Authors : M. Buyinza, C. Khainza and M. Bukenya
Abstract: As the human population increases, the demand for utilization of wetlands for agricultural and industrial production will also increase. A study to explore the socio-economic factors that influence the household dependency on brick making in wetlands was carried out between June-August 2005 in Goma sub-county, Mukono district, Uganda. Semi-structured questionnaires were administered to 50 randomly selected respondents. Results from the maximum likelihood estimation of a logistic regression model suggest that the factors that there is a high rate of dependency on brick making and household income where by the poor households depend more on brick making. Several household level factors such as distance to the wetland, age, landholding and the level of education significantly affect the dependency to brick making industry. The sustainable utilization and conservation of wetlands will be generally greatly enhanced if the local communities are actively involved in the sustainable management of the wetland resource since their livelihoods directly depend on them.
M. Buyinza, C. Khainza and M. Bukenya, 2009. Emerging Local Economic Dynamics Shaping the Transformation and Use of Wetlands for Brick Making in Goma Sub-County, Mukono District, Uganda. Online Journal of Earth Sciences, 3: 23-31.