ABSTRACT
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
Amusa, T (2021). Socio-economic factors influencing marketing of non-timber forest products in tropical lowland rainforests of south-western Nigeria. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/socio-economic-factors-influencing-marketing-of-non-timber-forest-products-in-tropical-lowland-rainforests-of-south-western-nigeria
Amusa, Tajudeen "Socio-economic factors influencing marketing of non-timber forest products in tropical lowland rainforests of south-western Nigeria" Afribary. Afribary, 21 Apr. 2021, https://track.afribary.com/works/socio-economic-factors-influencing-marketing-of-non-timber-forest-products-in-tropical-lowland-rainforests-of-south-western-nigeria. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
Amusa, Tajudeen . "Socio-economic factors influencing marketing of non-timber forest products in tropical lowland rainforests of south-western Nigeria". Afribary, Afribary, 21 Apr. 2021. Web. 18 Dec. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/socio-economic-factors-influencing-marketing-of-non-timber-forest-products-in-tropical-lowland-rainforests-of-south-western-nigeria >.
Amusa, Tajudeen . "Socio-economic factors influencing marketing of non-timber forest products in tropical lowland rainforests of south-western Nigeria" Afribary (2021). Accessed December 18, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/socio-economic-factors-influencing-marketing-of-non-timber-forest-products-in-tropical-lowland-rainforests-of-south-western-nigeria