Trees on farms, trees in markets farm forestry in Pakistan

摘要

Farmers in Pakistan have always planted trees. Trees are part of their subsistence and farmers consider the timber, firewood, fodder, fruit, shade and many other non-wood products from the trees as immediate primary benefits. In the past, farmers hadenough wood on their farms to provide for their own needs and they considered it a free commodity. Population increase, industrialization and farmer profit motives have changed that-wood is becoming a scarce and valuable commodity. When the Pakistan Forestry Planning and Development Project was launched in 1987, the immediate purpose was to encourage farmers to raise trees on their farms to meet shortages of fuelwood. As more wood came from farms, the project then turned its attention to the market links between producers and users that are needed to make-and to keep-tree planting profitable.