Community-based tree and forest product enterprises: market analysis and development, a map of the process

Forestry Economics and Policy Division;Forest management Division;Forest Products Division

Community-based tree and forest product enterprises: market analysis and development, a map of the process

Year of publication 2003

Author Forestry Economics and Policy Division;Forest management Division;Forest Products Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Market Analysis and Development (MA&D) provides a framework for planning tree and forest product enterprises. It is a step-by-step process, arranged in three phases, and it uses a series of general tools that have been, or can be, adapted to achieve specific results in the development of enterprise ideas. MA&D is an innovative process that systematically considers social and environmental concerns alongside the technological, commercial and financial aspects of enterprise development.

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