Juniper Publishers Agricultural Research Journal

Assessing the Governance of Payment for Ecosystem Services in the Upper Catchments of the Lake Naivasha Basin by  Robert M Kibugi | Juniper Publishers The importance of Water Resource Users Association (WRUA) committees is examined. Observed activities of the WRUA committees continue to enhance the efforts of members to engage in Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs to meet its objectives. The success of some WRUA committees shows it can attain “win-win” outcomes in managing PES issues. The responses of 1143 PES farmers and 235 non-PES farmers interviewed were examined. Regression analysis were used to determine the significant association between the dependent variables, importance of WRUA committee and knowledge of negotiation process, water regulations and protected areas. The outcomes of these regression was synthesized to identify key factors that inform the formation of committees. Governance at the local level needs to be strengthened with streaml...

Socio-Economic and Field Performance Evaluation of Different Rice Varieties under System of Rice Intensification in Morogoro, Tanzania by Kangile RJ in Juniper Publishers Worldwide, many Studies on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) indicate that, the practice has promising results on increased rice productivity especially with high-yielding varieties. Therefore, it was necessary to validate the system at smallholder farmers’ level under Tanzanian condition. The study sought to evaluate the performance of selected rice improved varieties under SRI in different fields and locations in Morogoro region through an action research. Four rice varieties were planted in Completely Randomized Block Design (CRBD) experimental fields at the spacing of 25cm x 25cm transplanted at 10 days after emergence. Experimental fields were set in three locations. The evaluation was followed by socio-economic participatory variety selection (pairwise and matrix scoring methods) which...

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