Factors Influencing Household Participation in a Participatory Forest Management Scheme: Bench-Sheko Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

This study examines the factors influencing household participation in participatory forest management (PFM) in the Bench-Sheko Zone of Southwest Ethiopia. The study was conducted in two woredas (Gurafarda and Sheko) where PFM has been implemented. Two kebeles where PFM has been implemented were sel...

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Published in:Journal of sustainable forestry 2022-11, Vol.41 (10), p.909-921
Main Authors: Bakala, Fayera, Asfaw, Milkessa, Tadesse, Benyam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Determinants
Forest management
Forest products
Forest resources
forest utilization
Forestry
Forests
Households
Livestock
members
Participation
Resource management
rural communities
Sustainability
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Summary:This study examines the factors influencing household participation in participatory forest management (PFM) in the Bench-Sheko Zone of Southwest Ethiopia. The study was conducted in two woredas (Gurafarda and Sheko) where PFM has been implemented. Two kebeles where PFM has been implemented were selected from each woreda. For the interview, household heads in the sampled kebeles were stratified based on the membership status into members and nonmembers of PFM. Then, a sample of 408 household heads were interviewed from the selected kebeles. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression. Access to forest-related extension services, marital status, benefits derived from the forest, understanding PFM goals clearly, access to market information on forest products, and the size of livestock held by household heads had a positive and significant effect on the participation of the household heads in PFM. To achieve the promise of PFM, it is critical to provide forest-related extension services on forest resource management and use that specifically promote PFM, for example, by creating awareness of the economic value and benefits of forests among household heads.
ISSN:1054-9811
1540-756X
DOI:10.1080/10549811.2020.1867184