Homegardens as a Source of Income for Rural Households A Case Study of Bieha District, Southern Burkina Faso  

作　　者：Reginald Tang Guuroh Holm Uibrig Emmanuel Acheampong 

机构地区：[1]Technische Universitat Dresden, Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Dresden, Germany [2]Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, Kumasi, Ghana

出　　处：《Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology(B)》2012年第7期798-813,共16页农业科学与技术（B）

摘　　要：This exploratory research studied the contribution of homegardens to household income generation. In Burkina Faso, the Bieha department was purposively selected. The initial rapid rural appraisal was complemented by a household survey. Tools of data collection included observation, key informant interview, and focus group discussion. For the survey, eighty households were selected based on systematic sampling. Data was collected by individual interviews at household level, and for statistical calculations, the households were subsequently categorized as small, medium and commercial based on their homegarden size. It was found that all the surveyed households managed homegardens composed of trees, crops and animals. Majority of the farmers （43%） belonged to the small category due to land constraints. Generally, farms contributed more income than the plant component of homegardens. However, when the livestock component of homegardens was added, homegardens became far more important than farms and accounted for over 60% of income generation for all categories. It can be concluded that homegardens are important to rural people for food and cash income.

关 键 词：AGROFORESTRY land fragmentation population growth livelihood. 

分 类 号：P315.9[天文地球—地震学] F323.8[天文地球—固体地球物理学]