Prevalence, economic contribution, and determinants of trees on farms across Sub-Saharan Africa

Daniel C. Miller, Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mora and Luc Christiaensen
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mora ()

Forest Policy and Economics, 2017, vol. 84, issue C, 47-61

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Trees on farms; Agroforestry; Forestry; Landscape approaches; Climate smart agriculture; Livelihoods; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.12.005

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