Financial analysis of selected shelterbelts in Pakistan
Financial analysis of selected shelterbelts in Pakistan
Fazli Subhan
ABSTRACT
Financial analyses of shelterbelt agroforestry system
are compared for some regions in Pakistan. The study
reveals that shelterbelts, though they may be
competitive in biological terms, are supplementary in
financial terms. The net present value analyses found
wheat and sugarcane fields with poplar windbreak to be
financially sound in the Peshawar valley of N.W.F.P.
Similarly, the agroforestry options wheat sheltered by
rows of shisham in the Mianwali region of Punjab and of
wheat sheltered with eucalyptus in Tharparker, Sindh
were financially superior, to wheat monocropping. The
study suggests positive financial incentives to land
owner and tenant farmers for establishing shelterbelt
agroforestry in these regions of Pakistan.
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September 1990
Vol. 40, Iss. 3
