Socio-economic factors influencing household dependency on forests: an empirical evidence from Turkey

Abstract

Background: Although forest villages in Turkey do not differ from other villages in the country in terms of administrative divisions, the job possibilities of their residents are limited due to the location of the villages in areas with rugged terrain. Forest villages have the poorest economic status of all types of communities in the country in terms of per capita national income and socioeconomic structure; limited agricultural land; inadequate transportation and infrastructure; and, most importantly, weak educational, health, and cultural services.Results: This study explains forest dependency and its relation to certain characteristics of householders by a case study. Data were collected from 150 households and were analyzed using the logistic regression model. Conclusion:The results showed that a householder's age, duration of residence, and employment variables had a significant effect on the forest whereas other variables, gender, educational level, and household size, did not have a statistically significant effect on forest dependence.

The role of non-timber forest products in reducing rural poverty in Burkina Faso

“…This relatively high level of poverty in rural areas is one of the factors driving rural households to adopt a strategy of diversifying sources of income based on the economic exploitation of NTFPs (sale of raw or processed NTFPs). These products, once known by the pejorative names of "by-products" or "minor products", are the object of growing interest among rural populations and now represent a considerable proportion of these households' income (Birben, 2022;Rahman et al, 2021;Soman and Anitha, 2020). Indeed, these rural households rely on these products to offset their agricultural deficits, meet their consumption needs and cope with climatic shocks (Sawadogo et al, 2023).…”