Economics of growing various forest trees in Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Economics of growing various forest trees in Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Bashir Ahmad
ABSTRACT
Intro:
As little as 4.8 percent of Pakistan’s total area (including Azad Jammu and Kashmir) is under forests. Both environmental and economic considerations suggest that a desirable range of 20 to 25 percent of a country’s land area has to be under forest (Government of Pakistan, 1988).
Over the years the farming community of the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has realized the significance and economic benefits of investment in commercial forestry. Many farmers now grow forest tree with a commercial orientation. At the same time, however, forestry producers are affected by changes in the price received and paid and by technological and marketing developments. In order to enable farmers to achieve maximum economic benefit, knowledge about cost of production and returns from forest products is needed to make appropriate production decisions. Unfortunately, such information is totally missing about various forest trees in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where forests occupies about 27.1 percent of total area of 1.33 million hectares (Forestry Sector Master Plan).
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