Socioeconomic factors affecting households' use of indigenous forest management practices in managing non-wood forest products: evidence from forest communities in Nigeria derived savannah

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dc.contributor.authorChukwuone NA
dc.contributor.authorAdeosun KP
dc.contributor.authorChukwuone CA
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-23T10:38:09Z
dc.date.available2022-07-23T10:38:09Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionHeliyon
dc.description.abstractAlthough indigenous forest management practices have been used effectively by local people in the management and conservation of forest resources, these practices are eroding, causing negative consequences on the welfare of the people and their forests. To stem the erosion of the indigenous practices and instead stimulate, preserve, or improve their use, this study determines the socioeconomic factors that drive the household's use of the practices in the management and conservation of plant species of non-wood forest products (NWFPs). The study was carried out in Nigeria derived savannah. Data was collected from 200 randomly selected households in 10 randomly selected forest communities. Multivariate probit model was used to estimate the socioeconomic factors that influence the simultaneous use of indigenous forest management practices by households. Given multiple use of the practices, the result shows that the indigenous forest management practices used by the households are selective weeding (82.98%), controlled harvesting (82.45%), enrichment planting (75.53%), fire breaks (76.06%) and indigenous protective mechanism (45.74%). The majority (71.28%) of the respondents said they managed bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis and wombulu) using the practices, while the lowest proportion (21.28%) managed bush buck (Gongronema latifolium). The result of the multivariate probit model shows that virtually all the indigenous forest management practices are positively and significantly associated and are thus, complements. However, local protective mechanisms and controlled harvesting, local protective mechanisms and selective weeding, and local protective mechanisms and enrichment planting are not significantly associated. Farming occupation significantly increases the likelihood of simultaneous use of controlled harvesting, enrichment planting, and fire breaks as indigenous forest management practices in the management and conservation of NWFP. On the other hand, age significantly reduces the likelihood of the use of controlled harvesting and selective weeding. The study recommends the provision of support for young people who are more likely to be involved in the indigenous forest management practices; support to farmers who simultaneously use the practices, for example, through the provision of credit facilities; and a proper definition of user rights in community forests.
dc.identifier.citation10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05281
dc.identifier.issn2405-8440
dc.identifier.urihttps://nerd.ethesis.ng/handle/123456789/173
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAgricultural science
dc.subjectAgricultural economics
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectEnvironmental economics
dc.subjectEnvironmental management
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectDerived savannah
dc.subjectForest management and conservation
dc.subjectIndigenous practices
dc.subjectNon-wood forest products
dc.titleSocioeconomic factors affecting households' use of indigenous forest management practices in managing non-wood forest products: evidence from forest communities in Nigeria derived savannah
dc.typeArticle
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