Key factors that influence households’ tree planting behaviour

Kulindwa, Yusuph J.

doi:10.1111/1477-8947.12088

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“…The results concede with other findings in that households tend to minimize labor inputs, leading to low quantities and qualities of tree farm outputs [53]. As observed by similar studies from the tropics, farmers with more land resources are able to carry out tree planting [54], implying that the similarity in land size ownership indicates the potential of households without woodlots to establish woodlots. This raises the question, however, as to why households with similar land size do not engage into woodlot establishment irrespective of the high intension to establish woodlots.…”

Section: Differences In Household Endogenous and Demographic Traits Asupporting

confidence: 82%

“…Negative experiences from woodlot farmers in neighboring villages also play a part in this regard. This creates insecurity with regard to land ownership and product use, and hence the view that woodlot establishment is an unsecure venture by the households [54]. Moreover, knowledge on land use PLRs is not well disseminated by the extension agents hence households obtain partial and outdated information.…”

Section: Knowledge On Land Use Plrs Towards Woodlot Establishmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Drivers of Household Decision-Making on Land-Use Transformation: An Example of Woodlot Establishment in Masindi District, Uganda

Ahimbisibwe

Auch

Groeneveld

et al. 2019

Forests

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Land use transformation at the farm level is attributed to household decision-making, reflected by the behavior and activities of smallholder farmers. Unfortunately, household decision-making in local communities and its determinants are site-specific and hardly understood. This study uses multistage purposive selection of households as a unit for the analysis to investigate the transformation from pure agriculture to farm forest mosaics, especially through woodlot establishment. We use key informants, household surveys, and observations to obtain data on decision-making amongst 84 farm households in Nyantonzi parish, Masindi district, Uganda, as an example. Specifically, the study addresses four research questions. Firstly, what is the current status of gender-based decision-making at the household level? Secondly, is decision making within farm households individualistic or collective? Thirdly, which factors are considered to select annual, perennial and tree-crop farm management regimes? Fourthly, what determinants influence the decision-making process and the likelihood of woodlot establishment? A multilevel analysis comprising parametric statistical models and binary logistic regression is applied to assess difference in household natural, physical, human, and social capital, highlight gender roles, and obtain factors associated to selection of crops and determinants of woodlot establishment at the farm level, respectively. Results reveal that gender based decision-making is clearly disaggregated on the basis of husbands and wives and it is individualistic, mostly dominated by husbands with lower participation by wives and other family members. Households consider various factors before making any decisions, e.g., market prices for both annual and perennial crops, food consumption for annual crops, ease of management, and yields from the previous season for the tree-crop management regimes. The likelihood for woodlot establishment is positively influenced by the willingness and intention of households to establish woodlots and relative age of household head. However, knowledge of land use Policies, Laws, and Regulations (PLRs) in relation to tree planting and harvesting and access to non-farm income reduce the likelihood of woodlot establishment. Here, we recommend that current and future forest land restoration initiatives focus on reducing the gender gap and increase women’s participation in decision making, provide market information platforms on wood products, and include woodlot farmers in social organization. Current PLRs on tree tenure should be improved and clearly communicated by using the existing communication assets and social gatherings as channels of change and influence for decision-making.

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Section: Differences In Household Endogenous and Demographic Traits Asupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Knowledge On Land Use Plrs Towards Woodlot Establishmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drivers of Household Decision-Making on Land-Use Transformation: An Example of Woodlot Establishment in Masindi District, Uganda

Ahimbisibwe

Auch

Groeneveld

et al. 2019

Forests

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“…Land availability, low income and lack of labour, which was in many cases linked to health problems and/or old age, were limiting factors for tree planting among the non-growers. Access to land, not the cash income, defines households' interest to plant trees, which is in line with the findings of Kulindwa (2016). Land use pressure induced by population growth and escalated by the likely impacts of climate change (United Republic of Tanzania 2015) will remain high in Tanzania for years to come and increasing pressure for more agricultural land is likely to push tree growing into more remote areas and poorer sites, where expected returns on tree growing are smaller due to longer rotation ages and/or lower stocking rates that may need to be applied (Capitani et al 2016;Call et al 2017).…”

Section: Future Of Smallholder Tree Growing In Tanzaniasupporting

confidence: 78%

Mapping the Future Market Potential of Timber from Small-Scale Tree Farmers: Perspectives from the Southern Highlands in Tanzania

