Rural Farm Households and Forest Land Use Change in Nigeria: A Primary Siamese Twins?

Authors: Adetoye AM*

DOI: 10.23880/jenr-16000135

Volume 2, Issue 4

Abstract

Although more of forest land has been converted to cultivated land among rural farm households in many developing countries however, the primary cause of change is yet to be fully understood. Thus, the reason why many policies developed to curtail the damage has failed. The paper proposed the need to carefully investigate the main primary cause of forest land use change through a detailed approach, to enable policy makers understand the right approach to ensure forest conservation. This will help to understand how, and the extent to which farm households contributes to forest land use change other than considering them as the primary agent particularly, in Nigeria.

Keywords: Land use; Forest; Rural farming; Nigeria

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