Analysis of factors influencing farmers' voluntary participation in reforestation programme in Ghana

Danquah, Jones Abrefa

doi:10.1080/14728028.2015.1025862

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“…Some household characteristics, such as age and level of education, did not have a significant influence on their tree planting behaviour. Family sizes, however, negatively and significantly (P 0.045) affected households’ tree planting behaviour, and similar results were shown by Danquah (). The marginal effect results of the model indicate that increasing the size of a household by one person is likely to decrease the possibility of households’ tree planting by 21%.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…The marginal effect revealed that a one-unit increase in the size of a farm increases the probability in the number of trees planted by a household by 5.9%. Similarly, Danquah (2015) and Ashraf et al (2015) conducted studies in Ghana and India, and found that farm size had a significantly positive influence on tree planting behaviour and its extent. Likewise, raising household awareness of tree planting programmes increases the number of trees planted by 51%.…”

Section: Determinants Of the Number Of Trees Plantedmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…A large household size has been suggested to have a high dependent ratio. In an attempt to match with consumption pressure, households tend to allocate available labour to off‐farm activities for more income (Danquah, ). This result contradicts the results of several other studies where family size is found to have positive and significant effect on tree planting behaviour, for example that of Gebreegziabher et al .…”

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Key factors that influence households’ tree planting behaviour

Kulindwa

2016

Natural Resources Forum

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Key factors that influence households’ tree planting behaviour

Kulindwa

2016

Natural Resources Forum

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“…However, the challenge in forest programme design is to balance the attainment of programme objectives, while ensuring the improvement of the benefits that households gain from forest resources [1,57]. Assessing the incentives that motivate participation in forest programmes, requires an inventory of the competing activities and contextual factors, including costs and benefits of livelihood sources that influence household's participation [8,10,38]. This study contributes to understanding the relationship between household-level factors, including economic costs and benefits of forest use and participation in forest support programmes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This is of particular concern for tropical and subtropical dry forests because of the continuous dependence on forest resources and forestlands' conversion to agricultural fields [5][6][7]. As such, efforts to understand forest support (FS) programmes and stakeholders' motivation to protect forest resources have intensified in recent decades [8][9][10][11]. However, there remains a limited understanding of the contextual factors affecting household participation in FS programmes [12,13].…”

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Household-Level Determinants of Participation in Forest Support Programmes in the Miombo Landscapes, Zambia

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The need to protect forest resources from unsustainable, yet rational, human actions has attracted global attention. This is because smallholder dependence on forests can degrade forest resources and cause deforestation. While efforts to understand forest programmes and motivations to protect forests have increased in recent decades, there remains a limited understanding of household factors affecting participation in forest support programmes, especially in the context of high-pressure areas, such as the Miombo woodlands. This study was conducted in the North-Western, Copperbelt and Eastern Province of Zambia. In each province, we selected landscapes consisting of protected and non-protected forest areas. We administered structured interviews to 1123 households and used logistic regression to estimate determinants of participation. We found that better education, landholding size, increased share of forest income, cash crops and non-farm income, and access to forests and markets have a negative impact on participation in forest support programmes. Being located in landscapes with protected areas was positively associated with participation. We suggest that, in order to increase participation, forest programmes should focus on households with low levels of education, limited livelihood opportunities, and poor access to markets. Besides, programmes should provide incentives, including support for farm inputs and at the same time encourage reforestation and agroforestry methods.

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Rural Farmers’ Approach to Drought Adaptation: Lessons from Crop Farmers in Ghana

Dumba¹,

Danquah²,

Pappinen³

2020

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

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Sub-Saharan Africa is considered to be highly vulnerable to climate change-related disasters particularly drought. Farmers in Ghana have learnt to co-exist with it by resorting to various approaches. This study sheds light on farmers’ adaptation to drought in Ghana. The cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data from a random sample of 326 farmers and six purposively selected lead farmers from six farming communities. Questionnaire and in-depth interviews were used for data collection. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed a significant variation between locations and use of drought adaptation approaches. The study showed that the most common drought adaptation measures comprise locating farms on riverine areas, drought monitoring, formation of farm-based organizations for dissemination of climate information, application of agro-chemicals, changing planting dates, cultivating different crops, integrating crop and livestock production, changing the location of crops, diversifying from farm to non-farm income-generating activities, and cultivation of early maturing crops. Therefore, it was recommended, among other things, that Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) should assist the government to construct small-scale irrigation facilities and provide drought-resistant crops to further boost the capacity of farming communities in Ghana.

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Analysis of factors influencing farmers' voluntary participation in reforestation programme in Ghana

Cited by 26 publications

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Key factors that influence households’ tree planting behaviour

Key factors that influence households’ tree planting behaviour

Household-Level Determinants of Participation in Forest Support Programmes in the Miombo Landscapes, Zambia

Rural Farmers’ Approach to Drought Adaptation: Lessons from Crop Farmers in Ghana

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