Nexus projects - linking sanitation to agriculture (Food production and settlement hygiene in poor peri-urban regions in India) To mainstream and scale up the practices established in Nexus pilot-scale interventions, and to share the gained knowledge and experiences with a wider audience
Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association
BORDA
Nexus Project – Food Production and Settlement Hygiene in Poor Peri-Urban Regions in India - creates the missing link between safe sanitation and food production, to enable the safe reuse of products from various sanitation systems. The project is jointly implemented by CDD Society Bangalore and BORDA. Now, in the third and final year of the project period, the aim is to mainstream and scale up the practices established in Nexus pilot-scale interventions, and to share the gained knowledge and experiences with a wider audience.
The demonstration projects are to be established under four main concepts:
DEWATS (Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Systems)
Intervention for enhancing nourishment among children and women in peri-urban communities.
Faecal Sludge Treatment
Intervention for Settlement Hygiene and reuse of treated and co-composted sludge in agriculture
UDDT (Urine Diverting Dry Toilets/”EcoSan”)
Intervention for reuse of EcoSan products in agriculture
Risk Mitigation measures
Intervention in reuse of untreated wastewater in food production
Mission
The three-year-project Nexus started in January 2015 with the overall objectives to: 1. Improve health through reduction in undernourishment and safe sanitation 2. Reduce environmental degradation and protect natural resources 3. Improve living conditions for poor peri-urban communitiesAnswer questions about the project
Clara Nicolai
nexus@cddindia.org
Filter / Tags
Food security and productive sanitationPublic awareness, advocacy and civil society engagement WASH and nutritionHealth and hygienePolitical processes and institutional aspectsSpecific to one or several countriesTreatment of wastewater or greywaterTreatment of faecal sludgeResource recovery Decentralised wastewater treatment (e.g. DEWATS)Faecal sludge treatment processesUrine diversion dehydration toilets (UDDTs) German governmentFaeces or faecal sludgeGreywater or wastewaterPeri-urbanPractitionersFertiliserProtein for animal food Water (irrigation, process, other)International NGO
Related Countries
India
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