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ArticleTowards the development of a strategy for sustainable commercialization of non-timber forest products in Kenya: A situational analysis
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) play a significant role in the livelihoods of Kenyans. This paper reports the key strengths that could be optimized, opportunities available, weaknesses that need to be mitigated, and threats that require recognition to have a strategy for the sustainable commercialization of NTFPs in Kenya. This study was funded by The Restoration Initiative (TRI) project being implemented by FAO and other partners. It involved consultations with 50 institutions and a review of relevant publications, reports, policies, legislation, and strategies. The key interventions in the sub-sector include research and development, resource assessment and mapping, value chain analyses, capacity building, value addition, piloting plantation production, and policy reviews for a limited number of products such as gums and resins, honey, aloes, and mushrooms. The major stakeholders are collectors, community groups, traders, National government agencies, County Governments, private sector actors, development partners, and civil society organizations. Key barriers to the commercialization of NTFPs include deforestation, traditional production, and harvesting technologies, inadequate bulking facilities, insufficient value addition, weak market linkages, and information systems as well as weak policy and institutional frameworks. It is concluded that sustainable commercialization of these products in the country requires a strategy that involves revision/domestication of laws and policies, public-private partnerships, research, innovation, value addition, technology development and transfer, capacity building, synergies and complementarities. Keywords: Non-timber forest products, situational analysis, strategy, Kenya ID: 3485349 -
Book (series)Evaluation of the project "Action Against Desertification in support of the implementation of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative, the United Nations to Combat Desertification and Drought action plans in Fiji and Haiti, and South–South cooperation in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States"
Project code: GCP/INT/157/EC
2022Also available in:
No results found.The “Action Against Desertification in support of the implementation of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative, the UNCCD action plans in Fiji and Haiti, and South–South Cooperation in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States” project (AAD) worked with eight countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia to tackle the detrimental social, economic and environmental impacts of land degradation and desertification (2014 to 2020). It was implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners, with majority of funding from the European Union and co-funding from diverse partners. The project contributed to improving the conditions and productivity of agrosilvipastoral landscapes and the capacity to plan land restoration and manage forest and land resources. Livelihood improvements and concrete positive incidence on household income, food security, crops and milk production, and community interactions. It increased awareness and support policy makers developing intervention strategies that address D/LDD. The large-scale, heavy machinery-based technical intervention logic was found appropriate to address desertification/land degradation and drought (D/LDD) in specific conditions and countries. The geospatial study estimated the contribution of Action Against Desertification (AAD) to carbon sequestration to be between 384 000 and 1.27 million tonnes of carbon sequestered. The evaluation recommendations include further investments in training; building awareness and addressing climate change and land degradation; increasing political and policy coherence; guaranteeing sustainability and buy-in from beneficiaries; building in sustainable financing mechanisms at all stakeholder levels; increasing opportunities; and developing non-timber forest product (NTFP) value chains to create and develop viable markets for the products. -
DocumentPotentials of non-Wood Forest Products for Value Chain Development, Value Addition and Development of NWFP-Based Rural Microenterprises in Sudan
Consultancy report
2017Also available in:
No results found.There is global recognition that forests are not only about trees but also about the people who live in and around them. Empirical evidence on the role of forests in food security, poverty reduction through income and employment generation, and addressing the challenges of climate change is increasingly being generated and documented. Over 1.6 billion people worldwide depend heavily on forest resources for their livelihoods, of which 1.2 billion people in developing countries use trees on farms to generate food and income. For the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region where forest resources are scarce and the potentials for timber production are limited, non-wood forest products (NWFPs) such as fruit, bark, roots, tubers, corms, leaves, flowers, nuts, gums, sap, resins, dyes, honey, mushrooms, medicinal and aromatic plants, and wildlife animal products are becoming ever more important. Local people use these products to meet their daily needs; as a source of food, fodder and medicin e, and to generate income. However, current production of NWFPs represents a small fraction of what it could actually be in most countries in the region, and its full potential for poverty reduction, livelihood improvement and environmental sustainability has yet to be harnessed to help local people in the region out of poverty and food insecurity. Although the commercialization of NWFPs in the NENA region runs deep in the region’s history and has done for thousands of years, local producers sti ll remain on the side-lines and receive a much smaller commercial margin compared to what other actors receive. In this context the FAO, through its Regional Initiative for Small-Scale Family Farming (SSFF), supported country studies in selected NENA countries on the potential of NWFPs for value chain development and value addition to generate evidence-based data on the valorization of NWFPs in the NENA region. The aim is to support policy recommendations, strategies and actions that can increas e benefit retention and poverty reduction by commercializing NWFPs at the local level and boost their contribution to the well-being of rural communities, national economies and to the sustainable development of the NENA countries overall.
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