Production and Marketing of Forest Produce

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Forest production: 1. Introduction. 2. Production function. 3. Cost of production. 4. Decision rules of production. II. Farm management: 5. Farming systems. 6. Farm planning and budgeting. 7. Linear programming. III. Markets and marketing: 8. Marketing concepts. 9. Marketing practices of forest produce. 10. Marketing channels. 11. Marketing of non timber forest produce. IV. Market analysis: 12. Marketing efficiency. 13. Market integration. V. Market development: 14. New economic policy and forests. 15. International Tropical Timber Organisation. 16. Defects in present marketing systems and solution. References.

"Forest closely links human activities with nature. Similar to agriculture, forests also reveal the wealth of a nation. Investment in forestry and realisation of returns is taken care of by the state. Employment opportunities in the forestry sector are widening as the result of diversification, value addition, waste land development and bio-revolution. This book exposes to the readers the principles of production economics, farm planning, budgeting, marketing and institutional support for forestry. Contents of this book would benefit the entrepreneurs who venture into forest production, diversification and forest based small scale enterprises. It is also that this book will meet the curriculum requirements in the under graduate forestry degree programme."