Table 4

Determinants of NTFPs’ commercialisation and forest conservation

VariableIndicatorImpactReference
SocioeconomicAge+Morsello et al. (2012) 
Baiyegunhi and Oppong (2016), Adongo et al. (2019) 
NSRobinson (2016), Krishnakumar et al. (2015), Nguyen et al. (2020) 
Education+Robinson (2016), Morsello et al. (2012) 
Krishnakumar et al. (2015), Baiyegunhi and Oppong (2016), Adongo et al. (2019) 
NSNguyen et al. (2020) 
Farm income+Krishnakumar et al. (2015) 
Baiyegunhi and Oppong (2016), Nguyen et al. (2020) 
NSChou (2018), Dinda et al. (2020) 
Income from NTFPs+Krishnakumar et al. (2015), Adongo et al. (2019), Lowore et al. (2018), Chou (2018) 
NSDinda et al. (2020) 
Gender+Baiyegunhi and Oppong (2016), Adongo et al. (2019) 
NSRobinson (2016), Meaton et al. (2020), Nguyen et al. (2020) 
Household size+Adongo et al. (2019), Nguyen et al. (2020) 
NSBaiyegunhi and Oppong (2016), Chou (2018) 
Market factorsPrice+Baiyegunhi and Oppong (2016), Lowore et al. (2018), Dinda et al. (2020) 
Steele et al. (2015), De Mello et al. (2020), Vallejo et al. (2016), Mon et al. (2023) 
Distance+Dinda et al. (2020) 
Baiyegunhi and Oppong (2016), Robinson (2016), Chou (2018), Epanda et al. (2020), Nguyen et al. (2020) 
NSBaiyegunhi and Oppong (2016) 
Quantity harvested+Baiyegunhi and Oppong (2016) 
Uprety et al. (2016) 
NSKrishnakumar et al. (2015) 
TransportationBaiyegunhi and Oppong (2016), Chew et al. (2023) 
NSMeaton et al. (2020) 
Market information+Baiyegunhi and Oppong (2016) 
Uprety et al. (2016), Schunko et al. (2019), Sekonya et al. (2020) 
Value addition+Chou (2018), Dinda et al. (2020) 
Morsello et al. (2012), He (2018) 
Certification+He et al. (2014) 
Schunko et al. (2019) 
Ecosystem factorsSeasonality and availability+He et al. (2014), Lowore et al. (2018), Dinda et al. (2020) 
Talukdar et al. (2021) 
NSDatta and Sarkar (2012), Krishnakumar et al. (2015) 
NTFPS diversity+Datta and Sarkar (2012), He et al. (2014) 
Mon et al. (2023) 
Harvesting practices/management+He (2018), Epanda et al. (2020) 
Robinson (2016), Uprety et al. (2016), Sekonya et al. (2020), Zhang et al. (2021) 
NSSchunko et al. (2019) 
Cultural factorsLand tenure+Lowore et al. (2018), Harada and Munthe (2022) 
He et al. (2014), He (2018) 
GenderMeaton et al. (2020) 
Traditional Knowledge and uses+Morsello et al. (2012), Schunko et al. (2019), Harada and Munthe (2022) 
Beltrán-Rodríguez et al. (2017) 
Institutional regulationsRegulations on forest accessDelgado et al. (2016), Ball and Brancalion (2016), Yadav et al. (2018), Sekonya et al. (2020) 
NSBaiyegunhi and Oppong (2016) 

Note(s): NS means not statistically significant; Gender as a socioeconomic factor espouses the likelihood of the male sex or the female sex to participate in NTFPs’ commercialisation and forest conservation. However, gender as a cultural construct relates to the cultural arrangements in terms of resource accessibility, ownership, land tenure arrangements and how culturally defined gender roles (functionality) inhibit and/or facilitate NTFPs’ commercialisation and forest conservation.

Source(s): Authors' own work

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