Land-use intensity in the tree cropping homesteads in Kamuli, Eastern Uganda
| dc.creator | Buyinza, Mukadasi | |
| dc.date | 2013-04-24T07:38:18Z | |
| dc.date | 2013-04-24T07:38:18Z | |
| dc.date | 2009 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-04T12:58:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-04T12:58:15Z | |
| dc.description | A farm-level study on the adoption of community forestry was conducted in Kamuli district, Uganda between July and September 2007. Total 223 farmers were surveyed in fourteen villages. The 2 zones have distinct agro ecological characteristics. From each selected villages, lists were developed with respect to all farmers who had been exposed to community forestry and those without such exposure. A random sample of farmers was taken from each of the 2 groups of farmers. The results revealed that the traditional homegardens are a complex farming system with a number of interdependent components. The tree crop component was well developed largely due to the high land/man ratio and the low intensity of cultivation. Smaller holdings are generally more intensively cultivated than the large and very large holdings. About 29% of the former showed low to very low agricultural copping intensity, while about 75% of the large holdings belonged to the low intensity class. Fragmentation of land eventually makes some of the holdings too small and uneconomical and in a situation where non-agricultural opportunities exist, farming ceases to be the main source of income. Inspite of their known ecological stability, homegardens are on the decline, mainly due to social and economic pressures. A better understanding of the dynamics of home garden system is essential to formulate ecologically sound, economically appropriate and socially relevant farm forestry programmes. | |
| dc.identifier | Buyinza M. (2009). Land-use intensity in the tree cropping homesteads in Kamuli, Eastern Uganda. Agricultural Journal, 4(2) 46-51. | |
| dc.identifier | 1816-9155 | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1361 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1361 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Medwell Publishing | |
| dc.subject | Tree planting | |
| dc.subject | Smallholdings | |
| dc.subject | Land-use intensity | |
| dc.subject | Land dependency | |
| dc.title | Land-use intensity in the tree cropping homesteads in Kamuli, Eastern Uganda | |
| dc.type | Journal article, peer reviewed |