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Effects of Deforestation on Household Time Allocation among Rural Agricultural Activities: Evidence from Western Uganda

African Journal of Economic Policy

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Title Effects of Deforestation on Household Time Allocation among Rural Agricultural Activities: Evidence from Western Uganda
 
Creator Okwi, PO
Muhumuza, T
 
Subject Forests, time allocation, agriculture, firewood households
 
Description A non-separable (non-recursive) model was developed to test the  participation of households in fuelwood collection and farming activities using data from rural areas of Western Uganda. The results of the  quantitative analysis showed that traditional measures of economic  conditions – shadow wages and prices, labour time, gender composition of the household, seasonality and agro-ecological differences – were  important variables that affect household labour allocation decisions. The results provided no support to earlier studies that contended that as  deforestation increases and fuelwood gets scarce, household members will divert time away from farming. The fact that there was no evidence of labour relocation away from agriculture to fuelwood collection implied that the former was a key activity and fuelwood products have not become  costly enough to significantly tighten household labour constraints. Efforts were needed to alleviate the labour bottlenecks of subsistence farmers through agro-forestry programmes, efficient use of fuelwood and adoption of efficient cooking equipment, fuelwood substitutes which will relieve  environmental good collection labour burdens or reduce collection time for fuelwood.Keywords: Forests, time allocation, agriculture, firewood households
 
Publisher Department of Economics, University of Ibadan
 
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Date 2014-01-21
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajep/article/view/99945
 
Source African Journal of Economic Policy; Vol 17, No 1 (2010); 105-135
1116-4875
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajep/article/view/99945/89206
 
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