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RECYCLING OF WASTE WATER FOR PADDY IRRIGATION FARMING
AS COMMUNTY RESPONSE TO SHORTAGE OF FRESHWATER RESOURCES DUE TO CLIMATE
CHANGE
Nehemiah MurusuriNational Coordinator
GEF Small Grants ProgramTanzania
Project Location
• Tanzania, East Africa
• Moshi, at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain
Photo of Mt. Kilimanjaro- Source of almost all rivers in Kilimanjaro Region
Why the project ?
• Reduced rainfall due to climate change
• Reduced flow of freshwater to paddy farms
• Low food production/incomes• Scramble for insufficient water
occasioning conflicts
The Project
• Municipal waste water through stabilization ponds
• Establishment of main and secondary canals
• Changing mindset of farmers
• Setting up of a farmers cooperative
Evidence Based Impact• Adaptation to CC realized• Sufficient water for 500
farmers• 45ha of new farmland
irrigated• Agricultural production
and incomes doubled• Cost of production cut
down by 40% due to presence of nitrates and phosphates in waste water
Evidence based impact …/cont• Food security at
household level assured• Conflict for freshwater for
irrigation is history• Collaboration between
local farmers and scientists thriving
• Cooperation between local farmers and local Government Authorities fruitful
Water divides bridged
• Climate change
• Technological
• Governance
• Conflict
• Cost
• CooperationFiltering raw waste water
Way forward
Policy dialogue:
Provide policy advice to the Government so that all oxidation ponds in the country replicates the Moshi waste Water recycling scheme
Message to the 5th World Water Forum
Success of the Moshi irrigation project was a result of COOPERATION. Cooperation is critical in addressing climate change challenges. No one can win the battle against climate change acting alone. Cooperation is not an option but an imperative.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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