Assessment of current net benefit of water resource in different land-uses around the Kilombero valley Ramsar site in Tanzania
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2010
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
Water scarcity is globally getting worse in the light of increase in demand for water use.
Human and ecosystem health and economic development are affected by problems of
water scarcity and water pollution. This study was carried out to assess the current net
benefit of water resource in different land uses around the Kilombero Valley Ramsar Site
in Tanzania. Specifically the study was conducted to identify different land uses related
to water, to determine and estimate costs and benefits of different land uses related to
water and to quantify the monetary value of water in different land uses. Household
questionnaires, checklist for key informants, participant observation and PRA techniques
were employed for data collection. The data relating to household characteristics and
water related economic activities were analysed using SPSS (version 16) whereby the
cost for production, inputs and returns were analysed and compared using Microsoft
Excel. The residual imputation approach was used to estimate the values of water in
different land uses. The findings revealed that the main land uses were irrigation and
rainfed agriculture, livestock keeping, small scale business and vegetables production.
This study also established that the net values of water for brick making, livestock and
domestic use are very high averaging at around Tsh. 3 186.7 (US$ 1.7) Tsh. 1 721.7 (US$
1.4) and Tsh. 1 282.5 (US$ 1.3) per m 3 of water consumed respectively. For irrigated
crops such as paddy and non paddy crops the net values were estimated to Tsh. 273.6
(US$ 0.23) and Tsh. 87.7 (US$ 0.073) per m 3 of consumed water respectively. Results
show that the return from agriculture is smaller compared to returns from other water
uses. Nevertheless, since majority of households are depending on agriculture this study
recommends that emphasis should be put on effective and efficient use of water to
improve its productivity.
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Water Resource, Land-uses, Kilombero valley, Tanzania
Citation
Musamba,E(2010)Assessment Of Current Net Benefit Of Water Resource In Different Land-Uses Around The Kilombero Valley Ramsar Site In Tanzania .Morogoro;Sokoine University of Agriculture