| dc.description.abstract | Agroforestry coverage is low within households because farmers are less motivated to
plant more agroforestry trees on their farms. This study aimed at assessing the influence
of agroforestry and demographic characteristics on the subjective wellbeing of
households practicing agroforestry in Gasabo district, Rwanda. Independent variables
investigated were household demographic characteristics, agroforestry practices
applied, agroforestry inputs used, agroforestry land size, as well as agroforestry income,
and the household subjective wellbeing as the dependent variable. Government policy
remittances were studied as intervening variables. Grounded on a review of literature
on agroforestry and social-ecological system theory, a survey was conducted on a
population of 910 households and a sample of 270 households practicing agroforestry
in Zamuka Cooperative. The reliability of the survey questionnaire was tested before
data collection. The selection of respondents followed a stratified random sampling
procedure. The collected data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical
tools of the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS Version 20). The wellbeing of
household demographic characteristics was very high (M = 6.99 and SD = 1.507) on a
scale of 1 to 10. Except for the sex of the household head, other demographic
characteristics (age, household size, and formal education level) showed no significant
positive influence on the subjective wellbeing of households. The regression analysis
exhibited that agroforestry practices applied have a significant positive influence on the
subjective wellbeing of households (ß = 0.504, t = 9.554, p = 0.001), as well as
agroforestry inputs used (ß = 0.418, t = 7.52, p = 0.001), agroforestry land size (ß =
0.196, t = 3.279, p = 0.001), and agroforestry income (ß = 0.485, t = 9.067, p = 0.001).
The study concluded that agroforestry has a significant positive influence on the
subjective wellbeing of households. Therefore, the study recommends that
policymakers, development partners, and farmers to consider the significant positive
influence of the sex of the household head; to increase the number of agroforestry
practices applied, to increase the number of agroforestry inputs used, to increase the
number of agroforestry land size, and to increase the number of agroforestry income
for their influence on the subjective wellbeing of households practicing agroforestry | en_US |
