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Extension and Smallholder timber

Extension and Smallholder timber. Reflections Christine Holding Anyonge - FAO. Global Forestry Context: Scale & Impact. Global Areas. Land Area 13,064 m ha Non-Forest Area 9,007 m ha (69.1%) Forest Area 3,870 m ha (29.6% ) Industrial Plantation 90 m ha (0.6 %)

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Extension and Smallholder timber

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  1. Extension and Smallholder timber Reflections Christine Holding Anyonge - FAO

  2. Global Forestry Context: Scale & Impact Global Areas Land Area • 13,064 m ha • Non-Forest Area • 9,007 m ha (69.1%) • Forest Area • 3,870 m ha (29.6% ) • Industrial Plantation • 90 m ha (0.6 %) • Non-industrial Plantation • 97 m ha (0.7%) 0.6% 0.7% 29.6% 69.1% Industrial Plantation Production of Global Industrial Roundwood, 35% in 2000; est. 40% by 2020 FAO Carle, 2004

  3. Context : planted forest ownership • Public sector ( est 55%) return to people and nation; econ, environment; generally long term • Private sector ( corporate est 20%) return to board and shareholders; strong econ focus; tendency shorter term return • Private sector ( smallholder est 25%) Return on investment to families Balanced socio economic and environment, potential enhance livelihoods, “ quality of life” Diversifies family portfolio- balance shorter and longer term benefits

  4. Extension support to smallholders • Link smallholders to secure markets • Enhance market and technical information for all stakeholders • Facilitate smallholder associations & collective action fora • Train & support smallholder associations • Establish enabling frameworks at national, district & FMU levels to facilitate stakeholder negotiations • Enhance value added skills including linkages to forest industries & market intelligence systems FAO/ICRAF Side event Smallholder Timber United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), Geneva. May 2004.

  5. Forest extension challenges: Small forest landowners • Address farm foresters lack of power/ lack of organization and representation • Address market and technical information flows at the middle level • Work towards policy and legal frameworks between institutions that enable multi-channel and diverse communication between stakeholders • Consideration of “ theatres of innovation” as an option for sustainable research and development initiatives “Communication strategies for multiple partner involvement in forestry extension”. IUFRO/ CNR/ FAO Sept 2004

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