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Involving small holder farmers in the agricultural land use planning process using Analytic Hierarchy Process in rice farming systems of Kilombero Valley, Tanzania

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dc.creator Massawe, B. H. J.
dc.creator Kaaya, A. K.
dc.creator Slater, B.
dc.date 2019-04-16T14:37:37Z
dc.date 2019-04-16T14:37:37Z
dc.date 2019-02-14
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T08:50:21Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T08:50:21Z
dc.identifier 1991-637X
dc.identifier https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2776
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90107
dc.description African Journal of Agricultural Research 2019; Vol. 14(7):395-405
dc.description Despite the truth that the agricultural land use planning exercises have so far covered small and fragmented part of the African continent, the involvement of farmers who are among the direct beneficiaries of the outputs have been limited. This work demonstrates the contributions of farmers on the land use planning process for rice production in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. Analytic hierarchic process (AHP) was used to assign scores of comparative importance of attributes for a suitable land for rice production. Scoring was done by three groups: farmers, extension staff, and joint group comprising both farmers and extension staff. Joint group scores were considered more refined as they were generated by discussions and consensus between the two groups. Results showed that the three groups sequentially ranked the attributes the same. However, the attributes actual scores were different. The farmers’ scores were consistently close to the joint group’s scores compared to the extension staff group. The closeness suggests superiority and consistence of farmers’ perceptions of importance of the identified attributes used for this land use planning exercise. Thus, this study recommends more involvement of farmers in agricultural land use planning process for better and sustainable land use planning outputs.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher academic Journals
dc.subject Kilombero Valley
dc.subject Land use planning
dc.subject Analytic Hierarchic Process
dc.subject Rice
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.title Involving small holder farmers in the agricultural land use planning process using Analytic Hierarchy Process in rice farming systems of Kilombero Valley, Tanzania
dc.type Article


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