Gender mainstreaming and community participation in plant resource conservation in Buzaya county, Kamuli district, Uganda

dc.creatorBuyinza, Mukadasi
dc.creatorNabalegwa, Muhammod
dc.date2013-04-19T06:46:18Z
dc.date2013-04-19T06:46:18Z
dc.date2007
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-04T12:57:46Z
dc.date.available2018-09-04T12:57:46Z
dc.descriptionItem only includes the abstract
dc.descriptionThe distribution of property rights to land and natural resources underlies the differential control of men and women over productive resources. This article investigates the role played by women in conservation of plant resources in Kamuli district, Uganda. Using a stratified random sampling technique, 60 tree farmers from Bugulumbya, Kasambira and Nawandhyo parish were interviewed. The findings revealed that women tree farmers were constrained by insecure tenure to tree resource, inequitable benefit sharing, male dominance in decision making, low education and lack of planting materials. The extension media use varied according to gender. These findings have important policy implications in that for effective tree resource conservation, the information targeting rural women in Uganda should be in their native languages. Local programmes should be integrated into tree resource management programmes for the benefit of the grassroot populations, many of whom have low education levels.
dc.identifierBuyinza M. & Nabalegwa M. (2007). Gender mainstreaming and community participation in plant resource conservation in Buzaya county, Kamuli district, Uganda. African Journal of Ecology, 45 (Suppl. 1): 7–12.
dc.identifier0141-6707
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/1350
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/1350
dc.languageen
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing
dc.subjectExtension media use
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectTree farmers
dc.subjectPlant resource conservation
dc.subjectUganda
dc.titleGender mainstreaming and community participation in plant resource conservation in Buzaya county, Kamuli district, Uganda
dc.typeJournal article, peer reviewed
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