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102
16
130
0
17
96
81
0
Dim 23R2
Key
Numbered points = Categories with highest change in inertia: 16 (Beans yield = H), 17
(Beans yield = H), 81 (Hospitalizations = L), 96 (Kale yield = L), 102 (Maize yield =
L) and 130 (Potatoes yield = H)
fIGuRe 7.5
Change in inertia of categories along multiple correspondence analysis (MCA)
dimension 23 between January 1999 (DIM23R1) and January 2000 (DIM23R2) measure-
ments of researcher-proposed land-use unit (LUU)-level indicators.
Improved health care in Kiawamagira was reported to be due to improved
access to a privately owned health facility near the area. Communities reported that
the activities resulting in increased contact with extension staff and the improved
security could be maintained. Similarly, supply of water to most households in
Githima village could be sustained over the long term, as could the road mainte-
nance. Communities in Mahindi and Kiawamagira carry out routine maintenance of
access roads, but the condition of the road was ranked as only a slight improvement.
Table 7.3 shows the changes in system attributes resulting from these activities and
the expected primary and secondary outputs based on a pulse process model of the
communities' cognitive maps.
In Githima village, the expected outputs included improvements in coffee,
tea, and dairy production, resulting in increased farm productivity and household
incomes as well as an improvement in knowledge, literacy, and employment opportu-
nities, resulting in reduction in the number of people dependent on farmland for their
livelihoods (Table 7.3). The community foresees deterioration in soil productivity as
a possible outcome of this process. In Gitangu village, the expected outputs were an
improvement in the farming techniques, resulting in improved poultry, dairy, and
crop production, resulting in improved income and human health. In Kiawamagira,
the primary expectations were an improvement in human health due to improved
health care and increasing non-farm employment through small-scale enterprises,
building of rental houses, and access to jobs outside the village. Improved access road
was expected to result in enhanced dairy and flower production and increased access
to off-farm jobs in Mahindi. In Gikabu, the expected outputs were an improvement
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