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…(Scopus)Assessment of the Impact of Environment Protection in Rwanda: A Case Study of Rugezi Marshland
Ntabakirabose Gaspard
Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Kigali, Rwanda
Harold Ogwal
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda
Jean Baptiste Habinshuti
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Nigeria
Musoni Protais
Musanze District, Ministry of Local Government, Kigali, Rwanda
Jeanne Pauline Munganyinka
Department of Water and Energy Sciences, African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Nigeria
David Mwehia Mburu
Department of Land Resources Planning and Management, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya
Maniriho Festus
College of Agriculture, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (UR-CAVM), University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36956/njas.v4i1.464
Received: 14 December 2021; Published: 20 January 2022
Copyright © 2022 Ntabakirabose Gaspard, Harold Ogwal, Jean Baptiste Habinshuti, Musoni Protais, Jeanne Pauline Munganyinka, David Mwehia Mburu, Maniriho Festus. Published by Nan Yang Academy of Sciences Pte. Ltd..
Abstract
Environmental protection is one of the most important measures to achieve the long run and sustainability of living organisms in the world. The study was conducted in Burera and Gicumbi districts with the main aim of assessing the impact of environment protection in Rwanda. A case study of Rugezi Marchland. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS statistical software version 20 and STATA statistical software vision 13. Off-farm income, occupation, educational level, age, and farm size, showed a positive relationship with Rugezi marchland protection. Variables such as value of product distance to Rugezi marchland, gender, and family size had a negative influence on Rugezi marchland protection. The study also indicated that factors such as water management, increase of grass species, increase of wild animals and birds, modern house construction, zero grazing keeping revealing a positive relationship with Rugezi marchland protection. Two most serious problems encountered are the lack of occupation and low level of education.
Keywords: Assessment, Impact, Environment Protection, Rugezi Marshland