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Why Do Farmers Choose to Harvest Small-Sized Timber? A Survey in YenBai Province, Northern Vietnam

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  • Nguyen Nghia Bien

    (Planning Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development)

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Market for timber in YenBai province is quite clearly defined with two major products: small timber for pulp and wood-chips and large-sized timber for furniture to be consumed either domestically or internationally. A financial analysis shows the obvious economic advantage of growing large-sized timber over small one. However, most of private forest growers have chosen to grow small timber. The study identifies a number of factors affecting forest growers' decision to cut early their trees which include: faster rate of returns from investment, financial status/needs of forest growers; current credit regulations; active role of timber intermediaries in distributing timber from producers to end users; high demand for small timber; and lack of information on profitability of large-sized timber.

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  • Nguyen Nghia Bien, 2006. "Why Do Farmers Choose to Harvest Small-Sized Timber? A Survey in YenBai Province, Northern Vietnam," EEPSEA Special and Technical Paper tp200607t2, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), revised Jul 2006.
    • Handle: RePEc:eep:tpaper:tp200607t2
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    1. Tham, La Thi & Pretzsch, Jürgen & Darr, Dietrich, 2020. "Asian timber value chains- a systematic review and research agenda," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
    2. Tham, La Thi & Darr, Dietrich & Pretzsch, Jürgen, 2021. "Analysis of Acacia hybrid timber value chains: A case study of woodchip and furniture production in central Vietnam," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    3. Huu-Dung, Nguyen & Yeo-Chang, Youn, 2012. "Optimum harvesting time and clone choices for eucalyptus growers in Vietnam," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(C), pages 60-69.

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