Role of Forest Resources to Local Livelihoods: The Case of East Mau Forest Ecosystem, Kenya

Table 4

Contribution of forest products category to forest income.

Product	Location
	Kapsimbeiywo	Silibwet	Kapkembu	Nessuit	Mariashoni	Mean
Fuel	17.20	59.80	50.30	51.40	66.90	49.10
Firewood	10.80	3.90	5.10	4.40	4.10	5.70
Charcoal	6.40	55.90	45.10	47.00	62.90	43.40
Food	26.60	28.30	28.70	29.00	19.70	26.50
Fruits	1.00	3.10	2.80	1.90	1.90	2.10
Honey	9.40	15.50	13.40	13.90	10.00	12.40
Mushroom	14.10	7.60	10.00	8.40	5.50	9.10
Meat	2.00	2.00	2.60	4.80	2.30	2.70
Structural and fibre	46.00	7.10	14.40	11.80	7.40	17.40
Timber	6.40	2.70	5.40	4.00	2.10	4.10
Poles	39.40	4.30	8.50	7.60	5.00	13.00
Agricultural tools	0.20	0.10	0.60	0.30	0.20	0.30
Grass	7.60	3.80	4.60	5.10	4.60	5.10
Thatch grass	1.10	1.10	0.80	2.00	2.80	1.60
Fodder	6.50	2.70	3.70	3.10	1.80	3.60
Herbal medicine	2.60	0.90	2.00	2.60	1.20	1.90
Others	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.10
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
% of total household income	28.80	30.70	32.90	36.50	33.40	32.50
Absolute value (KES)	47,662.00	63,427.00	65,218.00	66,580.00	71,642.00	62,906.00
Absolute value (US$)	530.00	705.00	725.00	740.00	796.00	699.00