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DOI	10.1007/s11842-023-09547-x
	Farming with Trees for Soil Fertility, Moisture Retention and Crop Productivity Improvement: Perceptions from Farmers in Rwanda
	Cyamweshi, R. A.; Kuyah, S.; Mukuralinda, A.; Ngango, J.; Mbaraka, S. R.; Manirere, J. D.; Muthuri, W. C.
通讯作者	Cyamweshi, RA
来源期刊	SMALL-SCALE FORESTRY
ISSN	1873-7617
EISSN	1873-7854
出版年	2023
卷号	22 期号:4 页码:649-667
英文摘要	Agroforestry is widely considered as a sustainable land management practice with multiple ecosystem benefits that support farmers' livelihoods. While there is much evidence that the technologies are not being embraced as expected, there is knowledge gap about farmers' perceptions to help devising extension strategies tailored to farmers' needs in many countries, including Rwanda. This study determined factors that influence farmers' perceptions on trees effects on soil fertility, moisture retention and crop productivity in semi-arid and humid regions of Rwanda. Logistic regression was used to analyze household survey data that covered 107 and 146 farmers in semi-arid and humid regions, respectively. Results showed that the proportion of farmers with fertile soil in the humid (92%) and the semi-arid (65%) regions was higher on farms with trees. In the semi-arid region, farmers' perceptions of trees effect on soil fertility was positively influenced by education (P < 0.05) and negatively influenced by farm size (P < 0.1) whereas in the humid region, it was positively influenced (P < 0.1) by family size. Farmers' perceptions of the effect of agroforestry on soil moisture were influenced by farmers' knowledge (P < 0.1) in the semi-arid region and gender (P < 0.05) in the humid region. Farmers reported higher yields of potato, maize and beans on farms with trees in the humid region and beans in the semi-arid region. These factors should be taken into consideration to target agroforestry technologies more efficiently within farmer populations. However, constraints including lack of seedlings, tree-crop competition, droughts, termites and lack of mineral fertilizers for seedlings need to be addressed to increase farmers' uptake of agroforestry technologies.
英文关键词	Tree management Ecosystem benefits Logistic regression Education level Farmers' knowledge
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001031322400001
WOS关键词	AGROFORESTRY ; MANAGEMENT ; RESOURCE ; ADOPTION ; SYSTEMS
WOS类目	Forestry
WOS研究方向	Forestry
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/398655
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cyamweshi, R. A.,Kuyah, S.,Mukuralinda, A.,et al. Farming with Trees for Soil Fertility, Moisture Retention and Crop Productivity Improvement: Perceptions from Farmers in Rwanda[J],2023,22(4):649-667.
APA	Cyamweshi, R. A..,Kuyah, S..,Mukuralinda, A..,Ngango, J..,Mbaraka, S. R..,...&Muthuri, W. C..(2023).Farming with Trees for Soil Fertility, Moisture Retention and Crop Productivity Improvement: Perceptions from Farmers in Rwanda.SMALL-SCALE FORESTRY,22(4),649-667.
MLA	Cyamweshi, R. A.,et al."Farming with Trees for Soil Fertility, Moisture Retention and Crop Productivity Improvement: Perceptions from Farmers in Rwanda".SMALL-SCALE FORESTRY 22.4(2023):649-667.