Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 906–913
Issaka SENOU1, Hamza Ouedraogo2, Boukaré Nacanabo3, and Hassan Bismarck NACRO4
1 Laboratoire des Systèmes Naturels, des Agrosystèmes et de l’Ingénierie de l’Environnement (Sy.N.A.I.E), Institut du Développement Rural (I.D.R), Université Nazi BONI (U.N.B) Bobo-Dioulasso, BP 1091, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
2 Laboratoire des Systèmes Naturels, des Agrosystèmes et de l’Ingénierie de l’Environnement (Sy.N.A.I.E), Institut du Développement Rural (IDR), Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso. BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
3 Laboratoire des Systèmes Naturels, des Agrosystèmes et de l’Ingénierie de l’Environnement (Sy.N.A.I.E), Institut du Développement Rural (IDR), Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso. BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
4 Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso, Laboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche sur la Fertilité du Sol, Burkina Faso
Original language: English
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The waste is used to fertilise fields. Their pre-treatment can impact on human health and the environment. A study was carried in Bobo-Dioulasso, precisely in Kuinima and Dogona, with the main objective of assessing the impact of waste treatment methods on the environment and health. The data was obtained from individual interviews with farm managers. The results show that 56.67% of the producers practise sorting followed by incineration and 20% practised sorting only, 23.33% of the producers did not perform any treatment. Sorting caused injuries to 33.33% of the producers, 10% were harassed by insects. As for the impact of the treatment methods on the environment, 83.33% of the producers who sorted their waste had their fields invaded by new weed species, compared to 76.47% of those who sorted and incinerated. For 88.23% and 66.67% of the producers who were sorting followed by incineration and sorting only respectively, the crop yield was good. From these results, we can conclude that the waste treatment methods used by producers have negative effects on the environment and human health.
Author Keywords: Urban waste, human health, environment, Bobo-Dioulasso.
Issaka SENOU1, Hamza Ouedraogo2, Boukaré Nacanabo3, and Hassan Bismarck NACRO4
1 Laboratoire des Systèmes Naturels, des Agrosystèmes et de l’Ingénierie de l’Environnement (Sy.N.A.I.E), Institut du Développement Rural (I.D.R), Université Nazi BONI (U.N.B) Bobo-Dioulasso, BP 1091, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
2 Laboratoire des Systèmes Naturels, des Agrosystèmes et de l’Ingénierie de l’Environnement (Sy.N.A.I.E), Institut du Développement Rural (IDR), Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso. BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
3 Laboratoire des Systèmes Naturels, des Agrosystèmes et de l’Ingénierie de l’Environnement (Sy.N.A.I.E), Institut du Développement Rural (IDR), Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso. BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
4 Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso, Laboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche sur la Fertilité du Sol, Burkina Faso
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The waste is used to fertilise fields. Their pre-treatment can impact on human health and the environment. A study was carried in Bobo-Dioulasso, precisely in Kuinima and Dogona, with the main objective of assessing the impact of waste treatment methods on the environment and health. The data was obtained from individual interviews with farm managers. The results show that 56.67% of the producers practise sorting followed by incineration and 20% practised sorting only, 23.33% of the producers did not perform any treatment. Sorting caused injuries to 33.33% of the producers, 10% were harassed by insects. As for the impact of the treatment methods on the environment, 83.33% of the producers who sorted their waste had their fields invaded by new weed species, compared to 76.47% of those who sorted and incinerated. For 88.23% and 66.67% of the producers who were sorting followed by incineration and sorting only respectively, the crop yield was good. From these results, we can conclude that the waste treatment methods used by producers have negative effects on the environment and human health.
Author Keywords: Urban waste, human health, environment, Bobo-Dioulasso.
How to Cite this Article
Issaka SENOU, Hamza Ouedraogo, Boukaré Nacanabo, and Hassan Bismarck NACRO, “Impact of waste treatment methods used in urban agriculture on environmental pollution risks and producer health,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 906–913, September 2023.
