Farm forestry has also other environmental benefits such as greater resilience to climate change and carbon storage, shelter, erosion control, watershed protection, and increased biodiversity. This includes sources of green fertilizer, livestock fodder, timber, and fuel wood. In particular, it offers multiple benefits to farmers. It has proved to be an important enterprise for small and large-scale farmers in low, medium and high potential areas worldwide. It combines trees and food crops with principles of conservation farming. Introductionįarm forestry in the context of evergreen agriculture is emerging as an affordable and accessible science-based solution to caring better for the land and increasing small-scale food production. These determinants would be instrumental in strengthening the current policies and reforms in forestry and agricultural sectors to enable Kenya to achieve 10% of forest cover.
Similarly, chances of farmers motivated to plant trees for environmental conservation were about 3.5 times higher to retain trees as compared to the group of farmers planting trees as a source of livelihood. In particular, the chances of farmers who had gained technical skills in tree management were about 2.2 times higher to retain trees as compared to those who had not acquired such skills.
The results showed that sites, land size, age, education level, monthly income, tree management, extension services, availability of markets, harvesting regulation, and aesthetic and environmental motivation were significant determinants of tree retention. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used in selecting 209 farmers. The study aimed to analyze the determinants of tree retention on farm for improvement of forest cover. However, the decision to plant trees on farmers’ land could be difficult. The country envisions achieving 10% forest cover over the next decade through promotion of farm forestry. In Kenya, the forest cover is less than 2%. It has the potential of improving forest/tree cover across the globe. Farm forestry has proved to be an important enterprise for small- and large-scale farmers worldwide.
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