Forest Research: Open Access
Open Access

Department of Economics, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Assessing Land Owner Farmers Willingness to Participate in Reforestation Project in Ethiopia
  Author(s): Akalu Assfaw*
  
  Converting farmlands to forest program could significantly contribute to the conservation of forest in areas where forests are facing increasing deforestation and degradation. While such reforestation project provides wide range of ecological benefits, they also reduce the amount of arable land available to the farmer. To balance ecological benefit and farmers opportunity cost, it’s is reasonable to compensate farmers in the form of monetary payment (Dollar amount) per hectare of reforested land. This study examined landowner’s willingness to participate in reforestation project in Ethiopia. The amount deemed acceptable by farmers and socio-economic factors that influence farmers WTA were investigated. To this end 100 farm households were surveyed from Gimbo district, Kafa zone, Ethiopia. The result shows that 64% of respondents are willing to particip.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2168-9776.21.10.244

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