Rustis, G and Hambloch, C and Nedumaran, S and Moyo, F (2022) Determinants of Agropastoralist Households’ Fodder Accessibility and Rangeland Conservation in Magu District, Tanzania. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 87. pp. 22-29. ISSN 1550-7424
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Abstract
The availability and accessibility of adequate and quality fodder is a huge challenge for pastoral and agropastoralist communities in Tanzania. Fodder scarcity, primarily driven by rangeland degradation, pop- ulation growth, and climatic changes, limits livestock productivity and deepens rural poverty. This study assessed factors influencing agropastoralists’ access to fodder and their willingness to conserve fodder sources in Magu District, Tanzania. A total of 210 agropastoralist households were surveyed in three wards covering six villages. The results show that access to fodder during the wet season is positively influenced by a household’s income, land size, number of livestock, and physical capital. Dry season fod- der accessibility is negatively influenced by households’ land size, physical capital, and the number of livestock. Results also show that more than 60% of the agropastoral households accessed fodder sources formally (legally) in open areas, while 35% accessed fodder informally (illegally) in traditionally reserved highland areas, people’s farms, and restricted urban areas. Conservation of rangelands and fodder sources is positively influenced by a head of households’ level of education and income, and only 40% of house- holds participated in conservation of rangelands and fodder sources. Improved land tenure, education, and income diversification can improve households’ access to fodder and their willingness to conserve fodder sources.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : East & Southern Africa |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Agropastoralist, Fodder accessibility, Livestock production, Rangeland conservation |
| Subjects: | Others > Tanzania Others > Livestock |
| Depositing User: | Mr Nagaraju T |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2023 05:02 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2023 05:02 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12130 |
| Official URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/... |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Acknowledgement: | We would like to acknowledge all those who provided mate- rial and idea support to accomplish this paper (Dr. Elmugheira Mo- hammed and Dr. Eliakira Kisetu). We thank the District Executive Director in Magu district for permitting us to conduct this study. |
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