Smallholder Tree Growing on swidden fields: Potential for rural development and sustainable forest management in Africa

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870293
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental policy and social systems; Area studies
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University (2016); Kyoto University (2014-2015)
• Principal Investigator: Kondo Fumi 弘前大学, 人文社会科学部, 准教授 (20512239)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 植林 / 焼畑 / 環境保全 / 農村の発展 / タンザニア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Contemporary Africa societies face the task of how to contribute to both of the environmental conservation and development of rural economy. This study focused on a logging boom in southern Tanzania and indicated a possibility that tree growing by smallholders become a clue to that difficult task. People have adopted, managed and created various technology and social institutions that have proven to be effective in establishment of afforestation and sustainable management of artificial forest as part of routine of their own slash-and-burn cultivation system.
This research also found that these technology and social institutions are especially intended to prevent forest fire damage.

Free Research Field

地域研究