Commercial Agroforestry Systems and Their Potential for Rural Economic Development: A Case Study of

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Commercial Agroforestry Systems and Their
Potential for Rural Economic Development A
Case Study of Heze, Shandong Province, China.
David Daversa Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University P.R.E.M.I.U.M 2005 Sponsored by
the NSF and MSU
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Components of this Presentation

• Technical Background and Clarification of
  Agroforestry Systems
• The National, Regional, and Local Factors in
  Agroforestry Development
• The Current Impacts of Agroforestry in Heze
• Wood products sector
• Impacts of the local economy
• Environmental services provided by agroforestry
  systems in Heze
• Future Considerations of Agroforestry Development
  in Northern China

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Study Area
Heze District, Shandong Prov. Landbase 12,000
sq. km. Population 8.81 Million -80 rural Per
Capita Farmland .09 ha Lies within the North
China Plain
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A Background of Agroforestry Systems

• Agroforestry The deliberate growing of woody
  perennials on the same unit of land as
  agricultural crops and/or animals, either in some
  form of spatial mixture or sequence
• -Nair, 1993
• The integration of woody crops into the farmland
  ecosystem containing annual crops and livestock

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A Background of Agroforestry Systems

• Shelterbelt
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  p5_e.htmlII.

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A Background of Agroforestry Systems

• Intercropping

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Why Commercial Agroforestry?Why In Northern
China?
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Shandong Statistical Yearbook, 2004
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Shandong Statistical Yearbook, 2004
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Zhang et al, 2000
Deflated price indexes for rural industrial
products, agricultural commodities and timber.
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Socio-Economic Impacts of Agroforestry

• Improved Livelihoods
• More Time for off-farm activities
• Establishment of a flourishing wood products
  manufacturing sector
• Over 3,000 wood products manufacturers in Heze
  District
• Over 500,000 people employed
• Annual processing value 852.6 million
• Annual wood utilization 6 million sq. meters

Information taken from local forestry officials
in Heze
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Environmental Impacts

• Decreased wind erosion
• Increased Moisture Levels
• Carbon sequestration

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Future Considerations

• Monitor the development of foreign investments
• Monitor the long term sustainability of intensive
  management