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Roles of local insti tutions on the performance of chagga homegarden in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania
(Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2015) Mcharo, Naomi Adoncome
The Chagga homegarden agro forest i-y system is a multi-storeyed land use system evolved over several decades through a gradual transformation of the natural forest on the footslopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Chagga homegardens have been declining steadily over the years, a trend that is likely to continue for some foreseeable future. Thus the cross sectional study design was employed during September 2012- May 2013 to assess the roles of local institutions on the performance of Chagga homegarden and explore sustainability of this system. Socio-economic, institutional and spatial data were collected using semi structured questionnaires together with checklist during focus group discussion. The spatial data were analyzed by using ERDAS Imagine 2011 and ArcGIS 10.0 software program. Qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis while descriptive and inferential statistic analyses were applied using SPSS version 16.0. In evaluating homegarden performance, Ordinary Least square method of regression was used to assess the effects of social economic factors on the production performance of Chagga homegarden. The findings indicate that leadership, conflict resolution, land and livestock based, health and beliefs and recreational institutions exist which seem to relate directly or indirectly to management of Chagga homegarden. Despite the advent of modernity and formal institutions, informal institutions remain relevant to performance of Chagga homegarden. The Chagga homegarden has undergone some changes which resulted into land cover change between 1987-1995 and 1995-2013. Homegarden cover decreased by 70.42% in 1995-2013 a trend that is likely to lead to disappearance of homegardens in some foreseeable future. Education level, access to extension services and number of milked cow were the socio-economic factors found to enable the production performance while distance to the market and small businesses were factors constraining the production performance of Chagga homegarden. Encouraging interaction