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Economic Value of Agricultural Land for Community Livelihoods within the Context of REDD+

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dc.creator Madalla, N. A.
dc.creator Majule, Amos
dc.date 2016-02-23T11:49:41Z
dc.date 2016-02-23T11:49:41Z
dc.date 2014
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:43:14Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:43:14Z
dc.identifier Madalla, N. A. and Majule, A. E.(2014). Economic value of agricultural land for community livelihoods within the context of REDD+. Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International, UK. 2(3): 180-195, 2015; Article no.JAERI.2015.018. Available: http://www.sciencedomain.org/issue.php?iid=873&id=37
dc.identifier 10.9734/JAERI/2015/14132
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/499
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9630
dc.description A study was carried out in two villages of Mughunga and Pohama in Singida Rural District, central Tanzania, to assess the economic value of agricultural land for community livelihoods within the context of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). Market price valuation method was used to assess the economic value of agricultural land. Findings showed that a good number of people in both villages depend on agriculture (96.4%) and livestock keeping (90.1%) for their livelihoods. The economic value of agriculture land was revealed to be 35,871,750 and 49,259,382Tsh per acre for Mughunga and Pohama villages respectively, with high contribution from sunflower, followed by sorghum and maize crops. The study results revealed lower economic value, mainly of food crops such as maize and bulrush millet. This implicates changes in the agricultural land as these crops were valued high in the past. The major reasons for such changes include decline in agricultural production and increased pressure for land resources. For sustainability of agricultural land in the study area, efforts need to be scaled up towards conservation of agricultural land by all parties, that is, communities, government and private entities
dc.language en
dc.publisher Published 16th December 2014
dc.subject Agricultural land
dc.subject economic value
dc.subject REDD+
dc.subject livelihoods
dc.subject resources
dc.title Economic Value of Agricultural Land for Community Livelihoods within the Context of REDD+
dc.type Journal Article


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