Assessment of community participation in management of water resources in Moshi rural district, Kilimanjaro Tanzania
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2022
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Sokoine University of Agricurture
Abstract
Community’s participation in the water resources management is of paramount
importance as it contributes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of water projects
and also improving the family’s economy since family members will focus on production
more than wasting time on fetching water. However, there is lack of enough information
on local community’s participation in management of water resources (MWR) in poor
resource countries such as Tanzania. The study on which this dissertation is based
assessed local community’s participation in management of domestic water in East Old
Moshi and Kimochi Wards in Moshi Rural District in Tanzania. The wards were
purposively selected due to a number of water sources from slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro,
but still community members suffer from water shortage. Specifically, the study sought
to: (i) determine the extent of participation of local communities in water resources
management, (ii) assess water conservation measures applied by the local communities
and (iii) assess institutional and socio-economic factors affecting community members’
choice of types of water conservation technologies. Structured interviews were applied as
the main method of data collection whereby 150 respondents who were randomly
selected from the two wards were interviewed. Collected data were analysed using
quantitative and qualitative approaches. Chi-Square test was used to assess the
association between respondents’ characteristics and participation in project activities
(manual works and project meetings). In inferential analysis, Ordinal Logistic Regression
and binary logistic regression was used to assess the factors associated with respondents’
participation in Water Resources Management (WRM) in general and factors influencing
the households’ choice of Water Conservation Measures (WCMs) respectively. The
ordinal logistic regression analysis results revealed a significant association between
overall participation in WRM and respondents’ years of schooling and the days
respondents had received water. Binary logistic regression revealed that choice of WCMs
was significantly associated with the respondents’ age, marital status and distance to the
household’s alternative sources of water. Based on the study findings, it is concluded
that education is a major solution to many problems facing community members. Also
WCMs applied in the study area depend on status of water availability of the particular
place and season. From the findings and conclusions, the study recommends that, in order
to improve application of WCMs to local communities, education should be provided
especially to elders, people who reside in the upper parts of the community.
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Community participation, Community management, Water resources, Moshi rural district, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania