Project Lead(s): Josiane Nikiema
With new funding from Grand Challenges Canada, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), Olufunke Cofie of the International Water Management Institute in Ghana will develop and test fortified fertilizer pellets from treated human excreta for market sale. If successful, the production at large scale would enhance agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa while also contributing to reduction in environmental health risk from untreated human waste.
[caption id=""attachment_11933"" align=""aligncenter"" width=""512""] A faecal compost heap being turned. Credit: Robert Impraim, IWMI[/caption][caption id=""attachment_11934"" align=""aligncenter"" width=""640""] Typical pellets produced. Photo Credit: Robert Impraim, IWMI[/caption]