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 article addresses this gap using data from the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture in five countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uga...

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Main Authors:	Miller, Daniel C., Munoz-Mora, Juan Carlos, Christiaensen, Luc
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	FORESTRY LANDSCAPES CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY TREES ON FARMS LIVELIHOODS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29520

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spelling	okr-10986-295202021-05-26T09:05:19Z Prevalence, Economic Contribution, and Determinants of Trees on Farms across Sub-Saharan Africa Miller, Daniel C. Munoz-Mora, Juan Carlos Christiaensen, Luc FORESTRY LANDSCAPES CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY TREES ON FARMS LIVELIHOODS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS Trees on farms are often overlooked in agricultural and natural resource research and policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. This article 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, almost a third of rural smallholders grow trees. They account for an average of 17% of total annual gross income for tree-growing households and 6% 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 to gain a more complete picture of the dynamics of rural livelihoods across the continent and beyond. 2018-03-27T16:15:24Z 2018-03-27T16:15:24Z 2017-11 Journal Article Forest Policy and Economics 1389-9341 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29520 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Ethiopia Malawi Nigeria Tanzania Uganda
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topic	FORESTRY LANDSCAPES CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY TREES ON FARMS LIVELIHOODS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
spellingShingle	FORESTRY LANDSCAPES CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY TREES ON FARMS LIVELIHOODS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS 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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description	Trees on farms are often overlooked in agricultural and natural resource research and policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. This article 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, almost a third of rural smallholders grow trees. They account for an average of 17% of total annual gross income for tree-growing households and 6% 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 to gain a more complete picture of the dynamics of rural livelihoods across the continent and beyond.
format	Journal Article
author	Miller, Daniel C. Munoz-Mora, Juan Carlos Christiaensen, Luc
author_facet	Miller, Daniel C. Munoz-Mora, Juan Carlos Christiaensen, Luc
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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	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29520
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Prevalence, Economic Contribution, and Determinants of Trees on Farms across Sub-Saharan Africa

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