Abstract
The study aimed at management of outsourcing of National Forest Plantation Development Programme (NFPDP) and its effects in the Atebubu Forest District as a case study in Ghana. The key issues examined are the level of technical competence of the contractors, the role of the lead implementing agency and the natural resource base sustainability. Two stage sampling technique was used to sample one hundred and ten respondents for the study. A structured questionnaire was used to solicit information from the respondents. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The results of the study indicate that the award of seedlings contracts and workers’ salaries and logistics to African Foresters Brigade and Zoil Ghana Limited respectively were transparent. However, most of the activities the participating institutions performed were behind schedule indicating poor performance. It is therefore recommended that, Forestry Commission should put in place proper modalities to ensure effective implementation if outsourcing is to be continued.
Highlights
The Forestry Sector Plantation Activities keep growing globally due to global warming and maintenance of the industry supplies to the timber market
RII is the relative importance index, the figure in the parenthesis in the tables means the extent to which the factor contributes to the title of the table while the figure outside the parenthesis is whether the respondents agree with the assertion or not
The objective of this article was to provide a case study related to outsourcing management and its effects on forestry activities of the Atebubu Forest District in Ghana
Summary
The Forestry Sector Plantation Activities keep growing globally due to global warming and maintenance of the industry supplies to the timber market. Diffusion of global knowledge and cost reduction in executing plantation activities have driven the sector into outsourcing. It is against this background that the National Forest Plantation Development Programme (NFPDP) was first launched in 2001 by the Government of Ghana with the following key objectives: - to restore the forest cover of degraded land, to generate employment, to address future wood deficit and enhanced food production. In January 2010, the programme was re-launched to include off-reserve areas to benefit from the programme and expanded to give it a nationwide coverage.
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