Factors Influencing the Awareness and Adoption of Borehole-Garden Permaculture in Malawi: Lessons for the Promotion of Sustainable Practices

Using wastewater accumulating around rural waterpoints to irrigate community gardens, borehole-garden permaculture (BGP) presents a method of sustainable water management. BGP also presents public health benefits through the removal of stagnant water around boreholes, key Malaria breeding grounds, a...

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Autores principales:	Rebekah G. K. Hinton, Christopher J. A. Macleod, Mads Troldborg, Gift Wanangwa, Modesta Kanjaye, Emma Mbalame, Prince Mleta, Kettie Harawa, Steve Kumwenda, Robert M. Kalin
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	permaculture borehole management sustainable practice SDG6 Malawi Africa Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8580198be5c045e2a9bc378b1371710a2021-11-11T19:47:33ZFactors Influencing the Awareness and Adoption of Borehole-Garden Permaculture in Malawi: Lessons for the Promotion of Sustainable Practices10.3390/su1321121962071-1050https://doaj.org/article/8580198be5c045e2a9bc378b1371710a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12196https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Using wastewater accumulating around rural waterpoints to irrigate community gardens, borehole-garden permaculture (BGP) presents a method of sustainable water management. BGP also presents public health benefits through the removal of stagnant water around boreholes, key Malaria breeding grounds, and through providing year-round food to supplement diets. By analysing a dataset of over 100,000 cases, this research examines the awareness and adoption of BGP across Malawi. Generalised linear models identified significant variables influencing BGP awareness and uptake revealing that socioeconomic, biophysical and waterpoint-specific variables influenced both the awareness and adoption of BGP. BGP had low uptake in Malawi with only 2.4% of communities surveyed practising BGP while 43.0% of communities were aware of BGP. Communities in areas with unreliable rainfall and high malaria susceptibility had low BGP awareness despite BGP being particularly beneficial to these communities. This work suggests that future work in the promotion of BGP should focus their efforts within these areas. Furthermore, this work highlights the value of community networks in knowledge sharing and suggests that such social capital could be further used by NGOs and the Government of Malawi in the promotion of BGP and other sustainable practices.Rebekah G. K. HintonChristopher J. A. MacleodMads TroldborgGift WanangwaModesta KanjayeEmma MbalamePrince MletaKettie HarawaSteve KumwendaRobert M. KalinMDPI AGarticlepermacultureborehole managementsustainable practiceSDG6MalawiAfricaEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12196, p 12196 (2021)
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topic	permaculture borehole management sustainable practice SDG6 Malawi Africa Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	permaculture borehole management sustainable practice SDG6 Malawi Africa Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Rebekah G. K. Hinton Christopher J. A. Macleod Mads Troldborg Gift Wanangwa Modesta Kanjaye Emma Mbalame Prince Mleta Kettie Harawa Steve Kumwenda Robert M. Kalin Factors Influencing the Awareness and Adoption of Borehole-Garden Permaculture in Malawi: Lessons for the Promotion of Sustainable Practices
description	Using wastewater accumulating around rural waterpoints to irrigate community gardens, borehole-garden permaculture (BGP) presents a method of sustainable water management. BGP also presents public health benefits through the removal of stagnant water around boreholes, key Malaria breeding grounds, and through providing year-round food to supplement diets. By analysing a dataset of over 100,000 cases, this research examines the awareness and adoption of BGP across Malawi. Generalised linear models identified significant variables influencing BGP awareness and uptake revealing that socioeconomic, biophysical and waterpoint-specific variables influenced both the awareness and adoption of BGP. BGP had low uptake in Malawi with only 2.4% of communities surveyed practising BGP while 43.0% of communities were aware of BGP. Communities in areas with unreliable rainfall and high malaria susceptibility had low BGP awareness despite BGP being particularly beneficial to these communities. This work suggests that future work in the promotion of BGP should focus their efforts within these areas. Furthermore, this work highlights the value of community networks in knowledge sharing and suggests that such social capital could be further used by NGOs and the Government of Malawi in the promotion of BGP and other sustainable practices.
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author	Rebekah G. K. Hinton Christopher J. A. Macleod Mads Troldborg Gift Wanangwa Modesta Kanjaye Emma Mbalame Prince Mleta Kettie Harawa Steve Kumwenda Robert M. Kalin
author_facet	Rebekah G. K. Hinton Christopher J. A. Macleod Mads Troldborg Gift Wanangwa Modesta Kanjaye Emma Mbalame Prince Mleta Kettie Harawa Steve Kumwenda Robert M. Kalin
author_sort	Rebekah G. K. Hinton
title	Factors Influencing the Awareness and Adoption of Borehole-Garden Permaculture in Malawi: Lessons for the Promotion of Sustainable Practices
title_short	Factors Influencing the Awareness and Adoption of Borehole-Garden Permaculture in Malawi: Lessons for the Promotion of Sustainable Practices
title_full	Factors Influencing the Awareness and Adoption of Borehole-Garden Permaculture in Malawi: Lessons for the Promotion of Sustainable Practices
title_fullStr	Factors Influencing the Awareness and Adoption of Borehole-Garden Permaculture in Malawi: Lessons for the Promotion of Sustainable Practices
title_full_unstemmed	Factors Influencing the Awareness and Adoption of Borehole-Garden Permaculture in Malawi: Lessons for the Promotion of Sustainable Practices
title_sort	factors influencing the awareness and adoption of borehole-garden permaculture in malawi: lessons for the promotion of sustainable practices
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/8580198be5c045e2a9bc378b1371710a
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Factors Influencing the Awareness and Adoption of Borehole-Garden Permaculture in Malawi: Lessons for the Promotion of Sustainable Practices

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