Keys to Smallholder Forestry

Byron, Neil

doi:10.1080/14728028.2001.9752396

Cited by 45 publications

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“…Generally, our results indicated differences in socioeconomic characteristics and perceptions of tree planters and non-tree planters, which are consistent with several previous studies [24,25,29,38]. The study revealed that, for all the species, tree planting farmers owned larger land areas compared to non-tree planters, a pattern that is consistent with other studies [19,29].…”

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confidence: 82%

“…The study revealed that, for all the species, tree planting farmers owned larger land areas compared to non-tree planters, a pattern that is consistent with other studies [19,29]. Farmers with limited land resources preferred agriculture or off-farm employment over tree planting, as was also found by other studies [24,39]. This was because, in addition to inputs such as seedlings, herbicides, etc., tree planting also requires longer rotations for which the poor could not afford to wait.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Despite increases in tree domestication in sub-Saharan Africa, markets and tenure issues still constitute disincentives to tree planting [27,28]. Some factors are considered to be "keys" to successful tree planting [24]. Land/tree tenure issues, preference for agriculture and access to markets are some of the "key" factors identified in the current study.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Related studies have shown that smallholder tree planting activity is influenced by socioeconomic characteristics such as access to land with secure land/tree tenure [24][25][26]; suitable management skills, knowledge and labor force; interaction with peer farmers' through either social groups or cooperative organizations [24]; environmental factors [16,19]; and access to markets [27][28][29].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Smallholders’ Tree Planting Activity in the Ziro Province, Southern Burkina Faso: Impacts on Livelihood and Policy Implications

Etongo

Djenontin²,

Kanninen

et al. 2015

Forests

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Climate variability and change significantly affect smallholder farmers' food security and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. Tree planting is one of the measures promoted by development programs to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Tree planting is also believed to positively contribute to livelihoods. This paper examines factors influencing smallholders' tree planting activities in four villages in the Ziro province, Southern Burkina Faso. Furthermore, it analyses the challenges encountered and willingness to continue tree planting under current tenure arrangements. The data was obtained through key informants, household interviews, focus group discussions, and field observations. Results indicate that the majority of farmers interviewed planted Mangifera indica (50%), Anacardium occidentale (32%) and Moringa oleifera (30%). In a number of trees planted, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Mangifera indica and Anacardium occidentale dominated. Tree planters were mainly farmers who held large and old farm areas, were literate and relatively wealthy, had favorable attitudes toward tree planting, and with considerable years of participation in a farmers' group. The main reasons for planting trees included income generation from the sale of tree products, access to markets and local support for tree planting. Preference for agriculture, tenure insecurity and lack of sufficient land were the main reasons cited for not planting trees. Farm households that were relatively poor, had OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 2656 smaller workforces and smaller farm sizes were not willing to continue tree planting. To effectively engage farmers in tree planting and to make it more attractive, policies are needed that address tenure insecurity for migrants, enable better access to markets, and support fair pricing structures for wood and other tree resources.

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Smallholders’ Tree Planting Activity in the Ziro Province, Southern Burkina Faso: Impacts on Livelihood and Policy Implications

Etongo

Djenontin²,

Kanninen

et al. 2015

Forests

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“…Although modest gains in sustainability are feasible through modification of conventional production systems (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 2011), successful adoption of novel, sustainable systems often requires extension and material subsidies (Byron 2001). Extension, whether provided by public agencies, NGOs, or businesses, is a critical first step, raising smallholders' awareness of production systems like eucalyptus silviculture and yerba mate plantations and providing the technological expertise required to establish them (Bravo-Ureta and Evenson 1994).…”

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Ecosystem service trade-offs and land use among smallholder farmers in eastern Paraguay

Grossman¹

2015

E&S

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ABSTRACT. The trade-off between economically critical provisioning services and environmentally sustaining supporting services often seems absolute. Yet, when land use is inefficient, managers may be able to increase provision of both economically and ecologically sustaining services. To explore such sustainable "win-win" outcomes, I present a model of predicted trade-offs of provisioning and supporting services on smallholder farms in eastern Paraguay. The spatially implicit model simulates smallholder parcels as mosaics of subsistence agriculture, cattle pasture, eucalyptus plantations, and/or natural forest cover, and predicts provisioning and supporting service supply depending on the relative abundance of each land-use type per parcel. I represent provisioning services as the annual, per-ha proportion of a smallholder family's subsistence needs met by agriculture and forestry. I represent multidimensional supporting services as a composite index of forest bird biodiversity, soil organic carbon content, and aboveground annual net primary productivity (NPP) relative to what would be expected in a stand of high-quality Atlantic Forest. I use this model first to predict ecosystem-service supply for 38 actual smallholder parcels in rural eastern Paraguay, and then to generate an efficiency frontier that illustrates the optimal trade-offs between provisioning and supporting services that are biophysically possible for the system. Comparison of the empirical findings and the efficiency frontier indicates that current land use is inefficient relative to the biophysical optimum. All smallholder parcels included in the study but one lie far from the modeled efficiency frontier, indicating that for a given level of agricultural and forestry production, supporting services are not optimally conserved. If parcel owners were able to overcome constraints to sustainability by, for example, transitioning from cattle ranching to agroforestry production, they could protect high levels (often upward of 90%) of the supporting ecosystem services provided by natural forest without sacrificing economically valuable provisioning services. Pathways to such sustainable outcomes are discussed.

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Regulation, formalization, and smallholder timber production in northern Central Java, Indonesia

Erbaugh

Nurrochmat

Purnomo³

2016

Agroforest Syst

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Keys to Smallholder Forestry

Cited by 45 publications

References 2 publications

Smallholders’ Tree Planting Activity in the Ziro Province, Southern Burkina Faso: Impacts on Livelihood and Policy Implications

Smallholders’ Tree Planting Activity in the Ziro Province, Southern Burkina Faso: Impacts on Livelihood and Policy Implications

Ecosystem service trade-offs and land use among smallholder farmers in eastern Paraguay

Regulation, formalization, and smallholder timber production in northern Central Java, Indonesia

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