Adaptive adoption of rainwater storage systems by farmers
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2008
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Sokoine Universitry of Agriculture
Abstract
Water is vital for every human community and is essential resource for economic
development, agricultural productivity, industrial growth and above all human well-
being. Availability of clean, safe and secure water source will always be a major
concern for human populations. Access to adequate fresh water is limited, yet crucial
for the survival of the inhabitants. Rainwater harvesting and storage appears to be an
alternative for supplying water in the face of increasing water scarcity and escalating
water demand in Makanya. The main objective of this study was to assess the
adaptive adoption of rainwater storage systems by farmers. The study was done in
some villages at Makanya ward. The study objectives were: (1) to determine factors
influenced adaptive adoption of rainwater storage systems to farmers (ii) to assess
adaptive adoption of rainwater storage systems by farmers and (iii) to find out
reasons for adaptation of rainwater storage. Sixty seven households were surveyed.
Purposive sampling was used to select villages for data collection and simple random
sampling was employed in selecting adopters of rainwater storage systems in the
study area. The data were coded and analyzed. Data analysis entailed descriptive
statistics including frequencies, cross tabulation and chi-square tests. A logit model
was used to assess objective of this study. Results revealed that major factors
influenced farmers’ adaptation were water problems to adopters, education, sex,
income and household size. It was revealed again that income, technological
awareness and knowledge on technology have significantly influenced the adaptation
of rainwater storage systems (p<0.05). This suggests that the water problems and
income level of farmers have facilitated the adaptation of rainwater storage system
by farmers. Therefore, it recommended that farmers should be given an opportunityiii
to participate and decide to their needs rather than being required to accept what is
not of their interest.
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Rainwater, Rainwater storage, Famers system
Citation
Mihayo,D.G(2008) Adaptive adoption of rainwater storage systems by farmers