Prevalence, Economic Contribution, and Determinants of Trees on Farms across Sub-Saharan Africa

Trees on farms are often overlooked in agricultural and natural resource research and policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper addresses this gap using data from the Living Standards Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture in five count...

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Main Authors: Miller, Daniel C., Munoz-Mora, Juan Carlos, Christiaensen, Luc
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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spelling okr-10986-250472021-04-23T14:04:28Z Prevalence, Economic Contribution, and Determinants of Trees on Farms across Sub-Saharan Africa Miller, Daniel C. Munoz-Mora, Juan Carlos Christiaensen, Luc trees agroforestry forests poverty livelihoods farms rural smallholders Trees on farms are often overlooked in agricultural and natural resource research and policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper addresses this gap using data from the Living Standards Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture in five countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. Trees on farms are widespread. On average, one third of rural smallholders grow trees. They account for an average of 17 percent of total annual gross income for tree-growing households and 6 percent for all rural households. Gender, land and labor endowments, and especially forest proximity and national context are key determinants of on-farm tree adoption and management. These new, national-scale insights on the prevalence, economic contribution and determinants of trees on farms in Africa lay the basis for exploring the interaction of agriculture, on-farm tree cultivation, and forestry. This will improve our understanding of rural livelihood dynamics. 2016-09-12T22:16:45Z 2016-09-12T22:16:45Z 2016-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26721873/prevalence-economic-contribution-determinants-trees-farms-across-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25047 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7802 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Ethiopia Malawi Nigeria Tanzania Uganda
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topic trees
agroforestry
forests
poverty
livelihoods
farms
rural smallholders
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agroforestry
forests
poverty
livelihoods
farms
rural smallholders
Miller, Daniel C.
Munoz-Mora, Juan Carlos
Christiaensen, Luc
Prevalence, Economic Contribution, and Determinants of Trees on Farms across Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Ethiopia
Malawi
Nigeria
Tanzania
Uganda
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7802
description Trees on farms are often overlooked in agricultural and natural resource research and policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper addresses this gap using data from the Living Standards Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture in five countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. Trees on farms are widespread. On average, one third of rural smallholders grow trees. They account for an average of 17 percent of total annual gross income for tree-growing households and 6 percent for all rural households. Gender, land and labor endowments, and especially forest proximity and national context are key determinants of on-farm tree adoption and management. These new, national-scale insights on the prevalence, economic contribution and determinants of trees on farms in Africa lay the basis for exploring the interaction of agriculture, on-farm tree cultivation, and forestry. This will improve our understanding of rural livelihood dynamics.
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author Miller, Daniel C.
Munoz-Mora, Juan Carlos
Christiaensen, Luc
author_facet Miller, Daniel C.
Munoz-Mora, Juan Carlos
Christiaensen, Luc
author_sort Miller, Daniel C.
title Prevalence, Economic Contribution, and Determinants of Trees on Farms across Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Prevalence, Economic Contribution, and Determinants of Trees on Farms across Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Prevalence, Economic Contribution, and Determinants of Trees on Farms across Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Prevalence, Economic Contribution, and Determinants of Trees on Farms across Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence, Economic Contribution, and Determinants of Trees on Farms across Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort prevalence, economic contribution, and determinants of trees on farms across sub-saharan africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26721873/prevalence-economic-contribution-determinants-trees-farms-across-sub-saharan-africa
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