Village propre – Village productif

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has developed the 'Village propre–Village productif' (Clean Village–Productive Village) framework to improve rural sanitation by integrating risk management with the productive recycling of local waste. The framework uses a phased certification system to motivate communities to move from basic sanitation to a comprehensive system that protects health and enhances agricultural productivity.

• The 'Village propre–Village productif' framework is designed to promote sanitation and hygiene while encouraging households to safely recycle local waste, making it especially relevant for the estimated 475 million households in developing countries operating farms smaller than two hectares.
• The framework consists of two integrated axes: a 'clean' axis focused on managing hygiene and sanitation risks, and a 'productive' axis focused on the safe recovery of resources from local waste.
• The 'clean' axis follows a three-step certification process: 'Village à assainissement limité' (eliminating open defecation), 'Village à assainissement durable' (universal use of improved sanitation and handwashing with soap), and 'Village propre total' (safe management of solid waste, animal excreta, and greywater, and protection of water sources).
• The 'productive' axis focuses on the safe valorization of agricultural and household waste, such as animal excreta, human feces, urine, greywater, and ash. Certification for this axis is primarily evaluated at the household level, though village-level certification is based on the proportion of productive households.
• In rural Sub-Saharan Africa, the potential for productive sanitation is high; for example, the nutrients in the excreta of a 10-person family in Burkina Faso are approximately equivalent to 50 kg of commercial urea and 50 kg of NPK fertilizer, valued at about 80 USD.
• The framework emphasizes technology neutrality, linking certification to outcomes (risk reduction and resource management indicators) rather than specific technologies, allowing for local preferences and constraints.
• Implementation of the framework requires cross-sector collaboration between water, sanitation, environment, agriculture, and health sectors to develop national strategies and local practical tools.

APA

Dagerskog, L., & Dickin, S. (2018). Village propre – Village productif. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sei-2019-brief-cleangreen-french.pdf

Chicago

Dagerskog, Linus, and Sarah Dickin. Village propre – Village productif. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2018. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sei-2019-brief-cleangreen-french.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{dagerskog2018village, author = {Dagerskog, Linus and Dickin, Sarah}, title = {{Village propre – Village productif}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2018}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sei-2019-brief-cleangreen-french.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }