Desire for Greener Land

Human Environment
Mixed land per household
(ha)
10,000
Implementation activities, inputs and costs
Establishment activities
1. Selective cutting of woodland
Maintenance/recurrent activities
1. Selective cutting of woodland every 20 years
2. Shifting animals in closed woodland areas
Land user: Individual, medium scale, averaged
land users, mainly men
Population density: 10-50 persons/km 2
Annual population growth: < 0.5%
Land ownership: individual, not titled
Land use rights: individual
Water use rights: individual
Relative level of wealth: average, which
represents 60% of land users; 80 % of the total
land area is owned by average land users
Importance of off-farm income: less than 10% of
all income
Access to service and infrastructure: low:
employment; moderate: education, technical
assistance, market, roads & transport, financial
services; high: health, energy, drinking water and
sanitation
Market orientation: mixed (subsistence and
commercial), commercial / market
Establishment inputs and costs per ha
Inputs Costs (US$) % met by
land user
Labour 100 100
TOTAL 100 100
Maintenance/recurrent inputs and costs per ha per year
Inputs Costs (US$) % met by
land user
Labour 75 100
TOTAL 75 100
Remarks:
Labour costs are the most important determining factor affecting the costs. The local wage rate is 100 US$/day.
SLM Technology: Controlled grazing in deciduous woods as an alternative to grazing on rangeland, Italy DESIRE – WOCAT 2012
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