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Influence of Extension Education on Adoption of Forestry Conservation Practices in South Eastern Nigeria
(Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan, 2016) Onyema, M.C; Azeez, I.O
Extension education programmes were observed to have positive impact on different sectors of the economy in developed society. However, forestry and other natural resources sub-sectors in Africa and by extension, Nigeria still lag behind and its growth and development is nothing compared with other sub-sectors. This paper reports the influence of conservation and extension education programmes on the adoption of conservation practices by households in Anambra Sate, south-eastern Nigeria with the view to determining the impact of education on natural resources conservation and development. The study was targeted at household heads across selected communities in Aguata agricultural zone of Anambra State, Nigeria, using, village grouping meetings and two sets of structured and open ended questionnaire. Information was sought on respondents’ participation levels in extension education and relative adoption rates of household level conservation practices. Data obtained were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Awareness and education programmes considered include governmental non-governmental conservation programmes earlier executed in the study area, Anambra State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) extension services as well as conservation/forestry extension training and education provided specifically for the study being reported. Respondents’ consent to participating in identified conservation programmes in the stud area was highest (91.6%) for conservation of trees that are located away from their residence. This was followed by training in poultry and wildlife domestication (90.4%). The least interest was expressed for arable and tree crop mix on the same land (10.8%). Also, planting of palm and exotic trees in the study area were found to have stemmed from the households’ access to government extension services (X2=7.3 and 4.6; df = 2) and the research organized through forestry extension education/awareness training (X2= 15.1 and 9.7; df = 1). Respondents’ participation in past conservation education programmes has impacted on poultry and wildlife domestication (X2= 8.16; df = 2), agri-silviculture (X2 = 12.8; df =2) and land management practice (X2 = 4.8; df =2) activities in the study area. Village level discussions showed that respondents’ would readily adopt innovations, which are compatible with their traditional agricultural practices although such adoption will depend on the frequency of their exposure to innovative programmes. It was also found that Local conservation programmes and activities especially for the informal sector of the economy can be made more robust and better executed periodically and jointly too by public and private organizations and stakeholders.
Sanmora: sustainable forest management
(2009) Popoola, L; Bamidele, J; Jimoh, S; Azeez, I.O; Fayomi, G; Shoroye, O; Ayansina, M; Adewusi, H.G
Strategic baseline study of Ajasse-Ipo watershed catchement Area
(2003) Popoola, L; Amusan, A; Soyombo, O; Fayomi, G; Bamidele, J; Taiwo, L; Adenekan, L; Jimoh, S.O; Azeez, I.O
Socio-economic factors influencing marketing of non-timber forest products in tropical lowland rainforests of south-western Nigeria
(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Taylor & Francis, 2017) Amusa, T.O; Jimoh, S.O; Azeez, I.O
A number of factors persist to constrain the non-timber forest products (NTFPs) market and, by extension, its potential to contribute meaningfully to livelihood development and poverty reduction objectives. To better utilise the potential of NTFPs, it is important to have a better understanding of the key factors governing the success and failure of NTFPs trade. This paper reports on the market constraints and socio-economic factors that influence trade in five top-priority NTFPs within the tropical lowland rainforests of south-west Nigeria. The NTFPs investigated were bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis), African walnut (Plukenetia conophora), chew-stick (Massularia acuminata), fever bark (Annickia chlorantha) and bush pepper (Piper guineense). Field data were collected in 10 villages located within and around Omo and Shasha forest reserves using a household questionnaire survey. The results showed that seasonality, poor transport, lack of storage facilities and market information were the four main constraints influencing marketing and trade in the NTFPs. In addition, the level of education, gender (sex), household income, ethnicity, distance to the market and access to roads significantly influenced market knowledge and information among households involved in the trade of NTFPs. There is need to improve on the limited source of NTFPs information, enhance skills for product transformation, build innovative storage facilities, and develop the process of domestication and integration in traditional land-use systems.
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.
