Effects of using wastewater on vegetable growing and the associated socio-economic impacts on farmers in the Kafue Lagoon Areas and along Ngwerere River (Draft final report) ByCharles Bwalya Chisanga and Oscar Musweu Silembo Report PMA 14;September 2004 Ministry of Finance and National Planning Zambia Social Investment Fund Executive Summary This report is an out from Poverty Monitoring Analysis (PMA) under the Zambia Social Investment Fund (Zamsif). The aim of the study was to assess the Effects of using wastewater on vegetable growing and the associated socio-economic impacts on farmers in the Kafue Lagoon Areas and along Ngwerere River. The research is based on field studies carried out in Kafue Lagoon and in the Ngwerere sub-catchment. In urban and peri-urban areas in developing countries such as Zambia, poor farmers commonly use wastewater to irrigate high-value crops. In many places the pre-treated or untreated wastewater is their only source of irrigat...