multipurpose tree species research for small farms: strategies ... - part

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Seedng Production Feasibility If production of the requested seedlings is feasible the nursery foremen gather the seeds if they are available locally. Ifthere are no local seed sources LAC will try to acquire seeds from other sources. If the species chosen by the farmers are unsuitable to the area, the silvicultural requirements of the trees are explained in detail to the nursery foreman. Aftei .eturning to the village he discusses these reasons with the farmers, It is surprising to note that species selected by the farmers for community planting are very different from those chosen for planting oil their own land. For their own land farmers generally choose MPTS, whereas species appropriate for timber, fuelwood, poles, or occasionally fodder are requested for community planting. A possible explanation is that farmer,; do not plant MPTS on community land due to problems of allocating products within the community. However, in some areaspcople have now started planting consi erable numbers of MPTS on their community land. The establishment of private nurseries has been encouraged in villages which are quite far from the LAC nurseries and where seedling demand is low. In private nurseries most seedlings grown Lre MPTS, since they are for planting on private land. If the nursery owner is enable to produce the farmers' choice of species, the seedlings will not be picke,! up by the villagers and LAC will not pay the nurs -'y. Thus, private nurserymen are very careful to raise seedlings chosen by the farmers. Although the private nursery program started in 1987, it is becoming popular. Eight private nurseries, producing between 2,000-2,500 saplings each, were established in the first two years of the program. Pre-planting Preparation Two to three months before the planting season, field staff hold meetings in the villages to discuss the quantity and species of MPTS available and to ask the farmers to select sites and dig holes to prepare for planting. Visiting individual farmers for training on planting techniques is not practical, so hands-on, one day village level training sessions are held. At these sessions the field staff discuss the advantages of digging the proper sized holes in advance. They demonstrate proper planting techniques and villagers are encouraged to try it themselves, Most of the planting takes place during the monsoon -- the last week of May to the last week of 112 August. When farmers live more than a half day s walk from the nursery they are paid for carrying the seedlings home (a person can carry up to 40-60 seedlings per load). This cost to LAC has been a major factor in attempts to encourage private nurseries in outlying areas. At one time it was found that farmers came to collect seedlings just to get the porterage money. At that time two way porterage was paid. Now only half way or one way porterage is given with the rate.based on the distance of the village from the nursery. In the past, some farmers received free seedlings of popular MPTS -rees and then sold them to farmers of other villages for up to US$0.15 per seedling. To prevent this, field staff now check farmrs' names against the list made during the pre-planting meetings. In addition, LAC has instituted a new policy of restricting the number of popular MPTS seedlings that any one farmer may take. However, it is a flexible policy and depends on [he field staff and the farmers. Planting Techniques and Sapling Care Evidence of success of the private planting program is inconclusive at this time. In a survey of 55 farmers, Balogun and Harrison (1989) found that major causes of seedling mortality were grazing and inappropriate selection of speci s. The survival rate of saplings after three years was 42 percent. The planting stage was found to be the critical factor aff-cting seedling survival. in order to provide saplings with a better chance of survival, LAC and the field staff are placing more emphasis on village-based training. The goal of these training sessions is to encourage farmers to plant saplings in suitable areas, to dig holes of adequate size and to add compost to the hole at planting time. In addition, farmers are reminded to remove the plastic seedling bags %khenplanting because seedlings are occasionally left in the lastic bags when they are planted in the field. This village-based training allows small-scale farmers and women to attend, as they would generally be unable to attend training sessions at LAC due to time constraints. During the hands-on training, villagers are asked to participate in the fields so they can remember the techniques. During training they are also given information on post-planting operations and their effects on sapling growth.
