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- Title
BEST ECONOMIC ROTATION OF FARM TREES IN TEHSIL MUZAFFARGARH.
- Authors
Ayyaz, Faisal; Anjum, Khayyam; Qadir, Ihsan; Nouman, Wasif; Afzal, Shazia; Asif, Muhammad
- Abstract
A study was carried out in the Department of Forestry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad during 2013 to determine the best economic rotation of three farm trees, Dalbergia sissoo, Acacia nilotica and Albizzia lebbeck in tehsil Muzafargarh, Punjab, Pakistan. Five villages from whole tehsil were randomly selected. From each village, five plots each having an area of 5 acres growing with above three species were further chosen randomly. Thus a total of 25 plots with an area of 125 acres were sampled. From total 462 trees of all species, 120 trees of each species were randomly selected becoming a total number of trees 360. Maximum age of trees in case of all species was 6 years. So, 20 trees of each age (from 1 to 6 years) were selected, making a total of 120 for each single species. The data showed that farmers were following no specific rotation, but the age at which they mostly fell the trees was 2 to 5 years. Benefit cost ratio (BCR) and net present worth (NPW) were used as economic tools for calculating the best economic rotation. Three rotation options were tested viz. single rotation of 6 years, two successive rotations of 3 years each with total life span of 6 years and third option was two rotations, first of 4 years and second of 2 years with total span of 6 years. The best economic rotation for Dalbergia sissoo (BCR 301.72 and NPW Rs. 1503.64) and Albizzia lebbeck (BCR 295.89 and NPW Rs. 1474.48) was single rotation of 6 years, while for Acacia nilotica, two successive rotations of 3 years each performed better.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; DALBERGIA sissoo; ACACIA nilotica; COST effectiveness; FORESTS &; forestry; ARBORICULTURE
- Publication
Journal of Agricultural Research (03681157), 2014, Vol 52, Issue 4, p569
- ISSN
0368-1157
- Publication type
Article