Forest Management Decentralization in Kenya: Effects on Household Farm Forestry Decisions in Kakamega

dc.contributor.authorOgada, Maurice Juma
dc.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
dc.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-17T15:18:52Z
dc.date.available2012-09-17T15:18:52Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstract"This study investigates the factors that influence participation of households in devolved system of forest management by joining community forest associations (CFA). It further employs Propensity Score Matching (PSM) to measure the impact of household's participation in CFA on farm forestry decisions. The analysis uses cross-sectional data from a survey of Kakamega forest communities in Kenya in 2010. Generally, our findings reveal that participation in CFA by households is influenced broadly by socio-economic and institutional factors, and that participation in CFA has a positive impact on farm forestry development. Policy makers and development practitioners, therefore, need to devise, implement and sufficient fund interventions that would promote development of community forest associations with the ultimate goal of increasing forest cover in the country."en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates18-24 Augusten_US
dc.identifier.citationconferenceInternational Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) Triennial Conferenceen_US
dc.identifier.citationconflocFoz do Iguacu, Brazilen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/8358
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subjectparticipatory developmenten_US
dc.subjectforest managementen_US
dc.subject.sectorForestryen_US
dc.titleForest Management Decentralization in Kenya: Effects on Household Farm Forestry Decisions in Kakamegaen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
dc.type.methodologyCase Studyen_US
dc.type.publishedunpublisheden_US

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