Assessment of the status of agroforestry practices in Mvomero district, Morogoro, Tanzania
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2022
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
The present study on assessment of the status of Agroforestry practices adoption in
Mvomero District, Morogoro, Tanzania. The study was conducted during September
2020 to December 2021 at Dihombo, Hembeti and Mkindo villages in Mvomero ward.
Mvomero with its three villages were purposively sampled, and then thirty households
from each village were randomly selected to make a total sample of 90 households, Data
collection was done through reconnaissance survey, questionnaires, checklist of probe
questions and field survey. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential
statistics with the aid of Statistical package for Social Science (SPSS). The results
indicated that Agriculture contributes more than Agroforestry in terms of food and
income generation. Also when the Data analyzed descriptively on the contributions of
Agriculture and Agroforestry on fire wood and charcoal to the people, it found that, there
were very small differences in contribution between Agroforestry ad Natural forest, but
on further inferential statistics it found that, there were no significance in differences
contributions of fire wood and charcoal as a source of energy between Agroforestry and
Natural forest, both used as sources of fire wood and charcoal. From results, it is
important to increase efforts on the promotion of the Agroforestry so as to increase on the
adoption of Agroforestry which then will help to increase the wide range of food
production and will reduce the uses of the fire wood and charcoal from the Natural
forestry which then reduces the environmental destruction by cutting down trees as a
sources of firewood and charcoal. Also factors that can enhance adoption of agroforestry
were analyzed descriptively, the results shows almost all factors were on the similar
percentage, also factors which limit the adoption of the agroforestry ware in similar
percentages, So all of the factors that enhance adoption of agroforestry and those which
limit adoption of agroforestry should be taken in consideration in order for improvements
of the agroforestry
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Agroforestry, Mvomero district, Morogoro, Tanzania