Journal ArticleDOI
Importance of socio-economic factors in the collection of NTFPs: The case of gum arabic in Kenya
TLDR
In this article, household decisions to collect gum arabic in the forest using the two stage Heckman selection model were explored, showing that livestock ownership, possession of skills, insecurity and price obtained from the previous season impact on decision-making to collect arabiic.About:
This article is published in Forest Policy and Economics.The article was published on 2014-05-01. It has received 31 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Gum arabic.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Non-timber forest products and their contribution to households income around Falgore Game Reserve in Kano, Nigeria
TL;DR: In this paper, a representative sample of 400 households was used to explore the utilization of non-timber forest products and their contribution to households' income in communities proximate to Falgore Game Reserve (FGR) in Kano State, Nigeria.
Journal ArticleDOI
Socio-economic factors influencing household forest dependency in Chobe enclave, Botswana
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented an analysis of socio-economic determinants on the level of household forest dependency in Chobe enclave, Botswana, and found that age and education significantly influenced household reliance on forests, while other socioeconomic factors were not significant.
Journal ArticleDOI
Geographic factors predict wild food and nonfood NTFP collection by households across four African countries.
Matthew Cooper,Alex Zvoleff,Mariano González-Roglich,Felly Tusiime,Mark Musumba,Monica Noon,Peter O. Alele,Madeleine Nyiratuza +7 more
TL;DR: It is found that geographic factors, such as the presence of forests, non-forest natural areas like grasslands and shrublands, and lower population density significantly predict whether a household will report collecting NTFP, and that these factors have greater explanatory power than household characteristics.
Journal ArticleDOI
Financial drivers of land use decisions: The case of smallholder woodlots in Amhara, Ethiopia
TL;DR: A household survey on the financial drivers of woodlot production was conducted in the Lake Tana watershed of Amhara State, Ethiopia as discussed by the authors, where the authors found that converting uneroded over eroded croplands leads to significantly higher financial returns.
Journal ArticleDOI
Contribution of NTFPs on livelihood of forest-fringe communities in Jaldapara National Park, India.
TL;DR: A wide gap exists between the price realized by the community from the sale of NTFPs and those sold in the local markets, and this calls for institutional intervention for capacity building and empowering the community for processing or value addition and market intelligence.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
The Determinants of Rural Livelihood Diversification in Developing Countries
Abstract: The diversity of rural livelihoods in low income developing countries is receiving increased attention in discussions about rural poverty reduction. This paper explores just one facet of livelihood diversity, namely the reasons for households to adopt multiple livelihood strategies. The distinction is made between diversification of necessity and diversification by choice. Six determinants of diversification are considered in the light of that distinction, and these are seasonality, risk, labour markets, credit markets, asset strategies, and coping strategies. The paper concludes that under the precarious conditions that characterise rural survival in many low income countries, diversification has positive attributes for livelihood security that outweigh negative connotations it may possess. Policy should facilitate rather than inhibit diversity. Diverse rural livelihoods are less vulnerable than undiversified ones.
Journal ArticleDOI
The Heckman Correction for Sample Selection and Its Critique
TL;DR: In this article, the authors give a short overview of Monte Carlo studies on the usefulness of Heckman's (1976, 1979) two-step estimator for estimating selection models. And they show that exploratory work to check for collinearity problems is strongly recommended before deciding on which estimator to apply.
Journal ArticleDOI
Empirical regularities in the poverty-environment relationship of rural households: evidence from Zimbabwe.
TL;DR: Using purpose-collected panel data from Zimbabwe, the authors demonstrate seven empirical regularities in the rural poverty-environment relationship and demonstrate the considerable economic significance of environmental resources to rural households.
Journal Article
The importance of non-timber forest products in rural livelihood security and as safety nets: a review of evidence from South Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the role and importance of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in the daily lives of rural people in South Africa is examined, and the value to rural households is manifest through a daily net function which represents a cost saving to the families involved and to the state, as well as through an emergency net which serves as an insurance in times of misfor- tune, such as drought, disease, and unexpected economic hard- ship.
Journal ArticleDOI
Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?
TL;DR: In this paper, an approach that recognises such areas of conflict, and attempts to arrive at a realistic balance between development and conservation, is proposed to find a balance between the two objectives.