Authors :
Joseph Mayindo Mayele; Augustine Lokule Bongo
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 3 - March
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6434007
Abstract :
The fundamental elements in sustainable
agroforestry management are the Community’s
perceptions and preference of those agroforestry
practices that relates to impediments to grow and manage
on-farms trees/shrubs. The study examined the varied
dimensions of peoples’ perceptions and preference to
agroforestry values towards its benefits and impediments
to on-farm tree/shrub growing and management in rural
communities of Rajaf County. The data were collected
from four identified villages with 332 households’
respondents selected for interviews through simple
random sampling. The data were then subjected to
descriptive and analytical statistics. The results indicated
respondents perceived AF practices as contributing fairly
(41%) or poorly (29.5%) to food security and climate
change. Household incomes (90.1%), need for food
(87.0%), inadequate seedlings and seeds (75.3%),
insecurity (74.4%) and sources of fire/fuelwood (64.5%)
were expressed factors that highly influenced people’s
participation in tree/shrubs growing and management.
The perceived challenges preventing them from on-farms
tree growing activities were majorly insecurity (97.6%),
lack of inputs (91.0%), lack of trainings (89.8%),
prevalence of pests and diseases (82.8%) and lack of
capital to start (60.8%). The rural farmers also expressed
their concern for trainings and received of inputs such as
improved seeds, seedlings and farming tools majorly
provided by World Vision (97%), Caritas (73.70%), and
CRS (61.9%). The on-farms material value (sources of
income) ranked (1st to 5th) of agroforestry were perceived
the most important while off-farm income sources were
adjudged least important. Most of their expenditures
were used for staple food, paying school fees and hire
farm labour. Although these are said to be mare
perceptions, the findings will help to enrich knowledgebase disorder to provide basis for decision and policy
making for sustaining and managing on-farm
trees/shrubs in any agroforestry. Integrating peoples’
perceptions in sustainable agroforestry management will
enhance strategy in commensuration of future
agroforestry developments and challenges.
Keywords :
Agroforestry, Community/Farmers’ Perceptions, Impediments/Constraints, On-Farm Trees/Shrubs, Agroforestry Extension Services, Rajaf County, South Sudan.
The fundamental elements in sustainable
agroforestry management are the Community’s
perceptions and preference of those agroforestry
practices that relates to impediments to grow and manage
on-farms trees/shrubs. The study examined the varied
dimensions of peoples’ perceptions and preference to
agroforestry values towards its benefits and impediments
to on-farm tree/shrub growing and management in rural
communities of Rajaf County. The data were collected
from four identified villages with 332 households’
respondents selected for interviews through simple
random sampling. The data were then subjected to
descriptive and analytical statistics. The results indicated
respondents perceived AF practices as contributing fairly
(41%) or poorly (29.5%) to food security and climate
change. Household incomes (90.1%), need for food
(87.0%), inadequate seedlings and seeds (75.3%),
insecurity (74.4%) and sources of fire/fuelwood (64.5%)
were expressed factors that highly influenced people’s
participation in tree/shrubs growing and management.
The perceived challenges preventing them from on-farms
tree growing activities were majorly insecurity (97.6%),
lack of inputs (91.0%), lack of trainings (89.8%),
prevalence of pests and diseases (82.8%) and lack of
capital to start (60.8%). The rural farmers also expressed
their concern for trainings and received of inputs such as
improved seeds, seedlings and farming tools majorly
provided by World Vision (97%), Caritas (73.70%), and
CRS (61.9%). The on-farms material value (sources of
income) ranked (1st to 5th) of agroforestry were perceived
the most important while off-farm income sources were
adjudged least important. Most of their expenditures
were used for staple food, paying school fees and hire
farm labour. Although these are said to be mare
perceptions, the findings will help to enrich knowledgebase disorder to provide basis for decision and policy
making for sustaining and managing on-farm
trees/shrubs in any agroforestry. Integrating peoples’
perceptions in sustainable agroforestry management will
enhance strategy in commensuration of future
agroforestry developments and challenges.
Keywords :
Agroforestry, Community/Farmers’ Perceptions, Impediments/Constraints, On-Farm Trees/Shrubs, Agroforestry Extension Services, Rajaf County, South Sudan.
