Why smallholders plant native timber trees away from the forest margin: Lessons from Leyte, the Philippines
As long as natural forests can be accessed as local sources of timber, there is little incentive for farmers to grow timber on their own land. Early successes with national programs for farmer tree planting in the Philippines were achieved with fast growing trees that brought disappointingly low l...
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ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins
2011
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| author | Santos Martín, Fernando Bertomeu M Noordwijk, Meine van Navarro, Rafael |
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| description | As long as natural forests can be accessed as local sources of timber, there is little incentive for farmers to grow timber on their own land. Early successes with national programs for farmer tree planting in the Philippines were achieved with fast growing trees that brought disappointingly low levels of income once harvested, as the quality of wood was low. Meanwhile, some farmers took the initiative to grow high-value, slower-growing native timbers on their farms, planting trees between their maize. What are the prospects for this? Which types of farmers are doing it? Is it profitable? What policy measures could support or enhance such agroforestation of the landscape? A recent study looked at several of these questions at the island of Leyte in the Philippines. The results have implications for other forest margin locations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace420682024-01-23T12:04:12Z Why smallholders plant native timber trees away from the forest margin: Lessons from Leyte, the Philippines Santos Martín, Fernando Bertomeu M Noordwijk, Meine van Navarro, Rafael agriculture climate agroforestry As long as natural forests can be accessed as local sources of timber, there is little incentive for farmers to grow timber on their own land. Early successes with national programs for farmer tree planting in the Philippines were achieved with fast growing trees that brought disappointingly low levels of income once harvested, as the quality of wood was low. Meanwhile, some farmers took the initiative to grow high-value, slower-growing native timbers on their farms, planting trees between their maize. What are the prospects for this? Which types of farmers are doing it? Is it profitable? What policy measures could support or enhance such agroforestation of the landscape? A recent study looked at several of these questions at the island of Leyte in the Philippines. The results have implications for other forest margin locations. 2011 2014-08-15T12:13:21Z 2014-08-15T12:13:21Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42068 en Open Access ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins Santos-Martin F, Bertomeu M, van Noordwijk M, Navarro R. 2011. Why smallholders plant native timber trees away from the forest margin: Lessons from Leyte, the Philippines. Nairobi, Kenya: ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate agroforestry Santos Martín, Fernando Bertomeu M Noordwijk, Meine van Navarro, Rafael Why smallholders plant native timber trees away from the forest margin: Lessons from Leyte, the Philippines |
| title | Why smallholders plant native timber trees away from the forest margin: Lessons from Leyte, the Philippines |
| title_full | Why smallholders plant native timber trees away from the forest margin: Lessons from Leyte, the Philippines |
| title_fullStr | Why smallholders plant native timber trees away from the forest margin: Lessons from Leyte, the Philippines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why smallholders plant native timber trees away from the forest margin: Lessons from Leyte, the Philippines |
| title_short | Why smallholders plant native timber trees away from the forest margin: Lessons from Leyte, the Philippines |
| title_sort | why smallholders plant native timber trees away from the forest margin lessons from leyte the philippines |
| topic | agriculture climate agroforestry |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42068 |
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