Abstract
The study identified urban agricultural waste management as a means for
sustainable development in South-eastern Nigeria. Three research questions
were posed and answered by the study, while two null hypotheses were
formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A multi-stage sampling
procedure involving simple random sampling and purposive sampling
techniques were used to select 240 registered farmers and 50 Staff of Waste
Management Board from a population of 749,538 registered farmers and
1,105 Staff of Waste Management Board in the study area. The total sample
of the study was 290. Questionnaire, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) guide
and documentary evidence were the instruments used for data collection.
Cronbach alpha formula was used to determine the internal consistency of
the instrument which gave a reliability coefficient of 0.85. Mean and
standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test
was used for testing the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The
findings of the study revealed that urban agricultural wastes can be
generated through various agricultural operations within the premises used
for agriculture or a farm and managed by minimizing activities that
generate wastes, reuse and recycle wastes among others. Based on the
findings of the study, some recommendations were made.