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Determinants of proportions of household land used for forestry practice in Southeast Nigeria
(2017-06) Azeez, I.O; Onyema, M.C
Forestry activities if properly planned, designed and executed can provide significant economic, social and environmental benefits. But land availability and more importantly size, determines the level of investment in forestry. The growing scarcity and social issues surrounding land acquisition necessitate identifying opportunities to enhance forestry development at the household level. Thus, this study investigated the determinants of the proportion of a household land that can be put into forestry use by households in South-eastern Nigeria. Seven (7) communities were randomly selected from Imo and Anambra States. Semi-structured questionnaire was administered to ten percent (10%) of heads of households in the selected communities. A total of 547 sets of questionnaire were administered but, 490 were used for analysis. The questionnaire was based on the socio-economic background of the respondents, their number of farmlands, average size of farmland unit and proportion of the household farmlands, which can be used for forestry activity. Data generated were analysed using bar chart, frequency table and Tobit regression. Modal percentage of total farm land available for forestry activities was 54.0% while the lowest was 17.4%. Also, the form of household leadership, occupation and education of respondents as well as indigenous forestry groups had impacts on the percentage of land area that household heads are putting up for forestry activities in the study area. While male headed households and farmers show more interest in forestry activities, the educated elites hold a reverse perception.
Prospect of land grant for forestry development in Igboland, Nigeria
(School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, 2015) Azeez, I. O; Onyema, M.C
Forests are assets that can promote community development and improve household livelihood if sustainably managed. The foremost constraint to sustainable forest management however, is land and in Nigeria, the southeastern (SE) region which is the dominant geographical location of Igboland has the lowest forest cover and available land area for development. This paper therefore reports the prospect of land grant for forestry development activities in the region. Multi-stage sampling (involving States in the region, their LGAs, Communities and Households) was used to select 1,133 households at 40%, 30%, 20% and 10% intensities for the study. A set of structured and semistructured questionnaire was administered to households in the sampled communities. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and multinomial regression at α0.05. The proportion of male respondent for the study was high (82.0%). They are engaged in civil service (40.0%), businesses (23.0%) and farming (16.0%). The average cost of a plot of household land is N42,076 and average monthly income was about N79,080. Consent of granting land to forestry development groups by household heads was found to be skewed towards indigenous group (32.1%) followed by NGOs (21.4%) and government forestry department (15.9%). The income of the households as well as market cost of a plot of the household land will positively influence land grant for forestry projects. Age of landowners however showed negative significant influence to land grant for forestry. The possibility of land grant to indigene groups with forestry interests could be comparatively highest in rural communities located away from urban sprawl (Coeff. = 0.092). Thus, for forestry to thrive in Igboland, it should aim at building and foster local content as well as strengthen interest through attractive incentives.