Water resource management and water use conflicts in Ngerengere water catchment, Morogoro Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Mhina, Amina Saidi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-11T07:16:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-11T07:16:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Water use conflicts are widely reported and are said to affect socio-economic development. This study examined the main types and factors of water use conflicts in the Ngerengere catchment in Morogoro Region. A cross-sectional research design was adopted and 136 respondents participated in the study. A combination of purposive and simple random sampling techniques was used to select wards and respondents. A structured questionnaire for the household survey and a checklist of questions for focus group discussions and key informants interviews were the main tools for data collection. Descriptive statistics complemented with qualitative data described the types of water use conflicts. Convention mapping was used to map the existing water resource management institutions while content analysis was used to establish the roles, functions, and relationship between these institutions. The binary logistic regression model estimated the factors associated with water use conflicts in the study area. Findings from this study shows that domestic users are the most affected group by water use conflicts particularly because conflicts between them were reported by almost upstream and downstream water users (27.2%) and domestic users and irrigators (22.8%). Education level, misallocations of water points and failure of water resource management institutions were significantly associated with water use conflicts P<0.05). The study also found that WRMIs are formal and informal in nature playing three major roles in the Ngerengere catchment area namely: water catchment management, water catchment protection and water uses planning. The study concluded that, water catchment management institutions are not adequately accountable for water service delivery in the Ngerengere catchment area thus leading to frequent water use conflicts and other challenges associated with these conflicts. Therefore, the study recommends that water catchment management institutions should be accountable for water service delivery in the Ngerengere catchment area to avoid water use conflicts and overcome factors associated with these conflicts. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4636 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ngerengere catchment area | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water use conflicts | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water resource management institutions | en_US |
| dc.title | Water resource management and water use conflicts in Ngerengere water catchment, Morogoro Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |