Exploring the forest--poverty link: key concepts, issues and research implications

Angelsen, Arild; Wunder, Sven

doi:10.17528/cifor/001211

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“…While earlier studies (Angelsen and Wunder 2003;Shackleton and Shackleton 2004;Worku et al 2011) confirm the safety net role of forest, new findings are revisiting this common wisdom. Wunder et al (2014) argue that although more forest extraction is a more likely response to cope with multiple shocks and to alleviate income shortfalls, this is relevant only for a minority of cases.…”

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“…In Africa, rural people, particularly the most vulnerable, rely on forests for their livelihoods (Colfer et al 2006;Harris and Mohammed 2003;Hautdidier and Gautier 2005;Ros-Tonen and Wiersum 2003). In the context of low employment opportunities and difficulties in accessing land, many of the rural poor collect forest products for their own use Ros-Tonen and Wiersum 2003;Somorin 2010), or for additional income generation (Angelsen and Wunder 2003;Arnold et al 2011;Egoh et al 2012;Fisher et al 2010;Warner 2000;Yemiru et al 2010). The importance of forest resources in rural communities is particularly significant during food shortage periods (Fisher et al 2010;Pramova et al 2012b;Vinceti et al 2008).…”

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Landscape diversity and associated coping strategies during food shortage periods: evidence from the Sudano-Sahelian region of Burkina Faso

2016

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The importance of forest resources for rural communities' livelihoods has increasingly been recognized over the last three decades. Forests provide food, generate incomes, provide supporting (nutrient cycling, pollination), and regulating (climate, diseases, water regulation and purification) services for agriculture, in addition to their aesthetic, cultural and spiritual role. However, most of the studies on forest resource use do not focus on the role of landscape organization in addressing the impact of climate variability and the risk of food insecurity. This study aims to examine the contribution of woodlands and trees towards decreasing the risk of food insecurity and the importance of landscape structure and composition in coping with food shortages. It took place in two villages in Burkina Faso, on both ends of the woodlands and tree-cover spectrum. We demonstrate that in both landscapes, ecosystem goods, such as shea nuts and fuelwood, represent a safety net for households during food shortage periods. We demonstrate that households shape their adaptive strategies differently depending on the resources available and the structure of the landscape. People living in a landscape with a savannah matrix (Sorobouly) rely on fuelwood trade to purchase cereals, while those living in a landscape with a parkland matrix (Kalembouly) rely on shea nuts. Agricultural, environmental and climate change policies that reinforce the rights of the most vulnerable to access key resources provided by these landscapes and development programs which assure their sustainable use will simultaneously enhance food security and increase their adaptive capacity in the face of climate change and variability.

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Landscape diversity and associated coping strategies during food shortage periods: evidence from the Sudano-Sahelian region of Burkina Faso

2016

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“…First, at household level, forests and trees provide complementary or alternative sources of food, feed, income and employment, thus playing an important role as a safety net during drought or lean seasons, as well as during periods of crises and conflicts, in particular for the most vulnerable populations (Humphry et al 1993;Angelsen and Wunder 2003;Shackleton and Shackleton 2004;McSweeney 2004;Keller et al 2006;Karjalainen et al 2010;Mulenga et al 2012;Sunderland et al 2013;Powell et al 2013cPowell et al , 2015Blackie et al 2014;Wunder et al 2014;HLPE 2017). Diversification of agroecosystems strengthens resilience to both economic and environmental shocks (Powell et al 2015;HLPE 2016;Rahman et al 2013;FAO 2016).…”

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Contribution of forests and trees to food security and nutrition

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Forests, trees and agroforestry play a key, often undervalued, role to support food security and nutrition (FSN), in its four dimensions (availability, access, utilization and stability).• Forests, trees and agroforestry provide:(i) diverse and nutritious foods (such as nuts, oils, vegetables -leaves, flowers, roots -, fruits, bushmeat, fish, herbs, saps, mushrooms, tubers and insects), and feed for livestock;(ii) bioenergy for cooking and boiling water;(iii) income and employment (both formal and informal); and (iv) ecosystem services indispensable for agriculture and food production, now and in the future.• All these contributions need to be better considered by policies aiming at strengthening food security and nutrition, towards SDG2.• The contributions of forests and trees to FSN allow a broader and richer understanding of the notion of people's "forest dependence", with local to national and global dependences.• Maximizing the contributions of forests, trees and agroforestry to FSN requires policy coherence and integrated landscape approaches.• Agricultural policies need to better integrate the specificities of tree crops and the multiple benefits provided by the integration of trees in farming systems.

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“…Equations (14) to (16) ensure that the quantities of feedstock transported between the selected collection points and the biofuel production unit satisfy the demand of the biofuel production unit depending on the location of pre-processing. Equation (17) ensures that the number of chosen collection points does not exceed the maximum number of collection points needed. Equation (18) ensures that only one pre-processing location is chosen.…”

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“…In these regions, the plant is one of the main plant species [16] and the trees grow wild with no irrigation, fertilization, or care. These characteristics of wild non-cultivated products, also called non timber forest product (NTFP), described by [17] in [18] make B. aegyptiaca seeds an attractive biomass for SVO production.…”

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Biofuel from Balanites aegyptiaca: Optimization of the Feedstock Supply Chain

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In arid and semi-arid climates, Balanites aegyptiaca (B. aegyptiaca) is a potential plant to produce oilseed-based biofuels. In this paper an optimization model for a wild biomass supply chain is presented. The model was developed to identify the optimal organization of the supply network that minimizes the cost of supplying the feedstock. It was applied to a case study on a B. aegyptiaca seed supply chain in Burkina Faso. Considering different means of transport and different pre-processing locations, the results show that in contexts such as Burkina Faso’s, the most efficient option for the supply of B. aegyptiaca seeds is using animal drawn carts to transport the biomass from the harvest sites to the collection points. Feedstock pre-processing should take place before transport and an improvement in pre-processing operations by mechanical de-hulling could help reduce the cost price of the seeds. The results also show that more than 35% of the cost price of B. aegyptiaca seed is accounted for by transport costs. Pre-processing, handling, and storage costs account for about 50% of the cost of the seeds.

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Exploring the forest--poverty link: key concepts, issues and research implications

Abstract: C e n t e r f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l F o r e s t r y R e s e a r c h

Cited by 104 publications

References 20 publications

Landscape diversity and associated coping strategies during food shortage periods: evidence from the Sudano-Sahelian region of Burkina Faso

Landscape diversity and associated coping strategies during food shortage periods: evidence from the Sudano-Sahelian region of Burkina Faso

Contribution of forests and trees to food security and nutrition

Biofuel from Balanites aegyptiaca: Optimization of the Feedstock Supply Chain

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