A5114374419- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- French Urban and Social Studies
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Asian Studies and History
- Agricultural and Environmental Management
- Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender
- Forest Management and Policy
- Urbanization and City Planning
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Forest Ecology and Conservation
- Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies
- Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Education, sociology, and vocational training
CGIAR
2021
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
2011-2020
Center for International Forestry Research
2010-2020
Gouvernance, Risque, Environnement, Développement
2007-2019
WWF Cameroon
2019
Agropolis International
2005-2018
Université de Montpellier
2014
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier
2014
Yahoo (United Kingdom)
2012
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
2012
Michon, G., H. De Foresta, P. Levang, and F. Verdeaux 2007. Domestic forests: a new paradigm for integrating local communities' forestry into tropical forest science. Ecology Society 12(2): 1. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02058-120201
Feintrenie, L., S. Schwarze, and P. Levang. 2010. Are local people conservationists? Analysis of transition dynamics from agroforests to monoculture plantations in Indonesia. Ecology Society 15(4): 37. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03870-150437
We examine five forested landscapes in Africa (Cameroon, Madagascar, and Tanzania) Asia (Indonesia Laos) at different stages of landscape change. In all areas, forest cover (outside protected areas) continues to decrease despite local people's recognition the importance products services. After conversion, agroforestry systems fallows provide multiple functions valued products, retain significant biodiversity. But there are indications that such land use is transitory, with gradual...
Intercropping oil palm during its immature stage with food crops is usually blamed for negative impact on the growth and future yields of palms. Agro-industries unanimously condemn such practice. For smallholders contrary, intercropping presents numerous advantages as it not only covers weeding cost but also provides revenue while waiting palms to come into production. While trade-off may be little interest an agro-industry, appears determining many smallholders. The study was carried out in...
The present study is an evaluation of the current strengths and weaknesses oil palm smallholder sector in Cameroon, or more precisely non-industrial sector, as some holdings owned by elites can reach hundreds hectares. A randomized sample producers was chosen after categorization into elites, migrants, natives company workers (past present) four production basins Southern part country. 176 semi-structured questionnaires were administered. included: Eseka, Dibombari, Muyuka, Lobe. Results...
Abstract Background The vast majority of households in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) depend on wood energy—comprising firewood and charcoal—for their daily energetic needs. Such consumption trends are expected to remain a common feature SSA’s energy production supply chains, at least the short- medium-terms. Notwithstanding its importance, generally has low priority SSA national policies. However, use is often considered key driver unsustainable management negative environmental consequences...
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are frequently considered as providing a major contribution to the livelihoods of people sources food, feed, medicinal plants, wood fuel, materials for building and crafts cash. Therefore, logging concessionaires, especially when they exploit species having both timber non-timber values, often blamed jeopardizing peoples' livelihoods. We have tested this assumption in two concessions located South East regions Cameroon. Contrary most publications about...
NTFPs are often presented as a major contributor to livelihoods, sources of food and cash, particularly for rural communities. There few data available in Gabon confirm this common assertion. This study was conducted on 127 households 14 villages around two timber concessions the south-eastern south-western regions period one year. Conventional socio‐economic survey tools such focus group discussions, census semi-structured interviews with were used gathering data. Results reveal that people...
ABSTRACT That forest people intimately depend on forests for their livelihoods is widely accepted and. so it predicted, the rapid pace of deforestation in humid tropics will soon lead them into utter destitution or, worse, drive cities. Socio-economic studies recently carried out among Punan hunter-gatherers East-Kalimantan (Indonesia) somehow contradict this general belief. In remote upstream villages, where natural resources are still plentiful, families barely survive throughout year,...
This pape r analyses the contribution of some non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to economy Cameroon through lens livelihoods, food security, employment and financial values.Specifically, work aims at determining income generated from vegetal NTFPs sales, value self-consumption number jobs provided, in order assess national economy.A combination literature review in-depth data collated by CIFOR households markets for different periods corresponding specific NTFP funded projects was used.The...
The last nomadic peoples of the world are facing strong governmental incentives to renounce their foraging lifestyle. Nevertheless, shift a sedentary way life and adoption agriculture do not always result in promised improvement diet health conditions.We compared dietary regime nutritional status three groups former hunter-gatherers, Punan Borneo. All adopted extensive upland rice cultivation almost 6 decades ago, but each has some degree dependence on versus forest resources, which varies...