Water Reuse as an Incentive to Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Lebanon: Stakeholders' Perspectives.

While technical and economic feasibility of water reuse projects is requisite for implementation, issues in relation to cultural values, public acceptability and perceptions shouldn't be marginalized. This research focuses on examining the Lebanese stakeholders' knowledge, perception, and attitude towards the reuse of treated wastewater and explore potential enabling factors. Accordingly, in-depth interviews were conducted with stakeholders from concerned ministries, Syndicate of farmers, farmers, and religious figures. The reported perceived barriers are categorized into ethical, religious, social, and economical. Various enabling factors that can ameliorate the management of potential perceived barriers were recommended including enforcing laws, setting new regulations and quality standards, involving the public all through the project process, ensuring regular monitoring and evaluation and developing financial policies and mechanisms. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.