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datestamp: 2011-09-16 09:20:48
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type: article
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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
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creators_name: Haglund, E
creators_name: Ndjeunga, J
creators_name: Snook, L
creators_name: Pasternak, D
icrisatcreators_name: Ndjeunga, J
icrisatcreators_name: Pasternak, D
affiliation: Congressional Hunger Center(Washington)
affiliation: ICRISAT(Niamey)
affiliation: Bioversity International(Maccarese)
country: USA
country: Niger
country: Italy
title: Dry land tree management for improved household livelihoods: Farmer managed natural regeneration in Niger
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Agroforestry,Adoption, Imapct,Sahel, Niger
note: The authors are grateful to ICRISAT, Bioversity International, and
World Vision Australia for their financial support for this study.
Serving in Mission (SIM) lent logistical assistance in Maradi.
Abdoulaye Amadou was an invaluable resource during the collection
of the field data. Tony Rinaudo, Peter Cunningham, Mahamane
Larwanou, and Tougiani Abasse offered crucial insights and feedback
based on their many years of FMNR experience. We wish to
thank the two anonymous reviewers for their careful reading of the
manuscript and their very helpful comments. We owe a special
debt of gratitude to the hundreds of rural households in the Region
of Maradi who were so generous with their time and personal
information.
abstract: Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), a set of practices farmers use to foster the growth of indigenous trees on agricultural land, has drawn substantial attention as a contributing factor to a trend of increasing vegetation greenness in the Republic of Niger. This paper identifies drivers of FMNR adoption and assesses its impacts on rural households in the Region of Maradi, Niger, an area covering 42,000 square kilometers. The results show that 26% of households practice a form of FMNR involving both pruning and protecting woody vegetation. Adoption is strongly linked to soil type, market access, and the education level of the head of household. FMNR raises household income and increases crop diversity, household migration rates, and the density and diversity of trees on farmland. It is estimated that FMNR raises the annual gross income of the region by between 17 and 21 million USD and has contributed an additional 900,000 to 1,000,000 trees to the local environment. These findings support the value of continued promotion of FMNR as an inexpensive means of enhancing rural livelihoods and an attractive alternative to reforestation efforts relying on tree planting.
date: 2011
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Enviroment Management
volume: 92
number: 7
publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
pagerange: 1696-1705
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0301-4797
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.01.027
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funders: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 
funders: Bioversity International
funders: World Vision Australia
citation:   Haglund, E and Ndjeunga, J and Snook, L and Pasternak, D  (2011) Dry land tree management for improved household livelihoods: Farmer managed natural regeneration in Niger.  Journal of Enviroment Management, 92 (7).  pp. 1696-1705.  ISSN 0301-4797     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/1659/1/JouOfEnvirManag_92_7_1696-1705_2011.pdf