Arvola

Malkamäki

Penttilä

et al. 2019

Small-scale Forestry

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In the rapidly growing Tanzanian economy, increasing demand for timber and limited wood supply from industrial plantations and natural forests have opened a new livelihood opportunity for smallholder farmers in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, which is undergoing a tree-growing boom. In the absence of support services, research and statistics, the magnitude of the phenomena has remained unclear, along with the farmers' capability to meet market demands, access the markets, and negotiate prices. Primary qualitative data were collected to clarify the role of smallholder tree growers in the forest transition process and wood value chain using 60 semi-structured tree farmer interviews in four villages, and through interviews of timber buyers and processors. The findings indicate that the strong market demand has created dual markets, where higher quality industrial plantations mainly supply larger industries, whereas micro and small enterprises source wood from lower quality smallholder plantations. While the markets' quality criteria are expected to tighten, capacity building is needed to improve smallholder wood quality to ensure the long-run tree-growing livelihood and competitiveness of small-scale producers in the markets.

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“…In another study, Mekonnen and Damte (2011) found that educational levels of household heads significantly influence tree planting behaviour in Ethiopia. However, a study that was conducted by Kulindwa (2016) found that education was statistically insignificant in influencing tree planting.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…It was found that security of land tenure rights, land areas owned, previous involvement in tree conservation, household size and cropland areas were the statistically significant factors. Kulindwa (2016) also analyzed the factors influencing tree planting behaviour in Tanzania using the Heckman selection bias modeling. It was found that tree planting was significantly influenced by households' land holdings, tree planting programme awareness, and farmers' age.…”

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Farmers’ Exposure to Climate Hazards and Reforestation in Selected African Villages: An Endogenous-Switching Regression Model

Oyekale¹,

Oyekale²

2019

Preprint

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Background: Deforestation remains a serious concern for Africa’s economic development and global climatic stability. Emphases are now placed on promoting some essential adaptive and mitigation strategies among smallholder farmers. This paper analyzed the effect of exposure to climate-related hazards on tree planting among smallholder farmers in nine selected African countries. The data were from baseline surveys which were conducted by the CGIAR’s research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). The included countries were Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda. Data were analyzed with Endogenous Switching regression considering the endogeneity potentials of climate-hazard exposure. Results: The results showed that Uganda and Ethiopia had the highest average numbers of tree planting with 1.082 and 1.000 respectively, while Senegal (89.86%), Kenya (87.77%), Burkina Faso (82.86%) and Ethiopia (82.86%) had the highest exposure to climate-related hazards. Endogenous Switching regression results showed that climate hazard exposure was truly endogenous going by statistical significance of the Wald Chi Square test (p<0.05) and it was significantly influenced by female household headship, perception of more droughts, floods and low ground water. The number of tree that were planted increased significantly (p<0.05) with climate hazard exposure, degraded land areas, asset indices and residence in East Africa, while it reduced with female household headship. In addition, Average Treatment Effect (ATE) result indicated that an average household will plant 0.745 trees more when it had been previously exposed to climate shocks while Average Treatment Effect on the Treated (ATET) revealed that an average household that was exposed to climate hazards would plant 0.54 more trees than it would if it had not been exposed to hazards. Conclusion: The major implication of the findings is that without having previously experienced some climatic adversities, farmers may not see the need to engage in tree planting as a mitigating strategy. It was concluded that many farmers had been affected by climate-related shocks and efforts to safeguard future climate through tree planting should be gender sensitive and concentrated among previously affected farmers.

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Key factors that influence households’ tree planting behaviour

Abstract: Despite a decrease in indigenous forests and a growing demand for tree products in developing countries

Cited by 15 publications

References 63 publications

Drivers of Household Decision-Making on Land-Use Transformation: An Example of Woodlot Establishment in Masindi District, Uganda

Drivers of Household Decision-Making on Land-Use Transformation: An Example of Woodlot Establishment in Masindi District, Uganda

Mapping the Future Market Potential of Timber from Small-Scale Tree Farmers: Perspectives from the Southern Highlands in Tanzania

Farmers’ Exposure to Climate Hazards and Reforestation in Selected African Villages: An Endogenous-Switching Regression Model

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