as they only said it keeps on fluctuating with respect to the fluctuation on the production rates from their various activities. 4.3 Conceptualization of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Conceptualization of Artisanal and Mining (ASM) answers part one of objective one which was to find out how the people of Central- Sakwa Location have Conceptualize Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) and poverty. In conceptualizing ASM the respondents gave their views about their understanding of ASM, the duration in years on how long they have been practicing the activity and what had prompted them into the activity and this information is shown below: 4: Understanding of ASM by Respondents Description Frequency Percentages (%) Not know the meaning of artisanal 69 60 Process of harvesting gold 35 30.43 Process of separating gold ore from soil 29 25.22 Extracting gold using available materials 10 8.70 Process of digging/ washing/ heating gold ore 7 6.09 Dirty/disruptive activity of extracting gold 5 4.35 It is an activity that brings income 3 2.61 An activity done by individuals 1 0.87 Harvesting gold in small quantities 1 0.87 From Table 4 above, a good number of respondents (60%) did not know the meaning of artisanal but were aware of small-scale mining, while others gave the following as their understanding of ASM; a process of harvesting gold (30.43%); a process of separating gold ore from soil (25.22%); extracting gold using available materials (8.70%); a process of digging, washing and heating gold ore (6.09%) to make it pure and ready for selling; an activity that brings income (2.61%); an activity done by individuals (0.87%); and harvesting of gold in small quantities (0.87%).
as they only said it keeps on fluctuating with respect to the fluctuation on the production rates from their various activities. 4.3 Conceptualization of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Conceptualization of Artisanal and Mining (ASM) answers part one of objective one which was to find out how the people of Central- Sakwa Location have Conceptualize Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) and poverty. In conceptualizing ASM the respondents gave their views about their understanding of ASM, the duration in years on how long they have been practicing the activity and what had prompted them into the activity and this information is shown below: 4: Understanding of ASM by Respondents Description Frequency Percentages (%) Not know the meaning of artisanal 69 60 Process of harvesting gold 35 30.43 Process of separating gold ore from soil 29 25.22 Extracting gold using available materials 10 8.70 Process of digging/ washing/ heating gold ore 7 6.09 Dirty/disruptive activity of extracting gold 5 4.35 It is an activity that brings income 3 2.61 An activity done by individuals 1 0.87 Harvesting gold in small quantities 1 0.87 From Table 4 above, a good number of respondents (60%) did not know the meaning of artisanal but were aware of small-scale mining, while others gave the following as their understanding of ASM; a process of harvesting gold (30.43%); a process of separating gold ore from soil (25.22%); extracting gold using available materials (8.70%); a process of digging, washing and heating gold ore (6.09%) to make it pure and ready for selling; an activity that brings income (2.61%); an activity done by individuals (0.87%); and harvesting of gold in small quantities (0.87%).
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