Economic Effects of Sustainable Sanitation - SuSanA

Table 4: continued
Stakeholder
group
Stakeholder Position
(Comment)
Organic
One willing and one not
producers willing to use urine and faeces
as fertiliser
Medium scale
farmers
Small scale
subsistence
farmers
No willingness and capacities
for being involved into the
process of collection
Willingness to pay for
alternative fertiliser (rather
dry than liquid)
Would be willing to invest in
infrastructure
Would be motivated
Would potentially be willing
to use urine
No willingness and capacities
for being involved into the
process of collection
Do not use fertiliser in
general. Willingness to reuse
urine and faeces as fertiliser, if
resources would be available
No willingness and capacities
to be involved into the process
of collection
Not willing and able to invest
in storage and application
infrastructure
Would be motivated to use
human excreta
6.2.2 Logistics system design - implementation
Reason
(Comment)
One would appreciate if it is
transformed
One would only accept it
after being transformed into
a safe solid fertiliser
Want to focus on their own
business
Know about the value of
nutrients and are always
interested in organic
alternatives
If it is economically feasible,
yes. However, all decisions
are based on economic
reasons
Finding alternative fertilisers
according to their
certification standards 54
The product has to be
competitive and easy to
handle
No spare time available.
Some resources could be
made available
No need (partly) and no
resources (generally)
Neither spare time nor
resources are available
No resources are available
Would like to produce
marketable excess, to
increase income
Case Study Kampala
Partner
(Yes/No; Type)
Yes/No
(Consumer)
Yes
(Consumer)
In comparison to the amount of nutrients excreted in faeces, urine is more valuable. Hence,
when thinking about the reuse as fertiliser in agriculture, urine is more attractive and faeces
can be considered a by-product. However, not only considering the reuse aspect, but also the
54 The Uganda Organic Standard does not allow fertilisation with human excreta (NOGAMU, 2006). However,
when exporting the products the certification standard of the export market is relevant.
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