What Determines the Adoption of Agroforestry Practices in Farmlands and Public Lands? A Case Study from the Terai Region in Nepal

Sammanfattning

While agroforestry has been well acknowledged for its influential role and benefits in integrated resource management in the global south, its adoption in forest-rich countries with existing community conflict situations is under-explored. Through structured questionnaire surveys and focus group discussions, this study explored the context and factors influencing the adoption of agroforestry practices on farmlands and public lands in the Terai region of southern Nepal. Results from logistic regression models revealed that adoption of agroforestry practices on both farmland and public land could contribute to mitigating conflicts between northern and southern communities. In addition, the adoption of agroforestry practices can be explained by socio-demographic and economic factors such as education, ethnicity, well-being, and gender. Strong cooperation between agroforestry initiatives and local institutions such as forest user groups and local governments in educating and empowering local people from lower socio-economic backgrounds is critical for widespread adoption of agroforestry practices in similar resource-use conflict regions.

Nyckelord

Community forestry; landuse and management; conflict management; northern and southern communities

Publicerad i

Society and Natural Resources
2024, volym: 37, nummer: 2, sidor: 234-250
Utgivare: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

SLU författare

• Low, Matthew

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG10 Minska ojämlikhet
SDG15 Ekosystem och biologisk mångfald
SDG16 Fredliga och inkluderande samhällen

UKÄ forskningsämne

Tvärvetenskapliga studier
Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2023.2269531

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/126784