The farmers' choice of species leads to the production of a wide variety of seedlings varying by location, altitude, and even ethnic group. The timely availability of the seedlings is a major concern. The nurseries try to have saplings available early in the planting season to allow good seedling establishment before the dry winter season. Discussion and Consequences In government run nurseries the choice of species depends on the interests cf government officials and the need to meet numerical targets, rather than on the farmers' needs. This leads the government nurseries to produce seedlings that are easily and quickly raised in large numbers -- not necessarily species preferred by farmers. Government nurseries emphasize community planting and are not involved in planting on-private and. This is partially due to the farmers' belief that if trees are planted on private land, the whole site will be reclassified as government controlled forest. This belief has been countered in the LAC ECA by effective promotion by the field staff and extensive publicity about government forestry laws. However, it still persists in the minds of people in other parts of the country. This problem is a major factor impeding the expansion of planting on private land. The government field staff and the local communities do not relate well due to a lack of contact. Fiekl visits are rarely made by senior officers due to time constraints. Another problem is that the field staff are usually posted in areas entirely different from their own, and are unaware of the different social structure and ethnic conditions of the hills. These problem's mean that there is very little chance of getting proper feedback from the farmers. Furthermore, the government field staff is usually not familiar with the local MPTS. This makes it unlikely they will raise seedlings of such species, given the lack of research information on these trees. LAC's approach in the field receives more feedback, making it easier to orient extension towards farmers' needs. A good example is that until this year, 1989, Nepalese foresters have recognized only one variety ofFicus semicordata. Farmers have insisted that there are two distinct varieties. !ocaliv known as Rai khanyu and Khasru khanyu. They are actually quite different in their physical appearance and in phenological characteristics. Farmers say that Rai khanyu is a good fodder tree, while Khasru khanyu is not. Khasru khanyu is usually found at lower elevations 113 of the mid-hills (up to 1,400m) whereas Rai khanyu is found up to 1,800m or sometimes higher. LAC has always produced Rai khanyu which is what the farmers want, whereas the government nurseries have usually produced Khasru khanyu. Khasru khanyu seeds are readily available and raising its seedlings is much easier. In the same way, farmers have also identified two varieties of Ficus roxburghii. One is called Nimaro and is the preferred fodder for altitudes up to 2,000m. The other is called Totne which grows at lower elevations (up to 1,400m). Farmers use different production management systems for each type found on their land. Again, this is a difference not recognized by the government nurseries. The LAC approach has had a significant impact on the number of seedlings produced and distributed. During the 1988/89 monsoon 342,000 seedlings were produced, 80 percent of which were MPTS. Of the total seedling production, 56 percent were distributedfor planting on private land and the rest went for community planting (LAC 1989). This clearly indicates that private planting in the LAC's ECA is becoming increasingly popular. This contrasts with the government's program in adjacent areas which is almost completely oriented to communily planting. The government field staff is unable to produce MPTS that people want, leading to a lack of interest in planting on private land. However, this could change ffbudgetary problems in the government system were resolved. At the same time, the focus of the field staff would need to change towards a mixture of community and private planting rather than on community planting alone. Conclusion LAC has found that the farmers' own knowledge can be successfully utilized in an MPTS extension program. Furthermore, this is necessary in view of Nepal's need to combat the over-exploitation of forest resources by planting more MPTS on private land. The present Government program is'not oriented towards planting MPTS on priate land. However, th program potentially could be targeted towards MPTS extension by adapting their field activities, with training to modify the field stiff's attitudes.
Page 1 and 2:
Proceedings of an International Con
Page 3 and 4:
MULTIPURPOSE TREE SPECIES RESEARCH
Page 5 and 6:
Session 3: Determining Extension, I
Page 7 and 8:
Preface While a great deal of inter
Page 9 and 10:
Participants of the conference, lad
Page 11 and 12:
The establishment and continued gro
Page 13 and 14:
Session 1: Determining End Uses, De
Page 15 and 16:
preliminary studies. Cross-cultural
Page 17 and 18:
farm and village forestry practices
Page 19 and 20:
group. A village in Thailand or Nep
Page 21 and 22:
fit within the structure of each of
Page 23 and 24:
There is a growing literature on vi
Page 25 and 26:
A. heterophyla isplanted in homegar
Page 27 and 28:
Data Analysis The results of an exe
Page 29 and 30:
Table 1. Dependency test between ho
Page 31 and 32:
Survey and Participant Observation
Page 33 and 34:
used the participant observation me
Page 35 and 36:
needs to stay in the village for an
Page 37 and 38:
A Descriptive Research Method to Es
Page 39 and 40:
Important external data sources for
Page 41 and 42:
Although a discussion of statistica
Page 43 and 44:
demanded by consumers and the payme
Page 45 and 46:
Table 2. Components and goals of th
Page 47 and 48:
through a form of informal collusiv
Page 49 and 50:
Information about the current envir
Page 51 and 52:
importance to Sri Lankan society as
Page 53 and 54:
Table 1. Major aspects considered i
Page 55 and 56:
Table 2. Common perennial species.