Assessment of sources and geographical focus of forestry-related news in two Nigerian newspaper
(2017-06) Azeez, I.O; Adeniyi, T.E
The importance of forests, forest management and related information to human sustainable development cannot be overemphasized. This paper reports the analyses of forestry-related news source and their geographical focus in Guardian and Tribune Newspapers in Nigeria between June, 2009 and May, 2014. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the two National dailies because both have column for environment issues, they are available and their continuous existence for the period of the research, circulation and accessibility were guaranteed. Data were collected from the editions on the days these newspapers have slot for environmental columns and were analysed using descriptive such as percentage, frequency and charts as well as chi-square inferential statistics at α0.05. Guardian reported 76.9% of the articles while Nigerian Tribune reported 30.1% articles. The columnists had the highest percentage as the news source of forestry related issues reported with 29.1% of the articles. Also, the highest percentage of the articles reported was the Global focus on forestry issues with 38.1%. There was a significant relationship between the newspapers and the sources that reported the issues. There was however no significant relationship between the newspapers and the geographical focus of the issues that were reported. It was concluded that there will be a reduction of public attention on forestry news since they are more of global issues than immediate concern. Also, since forestry news were more from columnists, there was likely to be a professional gap, which needed to be filled.
Perception of climate change effects on forest-dependent rural livelihoods in Ondo State, Nigeria
(2016-06) Azeez, I.O; Jimoh, S.O; Adeniyi, A.B
Rural population is the highest in developing countries with pathetic living condition and lack of resources to cope with ecological perturbations apart from not having social opportunities to cushion the impacts of extreme events. This paper reports the impacts of climate change on the livelihoods of forest dependent rural populations in Ondo State, a forest rich southwestern part of Nigeria, with the view to identifying possible adaptation strategies. Stratified multistage simple random sampling was used in selecting respondents for the study. The state was stratified into Local Government Areas (LGAs) and Four (4): Odigbo, Akure North, Owo and Idanre were randomly selected. In each of the LGAs selected, one forest reserve each (Oluwa, Ala, Owo and Idanre, respectively) was selected. Three rural communities surrounding each of the forest reserve were then selected as study site while 30 households were randomly selected for interview. Primary data were collected from the selected households in the selected communities using a set of structured and open-ended questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics at α0.05. Generally, more (62.2%) respondents noticed changes in rainfall pattern, which led to flooding in 2014, while 37.2% noticed increase temperature, which led to the drought of 2007. On availability of forest resources, majority (78.6%) of the respondents noticed changes in the availability of Mansonia, while 12.0%,8.0%, 5.5% and 4.7% attested to changes in the availability of Terminalia superba, Gmelina, Tectona grandis (Teak) and Obeche, respectively. Similarly, 78.0% of the respondents noticed changes in availability of firewood, while changes in the availability of seeds, fruits and mushrooms were attested to by 15.0%, 4.7%, and 1.4% of the respondents, respectively. Identified impacts of climate change by the respondents included among others reduction in agricultural production, flooding, increased livestock death and shortage of food. Suggested mechanisms for coping with climate change adversities included changing of the planting date, practice of agroforestry, planting of trees and early harvesting regime. Climate change was found to impact agricultural and rural land use in the study area. Therefore, the adoption of agroforestry practices as rural land use is recommended in Ondo State as an adaptation measure against climate change.
Socio-economic imperatives of forest based rural livelihoods in climate constrained environments in Ondo State, Nigeria
(Forestry Association of Nigeria, 2016) Azeez, I.O; Adeniyi, A.B
The rural people have been recognized as knowledge holders on climate change. This work examines the socio-economic imperatives of such knowledge particularly as it affects livelihood in selected forest fringe communities in Ondo State, Nigeria. Multistage random sampling technique was adopted in which 4 Local Government Areas (LGAS): Odigbo, Akure North, Owo and Idanre were randomly selected in Ondo state. In each of the LGAs, a forest reserve (Oluwa, Ala, Owo and Idanre, respectively) was selected. Three rural communities surrounding each of the forest reserves were then selected while thirty respondents were randomly selected for interviews in each of the selected communities with the use of well-structured questionnaire. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. More males (52.9%) were interviewed with majority (95.6%) being married while modal age group (42.2%) was between 30 and 40 years. A high percentage of the respondents (30.8%) had no formal education while 34.7% had only primary school leaving certificates. The modal household size was between 11 and 15 people in Owo LGA. Farming was the major source of livelihood for all the respondents. Most of the respondents (52.6%) were aware of climate change through radio. The source of their awareness was however, discovered to be a function of location, age, level of education and secondary occupation. Sources of awareness were found to be dependent upon respondents’ LGA (χ2 = 30.2, df = 12, p = 0.003), age (χ2 = 41.6, df = 8, p = 0.000), level of education (χ2 = 31.2, df = 16, p = 0.103) and secondary occupation (χ2 = 69.2, df = 44, p = 0.009). The dependence of respondents’ livelihoods on forest resources in this study is dependent on their LGA (χ2 = 25.0, df = 4, p = 0.000), age (χ2 = 34.6, df = 10, p = 0.001), years of resident (χ2 = 46.6, df = 12, p = 0.010) as well as their primary (χ2 = 64.5, df = 12, p = 0.000) and secondary (χ2 = 32.9, df = 7, p = 0.000) occupations. The annual income of respondents’ from their primary sources of livelihoods is dependent on their LGA (χ2 = 29.8, df = 12, p = 0.003), sex (χ2 = 23.0, df = 8, p = 0.003), Age (χ2 = 86.5, df = 16, p = 0.000), level of education (χ2 = 70.5, df = 16, p = 0.000), marital status (χ2 = 79.9, df = 8, p = 0.000) and primary occupation (χ2 = 363.9, df = 40, p = 0.000). The study established interdependence among respondents’ livelihoods, their socio-economic background, forest resources in the study area and climate. However, such dependency is location specific. It further observed climate change as negatively affecting agriculture and by extension food production in the study area. Creation of awareness for sustainable use of forest resources among residents and the identified alternative livelihoods to farming in Ondo State were recommended.
