Economic Valuation Of Consumptive Non-timber Forest Products: Evidence From Rombo District Using Contingent Valuation Method

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dc.contributor.authorKuwawenaruwa, A.
dc.contributor.authorLokina, Razack B.
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-24T13:30:59Z
dc.date.available2016-03-24T13:30:59Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionFull text available at http://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjfnc/article/view/89371en_US
dc.description.abstractOver the past two decades there has been an increasingly appreciation and measurement of non-market value of NTFP in many parts of the world. This is motivated by the fact that many of these NTFP especially in the tropics are increasingly being degraded mainly because of their undervaluation due to the lack of proper market for them. In valuing NTFP economists have used both revealed and stated preference depending on whether the good/services being valued have market or do not have market value. In this study we estimate WTP for NTFP using contingent valuation method among rural residents adjacent to half mile strip in Rombo district. A total of 5 villages were sampled out of 20 villages adjacent to the half strip mile (the buffer zone). The results from the open ended question indicate that the mean willingness to pay for consumable NTFPs is TZS 6,460 per annum. In addition to that businessmen, wage earners and farmers are willing to pay TZS 7,080/=, TZS 6, 977/= and TZS 6,197/= per annum respectively. The differences of willingness to pay among these groups however, are not statistically significant. Further econometric analysis using a probit model suggests that household’s income, distance to the forest, marriage, forest conservation, being a businessman and respondent being a wage earner explains households’ willingness to pay for NTFPen_US
dc.identifier.citationKuwawenaruwa, A. and Lokina, R., 2013. Economic valuation of consumptive nontimber forest products: Evidence from Rombo district using contingent valuation method. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 80(2), pp.72-87.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1856-0315
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1345
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservationen_US
dc.subjectcontingent valuationen_US
dc.subjectnon-timber forest productsen_US
dc.subjectbootstrappingen_US
dc.subjectwillingness to payen_US
dc.titleEconomic Valuation Of Consumptive Non-timber Forest Products: Evidence From Rombo District Using Contingent Valuation Methoden_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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