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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