Integration of Forestry into the National Economy

Mwitwa, Jacob; Muimba-Kankolongo, Ambayeba; Shakacite, Obote; Ng’andwe, P.

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“…The significant relationship between the household head's primary engagement in agriculture and lower welfare (Table A4, columns 1-4) likely reflects a reality where the majority of people in poverty are concentrated in rural areas. However, it may also at least partly signal continued challenges in the agricultural sector arising from increasing vulnerability to climate change and variability, as evidenced by increased frequencies of extreme events such as drought, seasonal floods and flash floods, extreme temperatures and dry spells, and the country's inadequate preparation for and response mechanism to ensuing disasters (Mwitwa 2018). Extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and reduced rainfall are major risks for rural households, 90 per cent of which depend on rain-fed agriculture as their main economic activity (ZIPAR 2020).…”

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Poverty and Wellbeing in Zambia: Pandemic Update

Diwakar,

Bwalya

2024

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This study attempts to provide a descriptive assessment of the reasons behind the increase in poverty witnessed in Zambia between 2015 and 2022. Although poverty in Zambia is more pronounced in rural than urban areas, the increase in poverty was much higher in urban areas. This increase may be at least partly explained by a confluence of factors, including load shedding, the Covid-19 pandemic, which considerably negatively affected businesses and employment, and the effect of rising prices, which also put pressure on households’ purchasing power. There were also dramatic increases in certain provinces (Lusaka, Southern, and Copperbelt) in the share of household heads who were not working due to pandemic-induced business closures in 2020, which is likely to have put a strain on pathways out of poverty, given the positive relationship between non-farm enterprises and resilience before the pandemic.

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Section: Dramatic Pressures On Businessesmentioning

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Poverty and Wellbeing in Zambia: Pandemic Update

Diwakar,

Bwalya

2024

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“…This will provide additional sub-sector frameworks, within the forestry sector, with specific discourses on issues related to the management of natural resources. Such frameworks ensure that community interests are primary especially as related to community rights (i.e., tenure, access, alienation) and benefit accruals (Mwitwa et al, 2015)…”

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Gender Inequality and Discrimination: A Special Case of Local Community, with Reference to Local Commons in Madurai District of Tamilnadu

Sakthivel,

Kannan

2023

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The present study focuses on gender inequality and discrimination within a local rural community, with special reference to common property resources. The rural population faces numerous challenges in collecting raw materials from these Common Property Resources (CPRs). Local inhabitants heavily rely on these common property land resources due to the cost-free and convenient access they provide for their daily sustenance and livelihood maintenance. However, in the area of concern, the majority or dominant community often controls or encroaches upon these common property resources. Gender inequality significantly impacts the livelihood and survival of the rural poor. This research was conducted in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, and involved over three hundred sample respondents. The study employed the simple percentage method and chi-square test for analytical purposes. The findings revealed that common property resources are highly available and accessible but are in poor condition in the study area. Additionally, caste and economic discrimination are prevalent issues within the local community.

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“…For example, the NBSAP includes an objective that, "By 2020, biodiversity values have been integrated into the Seventh National Development Plan (SeNDP), provincial and district development plans and planning processes as well as reporting systems are being incorporated into national accounting, as appropriate" (ibid), but a review of the SeNDP reveals no consideration of biodiversity or ISM, and no evidence that biodiversity reporting systems have been incorporated into national accounting (Government of Zambia 2017). Implementation is likely weakened by the fragmentation of institutions and departments responsible for implementation across eleven Ministries (Mwitwa et al 2018).…”

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Policy coherence for national climate change adaptation and invasive species management in four countries

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2022

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This study explores the opportunities for interlinkages across national planning processes for invasive species management (ISM), national climate change adaptation plans (NAPs), national biodiversity management plans (NBSAPs), and other related policies. Focusing on four countries—Pakistan, Zambia, Kenya, and Ghana—the paper aims to identify policy recommendations for more integrated approaches and to achieve greater efficiency in resource allocation and spending. It finds that there is currently very little integration between these policy areas, and little overlap in implementation systems. It identifies sub-national planning and governance systems as an optimal area for increased harmonization of policy and practice to facilitate locally-led climate adaptation and area-specific responses to ISM issues.

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Integration of Forestry into the National Economy

Cited by 4 publications

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Poverty and Wellbeing in Zambia: Pandemic Update

Poverty and Wellbeing in Zambia: Pandemic Update

Gender Inequality and Discrimination: A Special Case of Local Community, with Reference to Local Commons in Madurai District of Tamilnadu

Policy coherence for national climate change adaptation and invasive species management in four countries

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