Research Article
Role of Forest Resources to Local Livelihoods: The Case of East Mau Forest Ecosystem, Kenya
Table 2
Reported sources of forest products by of households (
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| Product | Sources (% households) | Public forest | Own farm | Neighbours | Market |
| Firewood | 72.9 | 21.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 | Timber | 58.0 | 16.6 | 6.2 | 19.2 | Charcoal | 67.3 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 16.9 | Honey | 51.6 | 13.8 | 9.7 | 24.9 | Medicine | 49.9 | 18.7 | 5.0 | 26.4 | Poles | 35.7 | 21.7 | 14.0 | 28.6 | Thatch grass | 30.6 | 35.0 | 6.2 | 28.2 | Fruits | 34.0 | 22.3 | 9.7 | 34.0 | Animal fodder | 66.7 | 31.2 | 1.8 | 0.3 | Agricultural tools | 42.8 | 18.9 | 1.3 | 37.0 | Forest soils | 45.2 | 21.8 | 7.3 | 25.7 | Building stones | 41.2 | 20.3 | 9.3 | 29.2 | Mushrooms | 49.3 | 14.4 | 8.1 | 28.2 | Fibres | 54.8 | 19.3 | 10.6 | 15.3 | Meat | 47.1 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 47.0 |
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