Simha, Prithvi
- Central European University
- University of Manchester
Abstract
Relatively little research has been conducted to date on farmer attitudes towards the use of fertilisers from resource oriented sanitation systems. This study employed a psycho-sociological approach to identify factors that encourage, or discourage, negative and positive attitudes to human waste recycling among farmers in southern India. A survey involving face-to-face interviews was performed with 120 randomly sampled farmers, taking into account the following factors: gender, age, religion, caste, type of farming, farm size, annual income and farming history. Variations in variables (x(2) and ANOVA) were considered statistically significant if p-value was
Keywords
Sustainable sanitation; Nutrient recycling; Survey; Faecophobia; Willingness-to-use; Psycho-sociological study
Published in
Science of the Total Environment
2017, volume: 581-582, pages: 885-896
SLU Authors
Lalander, Cecilia
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Vinnerås, Björn
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
SDG12 Responsible consumption and production
SDG15 Life on land
UKÄ Subject classification
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.044
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/82731