Forest management decentralization in Kenya: Effects on household farm forestry decisions in Kakamega
| cg.coverage.country | Kenya | |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | KE | |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Eastern Africa | |
| cg.identifier.url | http://www.webmeets.com/EAERE/2011/Prog/getpdf.asp?pid=1248&pdf=/files/papers/EAERE/2011/1248/Farm+forestry%5FKakamega%5FEAERE2011%2Edoc | en |
| cg.subject.ilri | AGRICULTURE | en |
| cg.subject.ilri | NRM | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Nyangena, W. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Ogada, Maurice Juma | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Sikei, G. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-26T16:16:34Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2012-03-26T16:16:34Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/16690 | |
| dc.title | Forest management decentralization in Kenya: Effects on household farm forestry decisions in Kakamega | en |
| dcterms.abstract | This study investigates the effects of forest decentralization through the Kenya Forest Act of 2005, on farm forestry investment decisions. The study uses household-level data collected from Kakamega forest communities in March, 2010, and controls for selection bias arising from incidental truncation by means of Heckman two-step approach. Our results reveal that participatory forest management, among other factors, significantly reduces the level of farm forestry investment among the poor rural households. This indicates that, although co-management is useful in protecting the existing government forests, a cocktail of other measures must accompany it for increased forest cover to be realized. These measures could include: increased farmer education, introduction of high-value fast-maturing farm trees and farm forestry incentive schemes. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Nyangena, W., Ogada, M.J. and Sikei, G. 2011. Forest management decentralization in Kenya: Effects on household farm forestry decisions in Kakamega. Paper presented at the 18th annual conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Rome, Italy 29 June-2 July 2011. | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2011-06-30 | en |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.subject | forestry | en |
| dcterms.type | Conference Paper |