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This research was an effort to check farmers' perception about social constraints in wastewater irrigation. The data were collected from Faisalabad District. The universe of the study consists of two peri-urban communities of Faisalabad i.e. Chakera and Prokianwala. Fifty respondents were selected from each of the area under study. As per research achievements of the project, it was concluded that 50% of the respondents were using wastewater to irrigate their lands and preferred to use untreated wastewater for irrigation as it has more nutrients than any other water source. Consequently 50% of the respondents were showing its losses in the form that it is bad for health and land. A 74% of the respondents mentioned that wastewater did not have any type of health effect. Keywords: Social constraints, peri-urban communities, wastewater irrigation

Asma Zafar, Saira Akhtar. (2003) FARMERS PERCEPTION ABOUT SOCIAL IMPACT AND CONSTRAINTS IN WASTEWATER IRRIGATION, , Volume 40, Issue 3,4.
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