Forest management decentralization in Kenya: Effects on household farm forestry decisions in Kakamega
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 truncatio...
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| author | Nyangena, W. Ogada, Maurice Juma Sikei, G. |
| author_browse | Nyangena, W. Ogada, Maurice Juma Sikei, G. |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | CGSpace166902024-03-06T10:16:43Z Forest management decentralization in Kenya: Effects on household farm forestry decisions in Kakamega Nyangena, W. Ogada, Maurice Juma Sikei, G. forestry 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. 2011-06-30 2012-03-26T16:16:34Z 2012-03-26T16:16:34Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/16690 en Open Access application/msword 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. |
| spellingShingle | forestry Nyangena, W. Ogada, Maurice Juma Sikei, G. Forest management decentralization in Kenya: Effects on household farm forestry decisions in Kakamega |
| title | Forest management decentralization in Kenya: Effects on household farm forestry decisions in Kakamega |
| title_full | Forest management decentralization in Kenya: Effects on household farm forestry decisions in Kakamega |
| title_fullStr | Forest management decentralization in Kenya: Effects on household farm forestry decisions in Kakamega |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forest management decentralization in Kenya: Effects on household farm forestry decisions in Kakamega |
| title_short | Forest management decentralization in Kenya: Effects on household farm forestry decisions in Kakamega |
| title_sort | forest management decentralization in kenya effects on household farm forestry decisions in kakamega |
| topic | forestry |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/16690 |
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