This article contributes significantly to the poverty reduction literature by analyzing the effect of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) marketing channels on household monetary poverty in Burkina Faso.
The article is based on primary data collected from a sample of 256 households. The analysis employs a dual methodology: first, quantifying the effect using Foster–Greer–Thorbecke (FGT) indices, and second, refining the findings through a conditional mixed process (CMP) econometric estimation.
The results indicate that income from NTFPs reduces the overall incidence of poverty by 13.3 percentage points. This reduction is particularly pronounced for households utilizing short (16 points) and medium (20.8 points) marketing channels. However, a crucial nuance emerges from the econometric analysis: while NTFPs income via short and medium channels significantly reduces the immediate incidence of poverty, the CMP estimation reveals that integration into medium and long channels offers a higher probability of achieving a sustainable exit from impoverishment. Furthermore, access to credit is identified as an essential lever for improving households' economic status, whereas a high demographic dependency ratio constitutes a major obstacle to poverty reduction.
These conclusions call for a transition from short supply chains to long supply chains through the reorganization of marketing channels via sales groups or cooperatives.
The novelty of this article lies in the analysis of the relationship between NTFPs market access and poverty, specifically by quantifying the differentiated impact of the types of NTFPs marketing channels (short, medium and long) on household monetary poverty.
