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Rahat Sabyrbekov
AUCA, NMBU
13 November 2015
Bishkek 1
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Walnut
forests Arstanbap is home to the largest natural walnut forest
in the world
The walnut forest is primary source of income of local households
The study concentrated on Kara Unkur Watershed area
Given by nature, exploited by human with minimal investment
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Site
description
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Livelihood strategies
The
area
has
the
highest
poverty
rate
The main income source is small‐scale agriculture and forest
Many
male
members
of
household
migrated
and
work
abroad
Local population is heavily dependent on nature
Highly vulnerable
to
the
changes
in
natural
environment.
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Survey
Summer
2015 Kara Unkur Watershed area
Face‐to‐face interviews, village level stratified random
sampling About 50 households
3 villages
Economics of
Land
Degradation
Initiative,
GIZ
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Data
description
52%48%
Gender
female
male
Age Mean – 45 years
Youngest ‐ 21 years
Household
size Average – 6
Maximum – 12
Average number
of
children – 3.736%
64%
Ethnicity
Kyrgyz
Uzbek
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Women
in
income
generation
Women usually
are
in
forest
product
harvesting
2 out of 3 people collecting walnuts were
women
In 38% of cases children younger than 15
years participated
in
nut
collection
In some cases there is only mother and children are forest product harvesting
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Women in income generation (2)
Usually
all
processing
of
forest
products
is
done
by
women
Picking
Drying fruits
Shelling
Jam preparation
Selling
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Income
composition Walnut forests provide 17 types of products / make up to 74% of total income
74%
26%
HH income structure
Forest
Other
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Labor
input
of
women
in
hhincome
67%
33%
Female
Male
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Other findings
Poverty
rate
and
share
of
women
in
hh income
generation are positively correlated.
Size of household, number of family members working abroad increases women’s share in income generation.
Women generally engaged in manual labor with least valued added e.g. harvesting.
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