Exploring the Role of Agricultural Extension in Promoting Biodiversity Conservation in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

摘要: Biodiversity conservation outside designated protected areas remains challenging in South Africa, where 80% of the biodiversity resources occur on private and communal lands. This applies to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, which is focus this study. Landholders logically choose agricultural production ahead conservation, they often perform using non-ecological methods. Extension well positioned promote ecological agriculture, but its current contribution unknown. study examined role extension agriculture KZN by investigating extension’s promotion among smallholder farmers factors impacting their employment ecologically compatible practices. Data was collected through semistructured interviews with 44 respondents, comprising 5 provincial practitioners, 1 national manager, 4 managers, selected purposive sampli...