Watershed conservation knowledge, attitude, and practices among rural communities in Maasin Watershed: A gender analysis
2003
Lustica, L. | Locsin, E. | Penaranda, E. | Ruales, O. | Reyno, M.
A gender analysis on watershed conservation knowledge, attitude, and practices among rural people in the Maasin Watershed was conducted. Data were collected by using personal interview and conducting workshop using Participatory Rural Appraisal and Gender Analysis (PRAGEN) and other gender tools. Descriptive statistics and chi-square test through the computer-aided Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) were used to analyze the data. The average ages of men and women in Maasin Watershed were 44 and 41 years, respectively. Almost all were married with an average of six household members. Majority reached elementary with an average of five years formal schooling. They have been in their barangays [villages] for about 33 years. Crop and bamboo production and processing were the main sources of income, with an average income of P27,422.50 for males and P13,394 for females. Sex, age, educational attainment, and farm location influenced the levels of knowledge of the respondents on watershed conservation. Both men and women have positive attitude towards watershed conservation, but their attitude is influenced by their age, sex, civil status, and household size. Gender division of labor exists within the production, reproduction, and in community management activities of the rural people. Women's participation in productive or economic activities was limited to bamboo weaving, planting, replanting, fertilizing, and weeding for crop production. Men do the heavier work like bamboo harvesting, hauling, land preparation and the like. Gender analysis of the comprehensive Site Development showed that the project component activities were still dominated by men, being primarily involved in infrastructure development, site delienation, mapping, blocking, and constructing different SWC structures. The main problem of the people in Maasin Watershed is poverty, caused by lack of land to till and limited livelihood opportunities within the watershed area
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