater is practised in many urban and periurban areas of developing countries. In Zimbabwe this has largely been restricted to pasture irrigation (Chimbari et al., 2003). Wastewater is increasingly being used for irrigation in urban and periurban agriculture, thereby supporting the livelihoods of (particularly poor) farmers. There is a need to identify practical, affordable health safeguards that do not threaten the livelihoods of those dependent on wastewater.