Non-timber forest products income from forest landscapes of Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria – an incidental or integral contribution to sustaining rural livelihoods?

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Malleson ◽  
S. Asaha ◽  
M. Egot ◽  
M. Kshatriya ◽  
E. Marshall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products

scholarly journals Appraising Forest-Based Livelihoods through Assessment of Major NTFPs: A Case Study from Jharkhand, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 053-059
Author(s):  
Sunil Prasad ◽  
◽  
Dhanpal Singh Chauhan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Income Sources ◽  
Mineral Wealth ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products

The state Jharkhand is one of the Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) rich states of the country because of diverse physiographic and climatic conditions. It is known for its mineral wealth, tribal population and forests. NTFPs play an important role in supporting rural livelihoods and food security in tribal Jharkhand. The present study was carried out in three distinct villages of Jharkhand to explore the range of livelihood contributions of NTFPs. The study was based on empirical fieldwork using both quantitative and qualitative data. A structured interview schedule was managed for the respondents. Comparing income sources, we found that most of the households collect NTFPs and earn a handsome amount of income from NTFPs ranges from 33% to 59%. We also prioritized potential NTFPs along with their basic value chain.

scholarly journals Poverty, Vulnerability, Non-timber Forest Products and Rural Livelihood: An Indian Experience

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jeetesh Rai
Keyword(s):  
Potential Risk ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Poverty Trap ◽  
Rural Poor ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
Rural Livelihood ◽  
Indian Experience ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products

Poverty, vulnerability as well as rural livelihoods are all complex and dynamic themes making it difficult to achieve. Households may respond differently to risk depending on factors such as the household’s socio-economic class, its lifecycle stage, its exposure to risk, its asset base and the coping strategies at their disposal. Rural households invest in a diversity of livelihood strategies and assets in order to spread potential risk and provide a buffer against vulnerability. Whilst some see this diversity as an inevitable poverty trap, households diversify as a means of coping as well as in response to changing opportunities and constraints. This paper argues that in India better management of forests and forest products like Non-Timber Forest Products can protect the rural poor - especially the forest dwellers, from the poverty trap, climatic vulnerability and insecure livelihood.

scholarly journals Delineating the dynamics of growth and instability of different Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP’s) in Gujarat

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-140
Author(s):  
Anjali S. Chaudhari ◽  
K.A. Khunt ◽  
Viralkumar P. Chaudhari ◽  
C.P. Chetariya
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Rural Poor ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products ◽  
Instability Indices

The importance of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and its contribution to rural livelihoods and alleviating rural poverty is well known in Gujarat and emerging as the source of income for the rural poor. Therefore, promotion of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) species, therefore, the present study aimed at to examine the growth rates and instability of different forest products. The secondary data on quantity and value of different wood and non-wood products from the year 1996-97 to 2017-18 were compiled from published sources. The results revealed that quantity of Mahuda flowers and Honey increased significantly while majority of NTFPs found to be decreased but it is statistically non-significant during overall period. Instability indices of both quantity as well as value of NTFPs found to be higher during overall period. The quantity of teak timber significantly increased in Valsad circle but it significantly decreased in Ahmedabad circle, while change in value found to be nonsignificant in all circles during overall period because of irregular and timely non-availability of NTFPs.

Rural household participation in markets for non-timber forest products in Zambia

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian P. Mulenga ◽  
Robert B. Richardson ◽  
Gelson Tembo ◽  
Lawrence Mapemba
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Rural Household ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products

AbstractNon-timber forest products (NTFPs) support livelihoods in rural communities through provision of food, fuel, materials, medicines and income from sales. We estimated the contribution of NTFPs to rural household income in Zambia, and used a two-stage tobit alternative model to identify the factors associated with participation in NTFP markets. NTFPs accounted for 35 per cent of household income for participating households, second only to trading. Human capital variables and the value of assets were found to be significant determinants of both participation in business activities related to NTFPs and the associated household income, and the poor were more dependent on NTFPs than wealthier households. The effect of average rainfall underscores the role that NTFPs play in providing a safety net during periods of low crop yields. Rural development policies should recognize the role played by NTFPs in rural livelihoods and the need to balance welfare improvement and sustainable forest management.

scholarly journals Status, Prospects and Challenges for Non-Timber Forest Products Conservation in Nepal: A Critical Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Pramod Ghimire ◽  
Nabaraj Pudasaini ◽  
Uchita Lamichhane
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Biological Origin ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products ◽  
Over Exploitation

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) consist of goods of biological origin other than wood, derived from forests, other wooded land and trees outside forests. The importance of NTFPs for sustaining rural livelihoods, fostering rural poverty alleviation, enhancing biodiversity conservation, and facilitating rural economic growth is well known in Nepal. In spite of these facts, NTFPs have not received the sustained and systematic support. With the gradual rise in population, unsustainable harvesting and depletion of resources, sustainable management of NTFPs has become a challenge. Similarly, the increasing global demand of NTFPs leads to over-exploitation of these resources that further leads to dwindling and adversely affecting the biodiversity. In this context, this paper intends to explore and analyze the conservation status, prospects and challenges for efficient and sustainable management of NTFPs in the context of Nepal.

scholarly journals POTENSI DAN PEMANFAATAN TANAMAN AREN (Arenga pinnata) DENGAN POLA AGROFORESTRI DI DESA PALAKKA KECAMATAN BARRU KABUPATEN BARRU

PERENNIAL ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Syarifah Majnah Ruslan ◽  
Baharuddin Baharuddin ◽  
Ira Taskirawati
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Brown Sugar ◽  
Palm Trees ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products

Non-Timber Forest Products (HHBK) are part of the forest ecosystem that has a role to nature as well as to humans. One of the HHBKs that has high economic value and is one of the rural livelihoods of the community is Aren. This study aims to determine the potential and utilization of palm trees (aren) in Palakka Village Barru District Barru . The methods used are survey method and interview. Data analysis includes the potentials of sugar palms and description of the result of interview about the utilization of palm trees in Palakka village, Barru regency. The results showed that Palakka village has 15 palm trees that can already be in production, and 45 palm trees that have not been produced. Respondents utilize palm crop products as brown sugar and palm wine, other uses of palm trees that their fiber (ijuk) can be utilized to make palm-fiber broom; and the leaves are used as a funnel, roof of the house and palm-stick brooms. Key words: Potency, Utilization, Aren, Agroforestry

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