Village propre – Village productif

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) proposes the 'Village propre–Village productif' framework to address the lack of integrated risk and resource management in rural sanitation. The framework uses a dual-axis certification system: a 'clean' axis focused on health and hygiene (e.g., eliminating open defecation and managing greywater) and a 'productive' axis focused on the safe recovery of nutrients and energy from waste (e.g., human excreta, animal waste, and ash). By linking sanitation to agricultural productivity and economic benefits, the framework aims to overcome the sustainability and scaling challenges of previous approaches like Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS). It is particularly targeted at smallholder farmers in developing regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa, to support multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• The 'Village propre–Village productif' framework integrates two parallel axes: a 'clean' axis for hygiene and sanitation risk management and a 'productive' axis for the safe recovery of local waste resources.
• The 'clean' axis follows a phased certification process: starting with 'Village à assainissement limité' (eliminating open defecation), moving to 'Village à assainissement durable' (improved sanitation and handwashing for all), and reaching 'Village propre total' (safe management of solid waste, animal excreta, and greywater).
• The 'productive' axis focuses on the safe valorization of agricultural and household waste, such as urine, animal excreta, and ash, with certification primarily evaluated at the household level.
• Productive sanitation offers significant economic potential for smallholder farmers; for example, the nutrients in the excreta of a 10-person family in Burkina Faso are equivalent to approximately 50 kg of commercial urea and 50 kg of NPK fertilizer, valued at about 80 USD.
• Previous rural sanitation approaches have faced limitations: Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) achieved scale but showed variable long-term commitment to maintenance, while ecological sanitation pilots often failed to scale due to socio-cultural, technical, and economic barriers.
• To ensure health safety during resource recovery, the framework requires specific 'safe valorization' criteria, including hygiene measures, the selection of specific crops (e.g., only cooked foods), and appropriate application timing and dosage.

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} }