CGIAR: How Sri Lanka’s septic tanks could become a sustainable support for farming

Farmers in Sri Lanka are positioned to benefit from a new policy that recognizes waste from septic tanks as an untapped resource. 

Farmers in Sri Lanka are positioned to benefit from a new policy that recognizes waste from septic tanks as an untapped resource.

The new sanitation policy, supported by research carried out in close partnership by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Sri Lankan government since 2013, recognizes septic waste as a resource, with potential benefits for income generation and sustainable organic waste management.

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