| dc.description.abstract | This study has found out that the problem of land
pressure in Vunjo West division does exist and its cause
is mainly rural overpopulation. In this division, the
existing population exceeds the capacity population based
on the concept of land carrying capacity of the area.
Furthermore, it has also been found out that Vunjo West
division is mainly dependent on an agricultural economy geared
mainly to the production of subsistence food crops such as
bananas, beans, maize, vegetables and sweet-potatoes.
Coffee has also been found to be the only cash crop and
major source of peoples income.
Inter-planting of coffee, bananas, maize and beans has
also been found to be the common farming practise. This
farming practise has been found to be partly due to inadequate
usable land and partly due to other factors such as saving of
farm labour per plot, type of farming technology used, and
the type of crops commonly grown which render themselves
possible to inter-planting. Sub-division of plots to sons
once they marry is also a common traditional practise.
In respect to all this, the main strategies to resolve
the problem of land pressure and the related ones are firstly
introduction of rural transformation programmes which will
incorporate an agricultural development strategy^ through
land use reform programme.
Another strategy is the introduction of resettlement
schemes and Social Welfare development programme involving
educating the rural people on family planning.
However, since land is the most limited resource, all
attempts towards resolving the problem of land pressure
would depend on the extent to which population growth
rates could be controlled. | |
