Community forestry, labor migration and agrarian change in a Nepali village
1980 To 2010
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2157276 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jefferson Fox (0000-0002-0508-654X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 610-629 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03066150.2016.1246436 |
| OpenAlex | W2565874474 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 32 |
This paper follows forest conditions, agricultural practices, and livelihoods in a Nepali village between 1980 and 2010. A survey was administered to all village households in 1980, 1990 and 2010; semi-structured interviews were also conducted. Tree species frequency, density and dominance were determined for eight forest patches during each survey. Over this period the population of the village remained stable; the number of children decreased, and the number of people over 50 increased. Famers keep significantly fewer livestock, and have become less dependent on farming and more engaged in commercial activities. In 1980 the number of out-migrants was so few that they were not recorded; by 2010, 29 percent of the adult male population was engaged in migration. Nepal initiated an acclaimed Community Forestry program in the early 1990s; by 2010 about half the village's forests showed improved tree density and size. Contrary to expectations and published literature, the study found that forest conditions in half of the village's forests were not improved; and while livelihoods appeared to be better in 2010 than in 1980, they are not more secure as they are increasingly dependent on remittance incomes and hence at the whims of the international labor market
Agriculture · Biology · Dominance (genetics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Livelihood · Livestock · Nepali · Population · Remittance · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Demography · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Forestry
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| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |