- Title
- The contribution of NTFPs to rural livelihoods in different agro-ecological zones of South Africa
- Creator
- Mugido, Worship, Shackleton, Charlie M
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182308
- Identifier
- vital:43819
- Identifier
- xlink:href="Commonwealth Forestry Association"
- Description
- In South Africa, there is extensive NTFP trade within communities and via external markets. However, there is a limited indication of the proportion of all households trading one or more NTFPs, and how it varies in relation to local context. Therefore, this study sought to establish the proportion of households trading in NTFPs in sites of different distances to urban markets and agro-ecological zones of South Africa. The results showed that about 6.4% households reported selling NTFPs for various reasons, with many (22%) citing the need to earn cash income and limited employment opportunities (16.9%). Even though the returns from trading NTFPs are relatively low, every earning is very important to many cash-strapped rural households. This was demonstrated by the fact that many sellers of NTFPs used their earnings to augment household income and cover their living expenses.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, pdf
- Publisher
- Ingenta
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Forest Policy and Economics, Mugido, W. and Shackleton, C.M., 2019. The contribution of NTFPs to rural livelihoods in different agro-ecological zones of South Africa. Forest Policy and Economics, 109, p.101983, Forest Policy and Economics volume 109 p. 101983 2019 1389-9341
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