- Title
- The role and value of savanna non-timber forest products to rural households in the Kat River Valley, South Africa
- Creator
- Shackleton, Charlie M
- Creator
- Shackleton, Sheona E
- Creator
- Ntshudu, M
- Creator
- Ntzebeza, J
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2002
- Date
- 2002
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182820
- Identifier
- vital:43882
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20023145773"
- Description
- The majority of South Africans reside in rural areas characterized by limited infrastructure and employment opportunities. Many, therefore, make extensive use of non-timber-forest products (NTFPs) as part of their daily livelihoods. However, until recently, there were relatively few quantitative studies on resources used, amounts and frequencies. This is especially so for the savanna biome in South Africa, even though it is the largest biome. This paper presents data from a quantitative study of resource use and value in three villages situated in the savannas of the poorest province of South Africa. The results demonstrated widespread use of a wide variety of NTFPs. There were no households that did not make use of at least one NTFP from the surrounding woodlands. The five contributing most to the total gross value per household were fuelwood, wild herbs, wild fruits, bushmeat and honey beer. The mean gross annual direct-use value at the three villages ranged from US$211 to US$324 per household, averaged across user and non-user households. The direct-use value to user households was approximately double this. The net value differed between specific NTFPs because of differential labour input. The net value represented between 39 and 86% of the gross value, with a mean of 63%. However, the use of opportunity costs of labour in such areas requires examination.
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (20 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- CAB Direct
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Tropical Forest Products
- Relation
- Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Ntshudu, M. and Ntzebeza, J., 2002. The role and value of savanna non-timber forest products to rural households in the Kat River Valley, South Africa. Journal of Tropical Forest Products, 8(1), pp.45-65
- Relation
- Journal of Tropical Forest Products volume 8 number 1 p. 45 2002 1394-2204
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- Closed Access
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