About the RUFORUM 2010 Biennal Conference
"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second 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 stakeholders 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. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Animal Science"
Institutional arrangements and stakeholder power relations underlying apiculture for conservation of natural resources in west Usambara Mountains,Tanzania
Abstract:
A study was conducted whereby 98 respondents were
interviewed out of which 54 were beekeepers while 44 were
non –beekeepers. Statistical package SPSS v 16 was used to
analyze the data. Age, awareness of national beekeeping policy,
awareness of Village land act, number of individual beehives
and number of group beehives were significant variables
affecting performance of dominant formal institution (Village
Natural Resource Committee) at p<0.05 whereas number of
individual beehives and number of group beehives owned were
significant variables affecting performance of dominant
informal institution (cultural practices) at p<0.05. Stakeholder
Power Relations were constructed not only through individual
position of community members in the kinship hierarchy, but
also through social and economic achievement and networks
that may be used in gaining access to key resources such as
land, woodlands and water.
Une étude a été menée selon laquelle 98 personnes ont été
interrogées, dont 54 apiculteurs, tandis que 44 étaient de nonapiculteurs.
Le logiciel statistique SPSS v 16 a été utilisé pour
analyser les données. L’âge, la compréhension de la politique
nationale de l’apiculture, la sensibilisation de la loi des terres du
village, le nombre de ruches individuelles et le nombre de ruches
du groupe étaient des variables significatives qui affectent la
performance de l’institution formelle dominante (Comité des
Ressources Naturelles du Village) à p <0,05, alors que le nombre
de ruches individuelles et le nombre de ruches appartenant à un
groupe étaient des variables significatives qui affectent la
performance de l’institution informelle dominante (pratiques
culturelles) à p <0,05. Les parties prenantes des relations de
pouvoir ont été construits non seulement par la position
individuelle des membres dans la hiérarchie au sein de la communauté de parenté, mais aussi à travers les réalisations
sociales et économiques et des réseaux qui peuvent être utilisés
pour accéder à des ressources essentielles telles que la terre, les
forêts et l’eau.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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East 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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1219-1222
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