NTFPs on Nakai Plate.. - TABI

Table 8:
Estimated income from NTFP’s in 5 villages on the Nakai plateau.
Product 7 x f Total Value 5 villages Av. Value per household
(values in kip) 1996 1997 1996 1997
kisi 0U-u du[ 4,684,367 13,079,661 23,658 66,059
rattan shoots [6jo}lko 326,606 5,071,125 1,650 25,612
cardamom \kdc|' du[ 2,196,294 1,834,933 11,092 9,267
bong [q' 3,919,132 1,632,600 19,794 8,245
wildlife lafxjk 77,857 1,024,800 393 5,176
others* 1,991,014 721,333 10,056 3,643
rattan canes s;kpm6o 3,224,000 55,175 16,283 279
TOTAL ]kpIa[ma's,qf 16,419,271 23,419,628 82,926 118,281
*) others include various fish species sold, eaglewood (Aquilaria crassna), and wild cinnamom, “chouang” bark
(Cinnamom sp.)
4.2.3 Differences between wealth classes within a village
Working with wealth classes allowed us to compare the importance of NTFP’s between
wealthy and poor families. The poorer families tend to derive a high percentage if not all of
their cash income from NTFP’s (see table 9). However, if we look at the absolute values,
poor families do not get higher income from NTFP’s than richer families (see table 10). This
means that most families tend to be involved in collecting NTFP’s, but poorer families have
no access to other sources of income.
Table 9:
Percentage of cash income derived from NTFP’s in 1996, per wealth class
(1=wealthiest, 5=poorest), in 5 villages on the Nakai plateau.
Village: Wealth class:
1 2 3 4 5
Khone ken 49% 75% 89% 89%
Ka-Oy 33 % 90% 99%
Nakai Neua 12% 25% 17% 27% 64%
Sop Phen 57% 61% 100% 100% 100%
Thalang 31% 5% 59% 83%
Similar relationships are found if we rank all 21 wealth classes in all 5 villages according to
net income (see Annex 4 and table 11). In a normal year like 1996, of all 191 families living
in the 5 villages together, 108 families or 57 % have a positive net income, and 83 families or
43 % had a negative income or rice shortage. Income from NTFP’s is higher among wealthy
families than among poor families (see table 11). Also income from livestock sales and other
income such as salaries and trading goods, are much higher in the richer groups than in the
poorer groups. For the poorest, NTFP’s are the only available source of income.