Conference paper
Designing intervention strategies for forestry seedling production in the Philippines
Proceedings of End-of-Project Workshop (ASEM/2006/091), pp.99-112
Enhancing Tree seedling Supply via Economic and Policy Changes in the Philippines Nursery Sector Conference, 2010 (Leyte, Philippines, 19-Jun-2010–20-Jun-2010)
University of Queensland
2010
Abstract
The forest nursery sector in the Philippines is not delivering high quality planting stock of a wide species base for tree farming and reforestation programs. The ACIAR Seedling Enhancement Project, funded by ACIAR, has been implemented to address this problem. The project uses a systems approach and has developed a Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) to analyse the forest nursery system and investigate the relationship between factors affecting seedling quality and the operational effectiveness of the forest nursery sector. A workshop with various stakeholders was held to demonstrate the interactions among nursery system components using the BBN and to identify potential policy interventions. Stakeholders revealed three main themes, namely Market for seedling and timber (i.e. poor market of timber and seedlings), Funding of nurseries (i.e. budget) and Seedling quality (i.e. low quality of forest reproductive material) as potential leverage areas for improving the operational effectiveness of the forest nursery sector. Nursery accreditation, capacity building, increased seedling sales and an improved pathway of high quality germplasm were identified as major interventions. Further, policy reform was deemed necessary to create market-driven incentives for accredited nurseries and for government nursery operation to support the existence of private nurseries. The Seedling Enhancement Project has commenced pilot testing specific policy interventions.
Details
- Title
- Designing intervention strategies for forestry seedling production in the Philippines
- Authors
- Nestor O Gregorio (Author)Carl Smith (Author)John L Herbohn (Author)Steve R Harrison (Author)
- Contributors
- Steve R Harrison (Editor)A Bosch (Editor)Nestor O Gregorio (Editor)John L Herbohn (Editor)
- Publication details
- Proceedings of End-of-Project Workshop (ASEM/2006/091), pp.99-112
- Conference details
- Enhancing Tree seedling Supply via Economic and Policy Changes in the Philippines Nursery Sector Conference, 2010 (Leyte, Philippines, 19-Jun-2010–20-Jun-2010)
- Publisher
- University of Queensland
- Date published
- 2010
- Organisation Unit
- Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449821202621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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