RECYCLING OF WASTE WATER FOR PADDY IRRIGATION FARMING

RECYCLING OF WASTE WATER FOR PADDY IRRIGATION FARMING AS COMMUNTY RESPONSE TO SHORTAGE OF FRESHWATER RESOURCES DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE Nehemiah Murusuri National Coordinator GEF Small Grants Program Tanzania

Project Location • Tanzania, East Africa • Moshi, at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain

Photo of Mt. Kilimanjaro - Source of almost all rivers in Kilimanjaro Region

Why the project ? • Reduced rainfall due to climate change • Reduced flow of freshwater to paddy farms • Low food production/incomes • Scramble for insufficient water occasioning conflicts

The Project • Municipal waste water through stabilization ponds • Establishment of main and secondary canals • Changing mindset of farmers • Setting up of a farmers cooperative

Evidence Based Impact • Adaptation to CC realized • Sufficient water for 500 farmers • 45 ha of new farmland irrigated • Agricultural production and incomes doubled • Cost of production cut down by 40% due to presence of nitrates and phosphates in waste water

Evidence based impact …/cont • Food security at household level assured • Conflict for freshwater for irrigation is history • Collaboration between local farmers and scientists thriving • Cooperation between local farmers and local Government Authorities fruitful

Water divides bridged • • • Filtering raw waste water Climate change Technological Governance Conflict Cost Cooperation

Way forward Policy dialogue: Provide policy advice to the Government so that all oxidation ponds in the country replicates the Moshi waste Water recycling scheme

Message to the 5 th World Water Forum Success of the Moshi irrigation project was a result of COOPERATION. Cooperation is critical in addressing climate change challenges. No one can win the battle against climate change acting alone. Cooperation is not an option but an imperative. THANK YOU VERY MUCH