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Household tree planting in Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: Tree species, purposes and determinants

Trees have multiple roles in rural Ethiopia where they provide significant economic and ecological benefits. Planting tree provide rural households with wood products for own consumption as well for sale and decrease soil degradation.

In this paper we used cross-sectional household level data to analyze the determinants of household tree planting and explore the most important tree attributes or purpose(s) that enhance the propensity to plant trees. A sample selection framework that simultaneously takes into account the two-step decision making of tree growers (first whether or not to plant tree, second intensity of tree planting) used to analyze the determinants of tree planting. On the other hand, logistic regression was performed to analyze the most important tree attributes contributing to households’ tree planting decision. Land size, age, gender, tenure security, education, exogenous income and agro-ecology are found to increase both the propensity to plant trees and the level of tree planting, while increased livestock holding impact negatively both decisions. Our findings also suggest that households consider a number of attributes in making decision to plant trees. These results can be used by policy makers to promote tree planting in the study area by creating conducive tenure security and considering households’ tress species selection attributes (criteria).

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Ethiopian Forestry Action Program (EFAP), 1994. The challenges for development" (Vol II). EFAP secretariat, Ministry of Natural Resources Development and Environmental Protection, Addis Ababa.

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