Scaling out the recovery of nutrients and organic matter from faecal sludge for food production in Ghana: From Waste to Food (WaFo) To convert excreta into safe and efficient fertilizer pellets that could enhance agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa and make fecal sludge reuse commercially attractive.
International Water Management Institute
IWMI
This project hypothesized that producing excreta pellets could be the solution. The project explored ways to produce safe, efficient and cost effective fertilizer pellets from FS. The project focused on developing a marketable product from this waste, and explored options for pelletization of fecal sludge composts to increase; marketability, general acceptability, ease of handling and on-farm distribution, and to improve fertilizer use efficiency and affordability. The project involved a multi-disciplinary team of economists, environmental scientists, agronomists and engineers. The collective name for our various excreta based fertilizer formulations is referred to as Fortifer.
Mission
The main goal of the project is to convert excreta into safe and efficient fertilizer pellets that could enhance agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa and make fecal sludge reuse attractive and profitable for private entrepreneurs.Approach
Research or implementation partners: • Tema Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana • Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Accra, Ghana • Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI), Accra, Ghana • Valley View University, Accra, Ghana • University of Ibadan, NigeriaAnswer questions about the project
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Food security and productive sanitationGlobalTreatment of faecal sludgeResource recovery Food security and productive sanitation (WG5)Composting, vermicomposting (solid waste), composting toiletsFaecal sludge treatment processesCanadian governmentUK governmentBill & Melinda Gates FoundationFaeces or faecal sludgeFertiliserInternational NGO
Related Countries
Ghana
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