Gmelina boom, farmers’ doom: Tree growers’ risks, coping strategies and options

Pasicolan, Paulo N. and Macandog, Damasa M. (2007). Gmelina boom, farmers’ doom: Tree growers’ risks, coping strategies and options. In: Steve Harrison, Annerine Bosch and John Herbohn, Improving the Triple Bottom Line Returns from Small-scale Forestry: Proceedings from an International Conference. Improving the Triple Bottom Line Returns from Small-scale Forestry, Ormoc, the Philippines, (313-319). 18 - 21 June 2007.

 
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Author(s) Pasicolan, Paulo N.
Macandog, Damasa M.
Title of paper Gmelina boom, farmers’ doom: Tree growers’ risks, coping strategies and options
Conference name Improving the Triple Bottom Line Returns from Small-scale Forestry
Conference location Ormoc, the Philippines
Conference dates 18 - 21 June 2007
Proceedings title Improving the Triple Bottom Line Returns from Small-scale Forestry: Proceedings from an International Conference
Editor(s) Steve Harrison
Annerine Bosch
John Herbohn
Place published Gatton, Qld, Australia
Publisher The University of Queensland
Publication date 2007
Volume number 1
Start page 313
End page 319
Total pages 7
Collection year 2007
Abstract/Summary A strong belief by Clavaria farmers that there is ‘gold in Gmelina growing’ turned out to be a huge frustration among tree out growers in southern Philippines in the late 1990s. The lack of a market study and appropriate government support system to address farmers’ tree growing risks resulted in a great loss, not only financially but also in terms of local people’s confidence in tree growing in the area. A large number of tree growers returned to subsistence farming while others opted to have their land rented out to multi-nationals for high value crops production (including bananas and pineapples). However, the majority shifted to fruit bearing trees. Ten farmers were interviewed using Problem in Context analysis, and they made various recommendations for government to improve the financial performance and regulatory environment for tree farming. These recommendations included the removal of the cutting permit requirements for timber grown in private woodlots, setting the wood price regulatory system to safeguard the interest of small tree growers, providing wood market information and strategic networks for tree growers to find alternative markets or use for their timber produce, and encouraging the private sector to establish small wood processing plants in every municipality in order to provide ready markets for timber produce. It was also suggested that government initiate contract tree growing between the private sector and farmers’ groups, provide more planting area for interested tree growers, and assist small tree farmers to form or strengthen local cooperatives.
Subjects 300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences
0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management
0705 Forestry Sciences
Keyword(s) Gmelina
Tree growing risks
Smallholders
Philippines
High value crops
Tree farming
 
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