Population structure and threats to sustainable management of woody plant species in a semi-arid agro-ecosystem in Nigeria
(2016) Dauda, T.H; Jimoh, S.O; Azeez, I.O
This study was conducted to assess population structure and threat to the sustainable management of woody species in the various ago-ecosystems in Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area (LGA) Katsina State, Nigeria. Purposive and stratified random sampling techniques were used to collect data from 21 randomly demarcated 100m × 100m sample plots. All woody plant species found in the sample plots with stem diameter >2 cm at 20cm above ground, were recorded. Population structure was summarized by diameter classes. For the identification of threats, field and questionnaire surveys were used. A total of 50 questionnaires were distributed at ten questionnaires per ward in five out of the 11 wards in the LGA. The highest numbers (350) of small diameter trees (0.1-1.0cm) were recorded in the agrosilvopastoral system. This was followed by silvopastoral and agrisilviculture systems with 89 and 85, respectively. However, the highest number of large diameter woody tree species was recorded in the silvopastoral system followed by agrosilvopastoral and agrisilviculture systems. The regular reverse J-shaped and fairly regular reverse J-shaped size class distribution observed for agrosilvopastoral and silvopastoral respectively, suggest a recuperating population. Over exploitation, debarking, de-branching, root-digging, leaf harvesting, seed harvesting, poor regeneration, slow rate of growth, wind effect and bush burning were the major threats to sustainable management of woody plant species in the study area. The implications of our findings for sustainable management of woody plant species in the study area are discussed and recommendations made.
Processing, utilization and challenges of African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa, Jacque Benth) in Arigidi Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria
(2013) Adejumo, A.A; Azeez, I.O; Geply, J.J
The study examined the processing, utilization and challenges of African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) in Arigidi Akoko in Akoko Northwest Local Government Area of Ondo State. A total of 3,446 locust beans sellers were identified and 5% of the sellers were sampled given the total of 172 respondents: 80 at Imo Arigidi Oja, and 42 at Agbaluku which are the three major settlements in the town. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and subjected to descriptive statistical tools. The socio-economic analysis shows that locust beans processing and trade are dominated by females (97.7%) with trace percentage of male (2.3%). This could be traced to preference of women in processing operations. The prevalent method of processing is manual or traditional. Majority of the respondents (48.8%) believed the processing method is strenuous and it takes a lot of time. However, 32% of the people considered it simple and less stressful but 2.3% perceived the activities to be simple, stressful and time-consuming. Similarly, 59.9% of respondents only submitted that the processing method could be learnt while 57.6% of the respondents specified the number of days in which the processing method could be learnt (1-7 days). The processing/utilization challenges include unavailability of the product in large proportion in the study area, lack of water supply, stressful nature of processing, poor packaging, lack of storage facilities, etc. based on the results of the study it can be concluded that locust bean processing is a thriving occupation and therefore a sustainable livelihoods for the people of Arigidi Akoko. For promotion of occupation or the locust bean trade in the area, modernized processing techniques, provision of boreholes by relevant government agencies to ensure potable water supply for processing activities and encouragement of plantation establishment should be considered.

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