Table 5.
The challenges and risks associated with the utilisation of organic waste through urban agriculture in the Durban South Basin as perceived by the respondents (n = 200).
| Challenges and Risks Associated with the Utilisation of Organic Waste Through Urban Agriculture | Level of Agreement/Disagreement (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD (1) | D (2) | N (3) | A (4) | SA (5) | Σ | ||
| Perceived challenges | |||||||
| Lack of a supporting policy for small-scale urban agriculture practitioners | - | 5.0 | 15.5 | 48.5 | 31.0 | 4.06 | 0.816 |
| Climatic variation | - | 6.5 | 4.0 | 39.0 | 50.5 | 4.34 | 0.834 |
| Lack of land tenure rights | 0.5 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 53.5 | 32.5 | 4.13 | 0.802 |
| Ease of theft and crop damage by animals | 0.5 | 13.0 | 16.5 | 42.0 | 28.0 | 3.84 | 0.995 |
| Perceived risks | |||||||
| Soil contamination | - | 4.0 | 3.0 | 40.0 | 53.0 | 4.42 | 0.739 |
| Food safety | - | 9.5 | 22.0 | 47.0 | 21.5 | 3.81 | 0.884 |
SD; D; N; A; SA; ; σ denotes strongly disagree; disagree; neither; agree; strongly agree; sample mean & standard deviation.