The relative contribution of non-timber forest products, agriculture and off-farm sources of income to rural households in Koloni and Guquka, Eastern Cape

Mtati, Nosiseko

Title: The relative contribution of non-timber forest products, agriculture and off-farm sources of income to rural households in Koloni and Guquka, Eastern Cape
Creator: Mtati, Nosiseko
Subject: Informal sector (Economics) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Rural development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Rural poor -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Households -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Forest products -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Non-timber forest products -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Natural resources -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Income -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Date Issued: 2015
Date: 2015
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MSc
Identifier: vital:4785
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018193
Description: [Partial abstract]: This study was carried out to determine the contribution of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to household total income, other livelihood sectors were also examined simultaneously. The contribution of agriculture involved livestock and crop production. Wages and government grants were other livelihood sectors that were looked into. This study was important in determining the change in livelihood strategies in the last decade and to quantify the NTFPs used at the two sites. It was carried out in Guquka and Koloni, both part of the central Eastern Cape. Information on direct use value of the NTFPs used, the quantities and local price; crop production outputs and inputs and the costs. Data were collected via a questionnaire.
Format: 133 p.
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Science, Environmental Science
Language: English
Rights: Mtati, Nosiseko

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