Economic dependence of rural people on homestead forestry in Mymensingh, Bangladesh

查看全文 作　　者：Nur [1]Muhammed;Md. Farhad Hossain [2]Masum;Md. Mohitul [2]Hossain;Sheeladitya [2]Chakma;Gerhard [3]Oesten

机构地区：[1]Address - School of International Tropical Forestry, Universiti Malaysia Sabah,Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia;[2]Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Chittagong,Bangladesh;[3]Institute of Forestry Economics, University of Freiburg,Freiburg, Germany

出　　处：《Journal of Forestry Research》索引2013年第24卷第3期,共7页

基　　金：financially supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany 摘　　要：Homestead forests contribute substantially to the rural economy of Bangladesh. Rural people depend on trees and plants for their energy usage, housing, food and other forms of subsistence livelihood. In order to identify the potential role of forests on homestead dwellers, an empirical field investigation was conducted in the four Upazilas of Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. It was found that land holdings of the respondents within the four sites are the highest in Mymensingh. The study made an important observation that among all homestead vegetation between 5-6 years old, tree species are generally preferred over plants. This is perhaps due to the efforts of the social forestry extension service to demonstrate that planting trees is an important long-term investment. In all four Upazilas, there was a significant correlation between household annual income and homestead forestry, agriculture and fisheries practice, suggesting that higher income families tend to have larger holdings of homesteads, farms and pond areas. Three Upazilas displayed a strong positive relationship (nearly 45%) between homestead forest areas and annual family income; however, the Fulbaria Upazila showed a very poor relationship (0.2%) in this regard. The results of this study suggest that homestead forests play a positive role in the rural economy, in addition to helping mitigate the increasing problem of deforestation in Bangladesh. 关键词：孟加拉国农村居民林业经济宅基地高收入家庭林业技术推广森林地区农村经济

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