Farmer attitudes and perceptions to the re–use of fertiliser products from resource–oriented sanitation systems – The case of Vellore, South India

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 rec...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2017-03, Vol.581-582, p.885-896
Main Authors: Simha, Prithvi, Lalander, Cecilia, Vinnerås, Björn, Ganesapillai, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Agriculture
Attitude
Faecophobia
Farmers
Female
Fertilizers
Humans
India
Male
Middle Aged
Nutrient recycling
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Psycho–sociological study
Sanitation
Survey
Surveys and Questionnaires
Sustainable sanitation
Willingness–to–use
Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap
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Summary: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 (χ2 and ANOVA) were considered statistically significant if p–value was
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.044