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What Factors Influence Community Participation in Afforestation Activities? Case of Nathenje Area in Lilongwe District in Malawi

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dc.contributor.author Kanthiti, Mark
dc.contributor.author Njera, Dalo
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-28T17:19:33Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-28T17:19:33Z
dc.date.issued 2016-12-12
dc.identifier.citation Kanthiti, M. & Njera, D. (2016). What Factors Influence Community Participation in Afforestation Activities? Case of Nathenje Area in Lilongwe District in Malawi. International Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry, 3(12), 22-28. http://www.ijraf.org/papers/v3-i12/4.pdf en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2394-5907
dc.identifier.issn 2394-5915
dc.identifier.uri http://www.ijraf.org/papers/v3-i12/4.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mzuni.ac.mw/handle/123456789/404
dc.description.abstract The rationale of this study was to determine factors influencing community participation in afforestation activities in Nathenje area in Lilongwe district in central Malawi. The rationale of this study was to determine factors influencing community participation in afforestation activities. Simple random sampling was used to select 120 local community members as respondents for the study. Data collection was carried out using semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Results showed a strong positive significant relationship between age and community participation in afforestation activities (P < 0.001) and (r =0.657). A weak positive significant relationship was also observed between occupation of respondents and community participation (P < 0.032) and (r= 0.460). Participation was also found to be heavily influenced by the anticipated benefits (P < 0.001) and (r= 0.846). Firewood was noted to be the most common forest resource obtained by the respondents (42%: 50/120). Arson fire was noted to be the most prevalent challenge for afforestation in the study area. It is recommended that forest policy makers and programme planners need to train and involve more young people in afforestation since results showed that elderly people were the ones who were currently participating. There is also need to reduce fuel load in the forests and woodlots to reduce cases of arson fires. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sryahwa Publications en_US
dc.subject Afforestation en_US
dc.subject community participation en_US
dc.subject socio-economic factors en_US
dc.subject forest management en_US
dc.title What Factors Influence Community Participation in Afforestation Activities? Case of Nathenje Area in Lilongwe District in Malawi en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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