Assessment of farm households’ willingness to participate in reforestation projects in Ghana: implications for policy

dc.contributor.author	Danquah, Jones Abrefa
dc.contributor.author	Kuwornu, John K. M.
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-14T10:46:12Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-14T10:46:12Z
dc.date.issued	2015-04-29
dc.identifier.issn	23105496
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7105
dc.description	7p:, ill.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This study examines the socioeconomic factors that influence farmers’ willingness to accept monetary compensation to engage in tree planting and to evaluate realistic payment of incentives. Contingent Valuation method was employed to elicit bids levels of 200 farm households in Ghana. The empirical results of a Generalized Linear Model reveal that age of the household head, household size, education, perception to climate change, distance to the farmland, farm size, off farm work and quantity of maize sold annually significantly influenced households’ decision to accept compensation to engage in tree planting activities. These results have implications for forest management in developing countries	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Cape Coast	en_US
dc.subject	Willingness to accept	en_US
dc.subject	Tree planting	en_US
dc.subject	Socioeconomic factors	en_US
dc.subject	Ecosystem services	en_US
dc.title	Assessment of farm households’ willingness to participate in reforestation projects in Ghana: implications for policy	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US