Abstract
The effluent from sewage treatment plants (STPs) used in fertigation is a source of nutrients for plants, reducing mineral fertilizers applied to agricultural crops, and partially supplying the water demanded by the plants. The use of this effluent in agroforestry is also favoured because of its availability all year long, especially in cities with sewage treatment systems. Some criteria, hould be considered when using effluent from STP in crops, such as: type of plant that will be used, method of application, physicochemical and biological characteristics of the effluent, as well as the doses to be applied. Such criteria are covered in this technical note. The potential use of the effluent in the agroforestry segment is illustrated by some experiments using different treatment levels. In these experiments, the effects on the productivity of the essential oil extracted from coriander seeds and on the productivity of forage (elephant grass), by using different methods of fertigation, were evaluated.
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