XI WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS

Antalya, Turkey, 13 to 22 October 1997




VOLUME 3, TOPIC 15


A. K. Mukerji1




    THE ECONOMIC VALUES OF NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS IN NIGERIA

    Joseph A. Fuwape and Jonathan C. Onyekwelu1

    Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFP) are important for the economic, social and cultural well being of the communities in low-income rural areas of Nigeria. This paper reviews the importance of NWFP in the provisional of food, medicine, handicraft, tannin and dyes. The paper also highlights some of the problems that impede the development of NWFP in Nigeria. These include: prejudice against the use of wild resources, lack of adequate information on NWFP, restrictive forest legislation, underdeveloped markets, poor knowledge transfer and training and a poor understanding of the roles of NWFP.

    Keywords: Non-wood products, tannin, mushrooms, fibres, dyes, medicinal; plant, rattan;.

    1 Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure Nigeria




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