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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookWhat does it take? The role of incentives in forest plantation development in Asia and the Pacific. Executive Summary 2004
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No results found.Over the past two decades, political developments as well as macro-economic and extra-sectoral policies have affected the forests of Asia and the Pacific to an unprecedented extent, resulting in deforestation and forest degradation. Responding to the diminishing capacity of the region's natural forests to produce timber, many countries have turned to forest plantations. Governments and their respective forest agencies are asking what it takes to encourage non-government entities to grow trees. Y et little is known about the role that direct and indirect incentives have in influencing plantation development. This executive summary of the main publication provides an overview of plantation development in the Asia-Pacific region; introduces the concept of, and rationale for, providing incentives; and summarizes the main insights gained from the case studies. The picture that surfaces is sufficiently coherent to conclude with guiding principles for supporting plantation development. -
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DocumentOther documentAgro-industry development 2015
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No results found.Agro-industries are the enterprises, activities and institutions that deliver material inputs to the farming sector and transform, distribute and otherwise add value to agricultural and food products targeting an identified market demand. Benefits of agro-industries include providing employment in off-farm activities such as processing. Agro-industries also add value to, and increase demand for, farmers’ products, thereby reducing poverty and food insecurity and stimulating economic growth. The many challenges faced by small and medium agro-industries in developing countries include poor infrastructure such as roads and electricity supplies, lack of inputs such as packaging, lack of technical expertise, and inadequate policies and weak institutional support. These challenges reduce the profitability, competiveness and ability of the sector to fully exploit the market opportunities arising from rapid population growth, urbanization and changing lifestyles and consumer preferences.