Perceived Health Hazards of Low-Quality Irrigation Water in Vegetable Production in Morogoro, Tanzania
| dc.creator | Mayilla, Winfrida | |
| dc.creator | Magayane, Flavianus | |
| dc.creator | Keraita, Benard | |
| dc.creator | Ngowi, Helena A | |
| dc.date | 2022-03-03T10:33:21Z | |
| dc.date | 2022-03-03T10:33:21Z | |
| dc.date | 2015-12-25 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-25T08:50:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-25T08:50:53Z | |
| dc.description | This study assessed the perceptions of vegetable farmers, traders, consumers and key informants on the health hazards of using low-quality water in irrigation vegetable production in Morogoro, Tanzania. Methods used to collect data were a survey involving all farmers in Changarawe village and Fungafunga area using low-quality water for irrigation vegetable production (n=60), consumers of low-quality water irrigated vegetables (n=70) and vegetable traders selling low-quality water irrigated vegetables (n=60), focus group discussions (n=7) and key informant interviews (n=25). The study employed cross sectional research design. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate mean, frequencies and percentages while Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal-Wallis H-test assessed the association between social-demographic variables and respondents score on the health hazard perception scale of using low-quality water in vegetable production. Results showed skin itching, fungal diseases, bilharzias and worm infestation as among the perceived health hazards in using low-quality irrigation water. Health hazard perception differed among groups of farmers, consumers and vegetable traders (p<0.001). The mean ranks of the groups indicated that farmers perceive less health hazards in using low-quality water (mean rank = 147.98) compared to consumers (mean rank = 72.68) and vegetable traders (mean rank 69.64). More health hazards were perceived by Fungafunga farmers compared to farmers from the Changarawe village (p<0.001) while female farmers perceived less hazards in using low-quality water than male farmers (p < 0.05). Consumers with formal education perceived more health hazards than consumers with no formal education (p < 0.001) while vegetable traders from Fungafunga area perceived more health hazards in selling low-quality water irrigated vegetable than vegetable traders from the Changarawe village (p<0.001). These findings demonstrate the need to design health hazards minimization interventions for specific target group. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | 1927-0917 | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3964 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90756 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Canadian Center of Science and Education | |
| dc.subject | agriculture | |
| dc.subject | health hazard perception | |
| dc.subject | low-quality water | |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | |
| dc.subject | vegetable production | |
| dc.subject | wastewater irrigation | |
| dc.title | Perceived Health Hazards of Low-Quality Irrigation Water in Vegetable Production in Morogoro, Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Article |