The 2012 RUFORUM Biennial Conference is the third in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. The third Biennial Conference was attended by 657 participants.This record contains an extended abstract accepted under Enhancing Natural Resource Management
Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Information for Mangrove Forests Conservation in Democratic Republic of Congo
Abstract:
This study evaluated information flow within rural communities
in the Moanda territory, Democratic Republic of Congo with
an aim of aiding improved management and conservation of
mangrove forests along the Atlantic coast. In this study, sources
of information were grouped as conventional and emerging.
Barazas and face-to-face communication remain the most
significant conventional sources of information in the study area.
Emerging sources of information included television, radio-call,
telecentres, and mobile phones. The adoption of emerging
sources of information was found to be positively influenced
by farmers’ years of schooling, the number of times per month
farmers received, land use information through radio and
leaflets/literature. Age of respondent was also an important
but negative influence. This study proposed integrating methods
and information processes at the local level for improved
livelihoods, mangroves conservation, decision making and policy
recommendations.
Cette étude a évalué le flux d’informations au sein des
communautés rurales du territoire de Moanda, en République
démocratique du Congo dans le but de promouvoir une meilleure
gestion et conservation des forêts de mangroves le long de la
côte Atlantique. Dans cette étude, les sources d’information
ont été regroupées comme conventionnelles et émergentes. Les
rencontres communautaires et la communication face-à-face
restent les sources les plus importantes d’information
conventionnelles dans la zone d’étude. Les sources émergentes
d’information comprenaient la télévision, les appels radio, les
télécentres et les téléphones mobiles. L’adoption de nouvelles
sources d’information a été jugée positivement influencée parles années de scolarité des agriculteurs, le nombre de fois par
mois les agriculteurs ont reçu, des informations d’utilisation des
terres à travers la radio, les dépliants et la littérature. L’âge du
répondant était également d’une influence importante, mais
négative. Cette étude a proposé l’intégration des méthodes et
des processus d’information au niveau local pour améliorer le
revenu de subsistance, la conservation des mangroves, la prise
de décision et des recommandations des politiques.
Language:
English
Extended abstracts submitted under Enhancing Natural Resource Management
Date of publication:
2012
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Central Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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