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2 nd International Non-Wood Products Symposium 8-10 September 2011 - Isparta/TURKEY
harmful disturbance they can recover in time and
become a “normal” or “productive” forest.
Technical problems may also hinder the success of
these practices. Forestry professionals responsible
for preparing the project may be quite qualified for
main forest tree species; however, an ordinary
forester may have lack of information related to
fruit species. They may need additional
information regarding cultural practices on these
species, such as planting, pruning, grafting,
weeding, fertilization and irrigation. Akça (2010)
indicates that walnut plantations may suffer from
frost, insects, lack of cultural treatments, irrigation
and fertilization. He also predicts that without
adequate knowledge and proper cultural
techniques, current afforestation projects on
walnuts (in Edirne) will not provide any profit, but
create losses.
It is relatively easy to find a project cancelled after
an unsatisfactory survival of the planted seedlings,
just because of inadequate soil preparation and
control of competing weeds and grasses on site.
Selection of wrong species, origins or planting
method or date can also create serious problems.
The regulations require the applicant to survey the
site resources in advance, and then prepare the
details of afforestation project according to the site
conditions. Soil and irrigation water characteristic
should be determined and suitable species should
be selected for each site. State forestry authorities
and private forestry bureaus responsible for
preparation of the application projects should
collaborate with universities and agricultural
agencies regarding these fruit species. One must
keep in mind that these afforestations are neither
regular forest plantations nor regular agricultural
fruit gardens.
Even with the increasing number private
afforestations in recent years, general public still
shows a lack of interests in these activities or they
have misleading information. They usually get
their information form their community, as oral
information and the need for reliable information
is still high (Özkurt, Yeşilkaynak 2009). Project
applications based on misleading information have
resulted in failures in afforestations, and
unfortunately considerable number of the
applications had to be cancelled. In Isparta, around
1/3 rd of private afforestations had to be cancelled
in recent years. This may cause some serious
financial problems for entrepreneurs, may create
negative advertisement for the general public and
therefore adversely affect future applications.
There are also some financial problems associated
with these applications. If the area has a dense
ground vegetation, site preparation should be
conducted. If ground surface is covered by grasses
and shrubs which are highly competitive for soil
resources, tending practices should be used after
the plantings. If the site has long dry periods, an
appropriate irrigation system should be deployed.
For most of the time, a sufficient water source
doesn’t exist on site, so irrigation water has to be
brought to the site. These conditions all together
may result in increased costs and reduced
profitability.
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