People,pigs and pollution – Experiences with applying participatory learning and action (PLA) methodology to identify problems of pig-waste management at the village level in Fiji |
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| Authors: | James P Terry Kamal Khatri |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, AS2, 1 Arts Link, Kent Ridge, Singapore 117570;2. World Health Organization, South Pacific Office, Level 4 Provident Plaza One, 33 Ellery Street, PO Box 113, Suva, Fiji;1. School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, PR China;2. State Key Laboratory of Computer Science, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China;1. Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B9000 Gent, Belgium;2. Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, Via Terracini, 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy;1. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) & Paris Research University, 75014 Paris, France;2. Université de Lorraine, Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestières (UMR INRA 1137), Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, BP70239, F54506 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France;3. INRA, Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestières (UMR INRA 1137), F54280 Champenoux, France;4. Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire d’Écologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés (UMR 5023 CNRS), 69622 Villeurbanne, France;1. Portland State University, PO Box 971, Portland, OR 97207, United States;2. Halieutique, Tourisme, Conservation, Anjouan, Comoros;1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Srinakharinwirot University, Nakhon Nayok, 26120, Thailand;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand |
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| Abstract: | Participatory learning and action (PLA) methodology was used at the village level in Fiji to identify and understand factors that influence two selected communities in implementing changes to current pig-waste management practices. The focus area was the Coral Coast in the south of Viti Levu island, where international tourism is expanding but stream and coastal waters are under threat of pollution from the largely uncontrolled release of pig waste into the local environment. The investigation found that participatory approaches are effective at the village level if correct tools are used and if the research process adapts to community needs. In particular, PLA methods in the two study villages (Komave and Votua) were able to assist different demographic groups to identify and then prioritise a range of pig-waste problems, including deteriorating water quality, public health and agricultural sustainability. Encouragement by PLA facilitators for communities to take ownership of these problems led eventually to one village installing a new pig-management system. This has become a showcase as a successful local-scale rural development project with long-term benefits for the local environment and the continuing growth of tourism in the area. |
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