Socio-economic factors influencing marketing of non-timber forest products in tropical lowland rainforests of south-western Nigeria
Autor: | S Oladunni Jimoh, I. O. Azeez, T. O. Amusa |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
040101 forestry
0106 biological sciences Agroforestry Poverty reduction Forestry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Rainforest Livelihood 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences food.food Massularia acuminata Plukenetia conophora Irvingia gabonensis food Key factors Geography Bark (sound) 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Socioeconomics |
Zdroj: | Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science. 79:161-168 |
ISSN: | 2070-2639 2070-2620 |
DOI: | 10.2989/20702620.2016.1255411 |
Popis: | A number of factors persist to constrain the non-timber forest products (NTFPs) market and, by extension, its potential to contribute meaningfully to livelihood development and poverty reduction objectives. To better utilise the potential of NTFPs, it is important to have a better understanding of the key factors governing the success and failure of NTFPs trade. This paper reports on the market constraints and socio-economic factors that influence trade in five top-priority NTFPs within the tropical lowland rainforests of south-west Nigeria. The NTFPs investigated were bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis), African walnut (Plukenetia conophora), chew-stick (Massularia acuminata), fever bark (Annickia chlorantha) and bush pepper (Piper guineense). Field data were collected in 10 villages located within and around Omo and Shasha forest reserves using a household questionnaire survey. The results showed that seasonality, poor transport, lack of storage facilities and market information were the four main constrai... |
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