People, pigs and pollution - Experiences with applying participatory learning and action (PLA) methodology to identify problems of pig-waste management at the village level in Fiji

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1393-1400

  Terry, James P ^a   Khatri, Kamal ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community research; Fiji; Participatory learning and action (PLA); Pig waste management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS; FIJI; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY LEARNING AND ACTION (PLA); PIG WASTE; PIG-WASTE MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH PROCESS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; WASTE PROBLEMS;

EDUCATION; HEALTH RISKS; MARINE POLLUTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESEARCH; RURAL AREAS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANTHOZOA; SUIDAE;

EID: 69449098802     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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