Reviewing the evidence on the roles of forests and tree-based systems in poverty dynamics

OH Razafindratsima, JFM Kamoto, EO Sills… - Forest Policy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The alleviation of global poverty is a major objective of the 2030 UN Sustainable
Development Goals (notably SDG1 “to end poverty in all its forms everywhere”). Many rural …

The future of food: Domestication and commercialization of indigenous food crops in Africa over the third decade (2012–2021)

RRB Leakey, ML Tientcheu Avana, NP Awazi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper follows the transition from ethnobotany to a deeper scientific understanding of the
food and medicinal properties of African agroforestry tree products as inputs into the start of …

How many people globally actually use non-timber forest products?

CM Shackleton, A de Vos - Forest Policy and Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are widely used wild, biological products harvested from
rural and urban landscapes for household subsistence, income and culture, thereby …

[HTML][HTML] Non-timber forest products as poverty traps: Fact or fiction?

CM Shackleton, H Garekae, M Sardeshpande… - Forest Policy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are used by billions of rural and urban people globally.
Income shares from NTFPs are generally highest among poor communities and households …

Contribution of mangrove forest to the livelihood of local communities in Ayeyarwaddy Region, Myanmar

WN Aye, Y Wen, K Marin, S Thapa, AW Tun - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Myanmar's forests are socially and economically significant to the country because over
70% of the country's population depends on natural resources for daily needs. We …

Socioeconomic factors determining extraction of non-timber forest products on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

H Mushi, PZ Yanda, M Kleyer - Human Ecology, 2020 - Springer
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) from natural forests in sub-Saharan Africa provide
significant benefits to rural communities. In this study conducted on the foothills of Mt …

The contribution of NTFPs to rural livelihoods in different agro-ecological zones of South Africa

W Mugido, CM Shackleton - Forest Policy and Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
Although many studies have examined the contributions of non-timber forest products
(NTFPs) to rural livelihoods, relatively few consider the context in which income shares are …

Livelihood strategies, baobab income and income inequality: Evidence from Kordofan and Blue Nile, Sudan

IAA Adam, YO Adam, DE Olumeh, D Mithöfer - Forest Policy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the relationship between livelihood strategies, baobab income, and
income inequality in rural Sudan. Baobab is an emerging commercial crop with emerging …

Non-timber forest products: small matters, big significance, and the complexity of reaching a workable definition for sustainability

TS Delgado, MK McCall, C López-Binnqüist - Small-scale Forestry, 2023 - Springer
This paper addresses a broad reading of the literature on Non-Timber Forest Products
(NTFPs) in order to highlight key issues of NTFP management, their importance for rural …

From ethnobotany to mainstream agriculture: socially modified Cinderella species capturing 'trade-ons' for 'land maxing'

RRB Leakey - Planta, 2019 - Springer
Main conclusion Over the last 25 years, the process of domesticating culturally-important,
highly-nutritious, indigenous food-tree species. Integrating these over-looked …