Promotion of farm waste recycling and re-use
Increases the recycling of water and nutrients, through the sustainable use of agricultural waste. Agricultural waste can also come from harvest and therefore transformed into biogas.
Advantages / Benefits
Significant reduction of harmful wastes disposed in the environment
Recycling of elements and water in agriculture which in turn, will reduce production cost and contribute to the increase in products competiveness and profits
Protection of renewable and non-renewable resources (soil, aquatic bodies, phosphoric minerals) through elements recycling
Disadvantages
Lack of interest from stakeholders
lack of detailed regulations on agricultural waste management for human health and environmental protection
lack of incentives for investing into agricultural waste management
Who involved
MoFA, NGOs, rural communities, food retailers, waste management companies, water companies, farmers, agricultural manufacturers, distributors and merchants
Costs
Vary
Information sources
Evidence of success
A study on the value of women's indigenous knowledge in food processing and preservation for achieving household food security in rural Sudan (http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jfr/article/view/14714)
Feasibility
Where cultivated land suffers from desertification, mainly due to intensive agriculture, climatic conditions, wildfires, increased soil salinity, and water shortages. Drought damaged crops are the main sorce of farm waste.