Managing wastewater agriculture to improve livelihoods and environmental quality in poor countries

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Raschid Sally, Liqa ^a   Carr, Richard ^b   Buechler, Stephanie ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

City food supply; Health; Livelihoods; Urban wastewater; Wastewater agriculture; Water quality

Indexed keywords

VERMES;

EID: 33750626306     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.182     Document Type: Article

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