Conference paper
Identifying leverage points for policy reform in seedling production in Leyte, the Philippines
Proceedings from the Mid-term Workshop (ASEM/2006/091), pp.73-84
Improving the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Philippines Tree Nursery Sector Conference, 2009 (Baybay, Philippines, 13-Feb-2009)
University of Queensland
2010
Abstract
The organization of the Philippine forest nursery sector is not delivering high quality planting stock of a wide species base for tree farming and reforestation programs in the country. The Seedling Enhancement Project funded by ACIAR has been implemented to address this issue. The project uses a systems approach and has developed a Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) to analyse the forest nursery industry in the Philippines. 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 points 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
- Identifying leverage points for policy reform in seedling production in Leyte, 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 from the Mid-term Workshop (ASEM/2006/091), pp.73-84
- Conference details
- Improving the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Philippines Tree Nursery Sector Conference, 2009 (Baybay, Philippines, 13-Feb-2009)
- 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
- 99449048502621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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