| Source
(Country) |
Estimated
Number of People Involved in Forest Enterprises |
| Van
Buren, 1982 (India) |
+25% of the
fuelwood used is sold in commerce, and as many as
15 million people(full time) are involved with
market trade. |
| Agarwal,
1986 (India) |
2 to 3 million
people are dependent on fuel-wood trade, earning
an average Rs.5.50/day/20 kg. headload of
fuelwood. |
| Surin
and Badhuri,1980 (Chotanagpur,India) |
Fuelwood sales
are an important source of income for 70% of
forest-dweller households. |
| Hunter,1981(Madhya
Pradesh) |
The collection of
Tendu (Diospyros melan-oxylon) leaves for bidi
cigarette wrapping employs ten million people
part time in the off -peak agricultural season,
and earns the state some $40 million in revenue. |
| Tewari,1982
(India) |
Tendu leaf
collection provides about 90 days employment to
7.5 million people; a further 3 million people
are employed in bidi processing industry; 3
million people are involved in lac(resin)
production ; 735,000 people earn income from
sericulture; 550,000 people are employed in
bamboo -based craft enterprises. |
| Jha
and Jha,1985 (India) |
126,000
households are involved in Tassar silk
cultivation (of those100,000 are from Bihar). |
| Blair,1983
(Kerala,India) |
More than 300,000
people are involved in mat production from reeds.
|
| Jalal-ud-Din,1984
(N.W.Pakistan) |
More than 3,000
families are involved in sericulture (raising
silk worms), and over 3 million rupees is
generated from the sale of cocon crop(the
majority is purchased by Forest Department) |
| Fisseha,1987
(Zambia) |
25,000 people are
involved in the fuelwood trade. There are more
than 52,000 forest based small-scale processing
enterprises, which employ 137,400 people. |
| (Sierra
Leone) |
18,000 people are
employed in FB-SSEs; |
| (Jamaica) |
10,200 people are
employed in FB-SSEs. |
| Marks
and Robbins, (Zambia) |
48,000 people are
employed in charcoal production (36,000 of them
are part-time charcoal producers and traders);
11,500 people are involved with bee-keeping;
96,000 households earn income from handicraft
production. |
| Johnson
and Nair,1985 (N.E.Brazil) |
Gathering forest
products is a component of the agriculture cycle.
In 1980, 18,000 tonnes of cashew nuts were
gathered , and 18,000 tonnes of wax were
collected from carnauha palm leaves. |
| Saadallah,1978
(Tunisia) |
The minor forest
product trade provides 270,000 days employment a
year. |
| Chetty,1985
(Kolar India) |
Gum collection
uses 300,000 man days. There are an estimated
50,000 small-scale forest product processing
enterprises.
20,000 people are involved in bamboo collection
for local FB-SSEs. |
| Jambulingam,1986
(Tamil Nadu,India) |
The collection,
processing and trade of Palmyrah products (sugar,
wine and handicraftas) involves 28,000 household
and generates Rs.120 million/year. |
| Kulkarny,
1983(India) |
30 million people
are estimated to drive part of their livelihood
from forest products. |
| Rao
et al, 1978(India) |
More than 80,000
tonnes of myrobalan fruit (tannin production) are
collected annually agriculturists and tribals,
and 150,000 tonnes of other tannins are also
collected. Workers earn between Rs.0-25-0.5/kg.
for myrobalan fruit and 0.25-0.4/kg for tannin
bark. |
| Mody-Etia,
1982 (Bos-Wouri,Cameroon) |
Palm wine
production provides income for estimated 20,000
people from region (an estimated 6,000
tonnes/month enter commerce). |
| Forest
Service, 1982 (Senegal) |
An estimated
700,000litres of palm wine enter commerce a year. |
| Engel
et al. 1985 (Bo.Sierra Leone) |
60% of the farm
households in the region process palm fruit and
kernels for sale. |
| Kaye,1987
(Cote d’Ivoire) |
An estimated
65,000 people are involved in rattan cane
basketry part -time while 1500 are involved full
time. |
| Shiembo,
1986 (South-west Cameroon) |
3,600 people are
involved in raphia and rattan processing in the
region |
| Source: Compiled by authors in FAO
:" Household Food Security and Forestry. An
Analysis of Socio-Economic Issues"(Draft)
For full reference, please refer to the FAO
draft. FAO,Rome,1989. |
