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Factors influencing conservation of trees on farmland and silvicultural management activities in a Sudanian agro-ecosystem, West Africa

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Title Factors influencing conservation of trees on farmland and silvicultural management activities in a Sudanian agro-ecosystem, West Africa
 
Creator Sanou, Lassina
 
Contributor Savadogo, Patrice
Ezebilo, Eugene E.
Bayala, Jules
Thiombiano, Adjima
 
Subject socio-economic factors
rural households
adoption
farmers’ perception
agroforestry parkland
 
Description The loss of tree resources and low productivity of soil are the main environmental problems
affecting the livelihoods in developing countries. This paper reports a study of factors
influencing farmers’ decision to protect and manage trees on their farmland that aims to restore
degraded land and improve biodiversity. The data were collected from personal interviews
conducted with farmers in the Center-West region of Burkina Faso and were analyzed using
Principal Component Analysis, multiple linear regression and binary logistic regression. The
results showed that farmer’s decision to participate in conservation of trees on farmland was
mainly influenced by silvicultural knowledge and skills, participation in farmers' groups or other
social organizations with interest in tree conservation, the social value of biodiversity in the
rural, and the perceived economic benefits of trees on farm. These factors need to be taken into
consideration to enhance farmers' participation in agroforestry and to achieve tree cover
restoration. Regression analysis showed that important variables for explaining variation in
levels of motivation in tree conservation on farms include household wealth, gender, ethnic
group, age, education level, marital status, religion, residence status, farm size, household size
and technical support. These results indicate that organizations promoting agroforestry among
poorer smallholders will have more success if they consider the diversity of smallholder socioeconomic
and perceptional characteristics. The findings from this study will help in the
restoration of degraded rural landscapes, the conservation of biodiversity and improve resilience
in farmland and natural land formations.
 
Date 2015-12-31
2016-02-11T09:33:09Z
2016-02-11T09:33:09Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/dspace/limited
Lassina Sanou, Patrice Savadogo, Eugene E. Ezebilo, Jules Bayala, Adjima Thiombiano. (31/12/2015). Factors influencing conservation of trees on farmland and silvicultural management activities in a Sudanian agro-ecosystem, West Africa.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4325
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
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