Contributions of Fuelwood to Household Income and its Effect on Sustainable Forest Management in Northern Taraba

Fuel-wood contributes to the household income of the inhabitants of Northern Taraba. However, the extent or the exact amount of income is not known, studied or documented in the study area and hence the need for this study. A multi-stage sampling technique was adopted for this study and at 30% sampling intensity, a total of 270 respondents were randomly selected for this study. Two hundred and seventy semi-structured questionnaires were developed, validated and administered to the respondents using the method of Adesoye, (2004) and Diaw et al. (2002) to generate data for this study with only 265 retrieved. Data generated was analysed using simple percentages, t-test and Logistic regression analysis at α0.05.The result on the contributions of fuel-wood to the income of the inhabitants of Northern Taraba indicated that, an average monthly income of N15,000 was derived from the sales of fuel-wood while an average monthly income of N10,000=00 was derived from other sources by the respondents in the study area. T-test analysis showed significant differences between the two sources of income at P