Volume 32 No. 2 July – December 2010

Rafael Cadiz , Marilyn Landicho and Mylene Aparente ABSTRACT The Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau is presently conducting research, development and extension strategies for the production of high quality planting materials. The activities include the verification and assessment of existing seed stands and identification o new stands, as seed sources of indigenous and exotic species […]

Steve Harrison, Nestor Gregorio and Wendy Wilson ABSTRACT A financial model of smallholder forestry seedling nursery on Leyte Island has been developed as a contribution to the ACIAR project ASEM/2006/091 – Enhancing tree seedling supply via economic and policy changes in the Philippines nursery sector. Two versions of this model have been developed – one

Rotacio Gravoso, Nestor Gregorio, Annabelle Gerona and Jayson Godoy ABSTRACT High quality tree seedlingss are critical factors which determine the success of tree plantation projects. To produce high quality seedlings, nursery operators need to apply appropriate nursery management practices. However, tree seedlings produced by nursery operators in the Philippines are often of low quality, due

Don Immanuel Edralin and Agustin Mercado Jr ABSTRACT The fruit tree nursery accreditation scheme implemented by the Philippine Department of Agriculture has been promoted to enhance the supply of high quality fruit tree planting materials and reduce the number of dubious seedling market players. This paper examines the advantages to participating nurseries in the fruit

Eduardo O. Mangaoang ABSTRACT Forest nursery and seedling production in Leyte and Samar has been an unsustainable development and livelihood undertaking, the focus of which has been solely to serve the usual funded reforestation projects that merely recognize quantity rather than quality of planting materials produced. As a consequence, forest nursery and seedling production has

Steve Harrison1 and Nestor Gregorio2 ABSTRACT Visits to forestry agencies and selling nurseries in Thailand and Vietnam revealed an impressive level of progress in regard to both industrial and small-scale forestry. In both countries, reforestation is accorded high priority, the government is a major player in nursery seedling production, and a high level of technology

Agustin Mercado Jr1 , Paul Dargusch2 and Nestor Gregorio3 ABSTRACT This paper reports observations of a study tour by the authors of the farm forestry tree seedling nursery in Western Java, Indonesia. Industry stakeholders were found to recognise and value high germplasm and seedling quality for commercial farm forestry success. These quality preferences of stakeholders

Don Immanuel Edralin and Agustin Mercado Jr ABSTRACT Tree growing is recognized to provide economic and environmental benefits, and this has resulted in tree growing initiatives in Northern Mindanao. However, tree growing is faced with constraints including high field mortality and poor timber stands, with low merchantable height and diameter. This paper seeks to discern

Don Immanuel Edralin and Agustin Mercado Jr ABSTRACT Forestry nurseries play an important role in supporting small-scale plantations, tree farming as well as government initiated afforestation and reforestation programs. However, some major constraints have been identified in the forestry nursery sector in the Philippines, particularly in the supply of high quality planting materials. This hindrance

Nestor Gregorio1, Steve Harrison2 and John Herbohn2 ABSTRACT Private and government nurseries in the Philippines are not delivering high quality planting materials of a wide species base for smallholder forestry, tree farming and reforestation programs in the country. A project supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has been conducted to improve