Book chapter
Priority tree species and potential agroforestry species mixtures for Fiji and Vanuatu
Promoting sustainable agriculture and agroforestry to replace unproductive land use in Fiji and Vanuatu, pp.92-103
ACIAR Monograph, MN191, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
2016
Abstract
A major challenge for the promotion of agroforestry expansion in specific locations in Fiji and Vanuatu is to identify species mixtures which are technically suitable and viable in terms of resource demands and financial performance. In ACIAR project ADP/2014/013, 'Promoting sustainable agriculture and agroforestry to replace unproductive land-use in Fiji and Vanuatu', an attempt has been made to identify mixed-species agroforestry (MSA) systems suitable for adoption on underutilised land in the Fiji Western Division on Viti Levu, and on unproductive coconut plantation land on Efate Island in Vanuatu. In this context, information has been obtained about site requirements of priority Pacific island tree species, and other tree and crop species suitable for use with these in agroforestry systems. This has involved a major literature review, as well as site visits, discussions with officials concerned with natural resource management, and landholder surveys. Based on information about priority species in the two countries, together with information on species-site matching, a suite of financial models for single tree and crop species has been developed for the focus areas of the ACIAR project. The financial models for individual species can be used in carrying out financial analysis of overall MSA systems, to assist in identifying promising systems and support measures which would be required to promote them, from a land-use policy perspective. Some validation of the individual-species models, and of the overall MSA system models, is needed before these can be promoted for specific areas.
Details
- Title
- Priority tree species and potential agroforestry species mixtures for Fiji and Vanuatu
- Authors
- Steve R Harrison (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawRobert Harrison (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Contributors
- Steve R Harrison (Editor)Md Saiful Karim (Editor)
- Publication details
- Promoting sustainable agriculture and agroforestry to replace unproductive land use in Fiji and Vanuatu, pp.92-103
- Series
- ACIAR Monograph; MN191
- Publisher
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
- Date published
- 2016
- ISSN
- 1031-8194
- ISBN
- 9781925436617
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450594002621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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