Determinants of engagement in non-timber forest products (NTFPs) business activities: A study on worker households in the forest areas of Daxinganling and Xiaoxinganling Mountains,northeastern China |
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| Institution: | 1. Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Gosposka ulica 13, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;2. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, Večna pot 113, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;1. Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group (FNP), Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 7600 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), 911, avenue Agropolis, PO Box 64501, F-34394 Montpellier cedex 5, France;3. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Central Africa Regional Office, PO Box 2008, Messa, Yaoundé, Cameroon;4. Sustainable Markets & Chains Group, Agricultural Economics Institute (LEI), Wageningen University, PO Box 29703, 2502 LS, Den Haag, The Netherlands;5. Makala Project, c/o FHS, 75 Avenue des Sénégalais, Kinshasa, Gombe, Democratic Republic of Congo DRC;1. Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Arlindo Béttio, 1000, CEP: 03828-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil;2. Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência Ambiental, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 1289, Divisão de Ensino e Pesquisa — IEE, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 05508-010 São Paulo, SP, Brazil;3. Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Rua Arcturus, CEP: 09606-070, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brasil |
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| Abstract: | This study used data of 128 worker households that possessed woodland resources and owned by seven forestry bureaus (counties) belonging to the forest areas of Daxinganling and Xiaoxinganling Mountains to analyze the behavioral characteristics of worker households that engaged in non-timber forest products (NTFPs) business activities. A logistic regression model was utilized to analyze factors that influenced worker households to engage in NTFPs business activities. The study found the following: NTFPs collection activities had become the primary NTFPs business activity engaged in by the worker households in the forest areas of Daxinganling and Xiaoxinganling Mountains because of the relatively small investment needed as well as fewer production and operating risks. The engagement of worker households in the forest areas of Daxinganling and Xiaoxinganling Mountains in NTFPs business activities was still in a preliminary stage. Whether or not worker households engaged in NTFPs business activities was not affected by household head or household manpower characteristics; rather, worker households were more willing to engage in NTFPs business activities when the households had bank deposits, homes were close to the woodlands, the woodlands had good quality soil, and the households received social services. |
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