For the long-term, the DA, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the local government units target to intensify the country's tree farming program, especially fruit bearing trees, in the sloping and undulating agricultural areas of the country.
Last year, DA adopted tree farming as an agricultural activity and promoted the planting of fruit-bearing trees like cacao and coffee in undulating and sloping areas of the country to address serious environmental problems affecting agriculture and fisheries.
He reasoned that in Botswana shortage of land and water were the factors that prevented people from venturing into tree farming or having orchards.
He expressed disappointment in the business side of tree farming because he does not make much profit.But this did not discourage him from venturing into the business and he makes a bit of a profit ranging between P3 000 to P4 000 a month.
Though workers share anecdotes of pesticide poisonings and neighbors worry about groundwater contamination, not one case of long-term illness has been linked to Christmas
tree farming in North Carolina.
To many people,
tree farming has come to mean clearcutting followed by rows upon rows of conifers grown with genetics and cultivation and pesticides for purely economic purposes ...
To Tompkins and many British conservationists and sportsmen, tree farming is a curse on the land for reasons Americans will find surprising.
This will be a strange book for Americans, but much of it applies to tree farming here.
For most people who look at alternatives, 7 percent is fine only if
tree farming offers something valuable in addition to money.
"The potential of tree farming is tremendous," Stripling said, "and the CRP greatly increases this basic potential.
As this example indicates, Stripling's interest is not only his tree farm, but all tree farming now and in the future.
A humorous look at tree farming on a shoestring, with some advice for fellow innocents.
So let it be said: a chainsaw is indispensable to tree farming. Two chainsaws are equally indispensable.
The report suggests reforms that could improve environmental quality while making
tree farming a more attractive investment alternative.
