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Opportunity costs of REDD+ to communities of Mufindi district, Iringa, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Nuru, Faraji
dc.date.accessioned 2014-07-16T00:17:35Z
dc.date.available 2014-07-16T00:17:35Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.identifier.citation Nuru, F. (2013). Opportunity costs of REDD+ to communities of Mufindi district, Iringa, Tanzania. Morogoro: Sokoine University of Agriculture en_GB
dc.identifier.uri http://www.taccire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/271
dc.description.abstract The main objective of this study was to assess the opportunity costs of REDD+ to the communities of Mufindi District. The specific objectives were, to identify and assess the economic value of alternative land use, the aboveground carbon stock of the sampled forest (Idewa Forest Reserve) under PFM, the profitability of each land use and compare with the REDD+ incentives, and the willingness to accept (WTA) of the communities towards REDD+. Structured and semi structured questionnaires, personal observation, focused group discussion and forest inventory were used in data collection. Sixty households out of 975 in two villages were sampled randomly. The data was analyzed using the SPSS programme version 16 and Microsoft Excel programme. Descriptive analysis was used to generate frequencies, percentages, Chi square values, sums and means which were used to discuss the results. The main land uses were agriculture and tree planting. Main crops cultivated include maize and beans, and tree species planted was Pinus patula. The economic value for agriculture and tree planting were $ 2 958.52 and $3 272.94 per ha per year respectively. The aboveground carbon of the sampled forest was 39.23 t/ha (143.97 tC02e/ha). The opportunity costs of REDD+ was varying depending on the price per ton of carbon. The general perception of the communities in the study area towards REDD+/PFM was positive (53.3%) and their willingness to accept was positive. The opportunity costs of REDD+ to the communities will be advantageous if the price per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent will be $23 and above. Therefore there is no general unit price per tC02e. I therefore recommends opportunity costs of REDD+ to different communities be used as guidance when making decision on unit prices of carbon. en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship Climate Change Impact Adaptation and Mitigation Program (CCIAM) en_GB
dc.language.iso en en_GB
dc.publisher Sokoine University of Agriculture en_GB
dc.subject REDD+ en_GB
dc.subject Above ground carbon stock en_GB
dc.subject Community development en_GB
dc.subject Mufindi District. en_GB
dc.subject Iringa en_GB
dc.title Opportunity costs of REDD+ to communities of Mufindi district, Iringa, Tanzania en_GB
dc.type Thesis en_GB


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