Factors affecting women's participation in forestry in Turkey

Atmış, Erdoğan; Daşdemir, İsmet; Lise, Wietze; Yıldıran, Ömür

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.02.016

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“…The influence of age on participation in forestry activities is not clear. Whilst some of the researches found that age had no influence on forest management [30,33] , other researcher reported that age is an important variable in explaining participation [3] . Household size influence participation in forestry [32,13] .…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Correlation analysis for socio-economic variables and level of forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas: Table 5 shows that age was negatively and significantly (p<0.01) correlated with variable of level of forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas, Atmis et al [3] reported that age is an important variable in explaining participation. Level of literacy was positively and significantly (p<0.01) correlated with variable of level of forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas.…”

Section: Level Of Forest Dwellers' Participation In Reforestation Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is widely argued that devolution of natural resource management is the most viable option for ecological and economic sustainability of the natural resources [11] . According to researches have been done [13,3,10,20] , participation of local communities is one of effective approaches in forest management. Community participation in resource management essentially means sustainable use and management of natural resources by people, living in and around a region integrated ecologically, socially and culturally [21] .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Analysis of Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Forest Dwellers' Participation in Reforestation and Development of Forest Areas (The Case Study of West Mazandaran, Iran)

Faham¹,

Rezvanfar²,

Shamekhi³

2008

American J. of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Abstract:The main purpose of this study was to investigate the links between forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas in west Mazandaran of Iran and a set of socio-economic variables. The statistical population includes all forest dwellers living in villages, which locate in the west Mazandaran in Iran and had been covered by local forestry cooperative. A sample of 110 forest dwellers were selected by the use of proportional random sampling method. A questionnaire was used to collect data. For determining the validity of questionnaire, the content validity was used. Cronbach's alpha was used to measure reliability of the index measuring level of participation in reforestation and development of forest areas that its extent was 0.86 and showed that mentioned variable had high reliability. The data were analyzed by the use of descriptive and inferential statistics such as extent of mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, correlation analysis and regression analysis. The findings revealed that age, level of literacy, level of participation in extension-education courses, using level of communication channels and information resources, level of forest dependency, social participation, social solidarity, economic and social motivations are positively and significantly (p<0.01) correlated with level of forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas. Household size is positively and significantly (p<0.05) correlated with level of forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas. The result of multiple regression showed that variables of level of participation in extension-education courses, age, household size, level of economic motivation, social solidarity and level of literacy could explain 51.4% of the variation in the level of forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Level Of Forest Dwellers' Participation In Reforestation Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Analysis of Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Forest Dwellers' Participation in Reforestation and Development of Forest Areas (The Case Study of West Mazandaran, Iran)

Faham¹,

Rezvanfar²,

Shamekhi³

2008

American J. of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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“…Women have learned to manage these resources in order to preserve them for future generations (Atmis et al 2007). Although, the impact of attitude and behavior of rural men on sustainability of agriculture is often acknowledged, the importance of women's attitude in shaping agriculture is ignored (Karami and Mansoorabadi 2008).…”

Section: Gender and Sustainable Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Community leaders may not invite women to meetings related to resource use, or expect only the men to present their concerns. Lower levels of literacy and education among women may further restrict their participation (Atmis et al 2007).…”

Section: Gender and Sustainable Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

Sociology of Sustainable Agriculture

Karami

Keshavarz

2009

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

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Sustainability is the core element of government policies, university research projects, and extension organizations worldwide. Yet, the results of several decades of attempt to achieve sustainable agriculture have not been satisfactory. Despite some improvement conventional agriculture is still the dominant paradigm. Pollution of water, soil, and air, degradation of environmental resources, and loss of biodiversity are still the by-product of agricultural systems. In light of these crises, based on review of current literature, it is argued that in promoting sustainable agriculture our perception should shift from a technocratic approach to a social negotiation process that reflects the social circumstances and the power conditions. Agriculture should be regarded as an activity of human; therefore, it is social as much as it is agronomic and ecological. Therefore, here we explore the contribution of sociology toward achieving agricultural sustainability. The review reveals that agricultural sustainability can no longer ignore the human dimension and social dynamics that are the core elements of agricultural development. Although the agricultural and ecological sciences are vital, social sciences must play their role to analyze the human dimension, which is central to understanding and achieving agricultural sustainability. The contributions of sociology of sustainable agriculture are exploring the relationship between farmers' attitudes and their sustainable farming practices, understanding the gender impact, offering different sustainability paradigms, providing different models of predicting adoption of sustainable practices, and finally informing decision makers regarding the social impacts of their sustainability decisions. Major findings are discussed and appropriate recommendations are provided.

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