Page 57 and 58: able to purchase basic inputs. Duri
Page 59 and 60: Session 2: Evaluating the Supply of
Page 61 and 62: The status of fuelwood utilization
Page 63 and 64: consume 184,990m 3 of fuclwood per
Page 65 and 66: References Boonyavechewin, S. and B
Page 67 and 68: loan, the decision is based on the
Page 69 and 70: subsidizes poor farmers. The govern
Page 71 and 72: Table 1. Components and expected ou
Page 73 and 74: traditional and simple with few exc
Page 75 and 76: levels. Education curricula should
Page 77 and 78: Session 3: Determining Extension, I
Page 79 and 80: or from scientific analysis of such
Page 81 and 82: Similarly, in another country, tria
Page 83 and 84: aiming at commercial markets. The t
Page 85 and 86: Multipurpose Tree Species in Agrofo
Page 87 and 88: Table 2. Number of fruit trees plan
Page 89 and 90: Research should be designed to impr
Page 91 and 92: The majority of farmers can not aff
Page 93 and 94: and worked with them in both projec
Page 95 and 96: Timber is needed by most of the far
Page 97 and 98: home. In Maharashtra State, several
Page 99 and 100: Methodologies are reviewed for anal
Page 101 and 102: Development (NERAD) Project is an a
Page 103 and 104: small-scale charcoal manufacturing.
Page 105 and 106: Table 1. Hypothetical logit test re
Page 107: hectare of cultivated land requires
Page 111 and 112: References Abell, T.M.B. 1981. Fucl
Page 113 and 114: Session 4: Orienting Research Effor
Page 115 and 116: Research mus. concentrate on these
Page 117 and 118: esearch scientists. Many crop and f
Page 119 and 120: Improving the Effectiveness of Mult
Page 121 and 122: western half of Timor. It is the po
Page 123 and 124: crops will result in less land bein
Page 125 and 126: compete with the tree crop in the f
Page 127 and 128: Small Farm Multipurpose Tree Specie
Page 129 and 130: The usual solution is to pilot test
Page 131 and 132: The CENRO offices which are scatter
Page 133 and 134: problem and begin work on a solutti
Page 135 and 136: and industrial levels, as well as s
Page 137 and 138: agicultural crops. Many of these ga
Page 139 and 140: woodlot and grow cassava using a cr
Page 141 and 142: local interest in the wo.-k on MPTS
Page 143 and 144: Tree improvemqnt efforts by forest
Page 145 and 146: the mother trees for their homegard
Page 147 and 148: Table 2. General steps required to
Page 149 and 150: Applying Fanning Systems Research C
Page 151 and 152: Planning Diagnosis is only useful i
Page 153 and 154: approach that is already known abou
Page 155 and 156: Research Plans and Metotls Based on
Page 157 and 158: leaves make good fertilizer, althou
Page 159 and 160:
Ref.rences Amir, P., R.C. Hawkins a
Page 161 and 162:
The growing importance of small-sca
Page 163 and 164:
taking into account possible effect
Page 165 and 166:
Poster Session Presentations / /
Page 167 and 168:
planned bulletiii. are provided, bu
Page 169 and 170:
L. leucocephala is the most well kn
Page 171 and 172:
Table 4. Probability significance (
Page 173 and 174:
Recently, systematic research on im
Page 175 and 176:
Table 2. Annual Paulownia exports,
Page 177 and 178:
Forest policy formulated in India u
Page 179 and 180:
vigorously, reaching the pre-thinne
Page 181 and 182:
Table 1. List of species for degrad
Page 183 and 184:
Table 3. Productivity potential of
Page 185 and 186:
candidate must withstand certain ed
Page 187 and 188:
arising from the fact that at the f
Page 189 and 190:
Table 1. Soil properties from the e
Page 191 and 192:
Table 5. Analysis of variance of Si
Page 193 and 194:
Capsule Method of Cultivation in Se
Page 195 and 196:
Table 2. Comparison of average stem
Page 197 and 198:
Table 1. Area and species planted i
Page 199 and 200:
Table 4. P.falcataria related enter
Page 201 and 202:
The Marketing System The marketing
Page 203 and 204:
The field trip, organized by the Fo
Page 205 and 206:
213 213 em
Page 207 and 208:
Participants Marian delos Angeles S
Page 209:
Syed Zahir Sadeque AST/CIDA House 6
show all

multipurpose tree species research for small farms: strategies ... - part

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?