Socio-economic determinants of best land management practices adoption in highly anthropized areas: case study of Dan Saga and Tabofatt village clusters in Niger republic

Saidou, Sani Idi; Iro, Dan Guimbo; Ambouta, J.M.K.

doi:10.4314/as.v20i1.10

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“…Nevertheless, Agroforestry was initiated as a viable system for food and tree production to ameliorate food security and generate income for a community (Nair, 1993). 1 According to Molua (2005) and Saidou et al (2021), agroforestry increases and diversifies farm production while protecting and conserving natural resources. Likewise, Njogu et al (2016) asserted that the fruit trees on the farms play a vital role in nutritional diversification and are a significant source of income.…”

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Analysis of the profitability of avocado-based agroforestry value chain in the eastern province of Rwanda

Batumanyeho,

Mukuralinda,

Bigirimana

et al. 2024

Agro-Sci.

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This study analyzes the profitability of avocado-based agroforestry value chain in the eastern province of Rwanda. This was aimed at investigating the degree to which it is lucrative for the value chain actors. Primary data were collected from 214 producers, 20 traders and 9 consumers. Descriptive statistics and net profit margin (NPM) were used to determine to what extent the avocado-based agroforestry is profitable along its value chain. The study’s results show that most of the existing avocado-based agroforestry fruit trees accounting for 86.50% were traditional non-improved varieties that had originated from fellow farmers. The use of fertilizer inputs remains less among the producers where the majority of them (84.30%) don’t apply it. The avocado-based agroforestry value chain is lucrative for all involved actors (producers, rural collectors, wholesalers, and retailers). Though avocado is a perennial crop with consecutive investments and returns across years, the study only dealt with the profitability analysis within one year of 2022 for matching the producers’ market supply with other value chain actors within the same channels in the same period. Designing and implementing the policies concerning the efficient use of agro-inputs in avocado-based agroforestry production and well-organized market integration will scale up the profitability for producers and traders and improve consumers’ needs along the value chain. This study provided useful information for subsequent studies with regard to fruit-based agroforestry value chains.

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Analysis of the profitability of avocado-based agroforestry value chain in the eastern province of Rwanda

Batumanyeho,

Mukuralinda,

Bigirimana

et al. 2024

Agro-Sci.

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“…So far, the policies and programs are from external parties only in general, so it is deemed inappropriate to implement for the whole farmers. Therefore, it is essential to carry out a study involving socio-economic and land cultivation conditions variables as the basis for clustering agroforestry farmers (Hatulesila and Mardiatmoko 2021;Reith et al 2022;Saidou et al 2021).…”

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Clusterization of Agroforestry Farmers using K-Means Cluster Algorithm and Elbow Method

Santoso¹,

Darmawan²,

Sari³

et al. 2023

J. Sylva Lestari

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Proper policy is crucial to support the development of forest areas. Therefore, good planning based on supporting data is crucial. All information considering farmers’ conditions and interests in Talang Mulya Village, situated around Wan Abdul Rachman Forest Park, is urgently needed. So far, policies and programs launched have only been general and inappropriate to implement for the whole farmers. The main objective of this research was to perform fast agroforestry farmers clustering with differences in the main characters to each other using the K-means clustering algorithm and Elbow method based on 10 variables of social and land cultivation conditions. Results showed that agroforestry farmers in Talang Mulya Village could be best divided into 4 clusters with the proportion of 30%, 40%, 23.3%, and 6,67% for clusters 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. Agroforestry farmers were dominated by farmers with the specific characteristics of the lowest number of families working on the land and the cultivated main plant species with a sufficient level of formal education, family dependents, farming experience, household members that help in the farm, size of land area, expenditure and income from land cultivation, and maintenance activities. The research results could be used as a consideration for determining specific and targeted activity programs to increase the cultivation capabilities and welfare of farmers in Talang Mulya Village. Keywords: Agroforestry, Elbow Method, K-means Clustering, Tahura Wan Abdul Rachman, Talang Mulya Village

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Effects of best land management practices on the structure, composition and diversity of woody vegetation in agroforestry parklands: case of Dan Saga and Tabofatt villages in Niger republic

Saidou¹,

Iro

Larwanou

et al. 2023

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The large-scale use of best land management practices has been instrumental in the accession of recent regreening in certain Sahelian areas. This study therefore aimed at highlighting the effect of the wide use of these practices on the structural and ecological parameters of the woody flora in agroforestry parklands. To this end, an inventory of ligneous vegetation was carried out on radial transects in an East–West and North–South direction in the villages clusters of Dan Saga and Tabofatt in Niger Republic. A variance comparison test was applied on the values from plots with practice compare to those from plots without practice (controls). In Dan Saga site, the results obtained show the significant effect of the practice of assisted natural tree regeneration on the density of trees (97 against 58 plants/ha for the control plots), on the basal area (3.04 against 1.98 m2/ha for the control plots), on regeneration (61.96% against 40.91% for the controls) and on floristic diversity (2.93 against 2.41 bits for the control plots) with a clear dominance of Combretaceae. On the other hand, this effect is relatively less significant in the case of Tabofatt site’s where the practice of planting trees coupled with water and runoff collection structures induced positive effect particularly on the basal area (2.29 against 1.90 m2/ha for plots controls), on the structure of the vegetation stood by the abundance of plants with average diameter (class from 5 to 10 cm) as well as the species diversity (2.54 against 2.18 bits for the controls) with a dominance of species of the Mimosaceae family. These results can be used as decision support tools to guide actions to scale up regreening in the Sahelian context.

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Socio-economic determinants of best land management practices adoption in highly anthropized areas: case study of Dan Saga and Tabofatt village clusters in Niger republic

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Analysis of the profitability of avocado-based agroforestry value chain in the eastern province of Rwanda

Analysis of the profitability of avocado-based agroforestry value chain in the eastern province of Rwanda

Clusterization of Agroforestry Farmers using K-Means Cluster Algorithm and Elbow Method

Effects of best land management practices on the structure, composition and diversity of woody vegetation in agroforestry parklands: case of Dan Saga and Tabofatt villages in Niger republic

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