AVAILABILITY OF NON- TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS IN HOME GARDENS AND SACRED FORESTS IN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA
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Survey was conducted to assess the socio-economic importance and management practices of some non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in home gardens and sacred forests in six Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Cross River State, namely, Akpabuyo, Akamkpa, Obubra, Ikom, Boki and Obudu. Three locations were purposively selected based on their vegetation types. Also, a simple close traverse survey approach was adopted for area determination of home gardens and sacred forests sizes while stock survey approach was used for identification, enumeration and measurements of NTFPs species. One thousand and fifty (1,050) questionnaires were administered on respondents randomly selected from 30 communities in the six LGAs, to provide data on NTFPs. Majority of the respondents (62.90%) were females. The results showed 69.5% of the people were involved in home garden farming while 61.5% were in volved in sacred forest conservation and protection. The results also showed that 64.2% of the respondents were arable crop farmers while 21% were involved in NTFPs production and usage to supplement farm income. Thus, NTFPs contribute significantly to household food security, income generation and tourism. The NTFPs in the sacred forests in the six study locations were not significantly different from each other. The results showed that NTFPs in some home gardens and sacred forests were largely similar.
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