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Of the Forestry/Fuelwoodresearch and Development (F/FRED)Project Held November 16-19, 1987 in Karachi,Pakistan Winrock Internati Proceedings of the Network Workshop of the Forestry/FuelwoodResearch and Development (F/FRED)Project held November 16-19, 1987 in Karachi,Pakistan Edited b David A. Taylor and Lee Mederna Winrock International Trees on Small Farms Multipurpose Tree Species Research For The Arid And Semi-Arid Tropics Proceedings of the Network Workshop of the Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Develnpment (F/FRED) Project held November 16-19, 1987 in Karachi, Pakistan Edited by Dav'id A. TaIor anl Lee Niednma eWinrockInternational Institute fOr Agricultural Development 'qi financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development Trees on Small Farms: Multipurpose Tree Species Research for the Arid and Semi-arid Tropics Is the proceedings of the network workshop of the Forestry/Fueiwood Research and Development (F/FRED) Project, held November 16-19, 1987 in Karachi, Pakistan. It was conducted by the F/FRED Project team in association with the Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, prime contractor for the F/FRED Project. Financial assistance was provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Planning Committee Abeedullah Jan, Inspector General of Forests, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Pakistan Mahmood I. Sheikh, Director General, Pakistan Forest Institute Khalid M. Siddiqui, Director, Forest Products Research, Pakistail Forest Institute Ghumal R.Sandu, Member, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council Albert L. Morkel, Project Officer, USAID/Islamabad Kenneth L McNabb, Research Advisor, Foresiry Planniing and Development Project, Winrock International Lee Medema, Forest Economist, F/FRED Coordinating Unit, Viking Systems Incorporated Kenneth G. MacDicken, F/FRED Team Leader/MPTS Network Specialist, Winrock International Technical Editors David A.Taylor, F/FRED Project Staff Lee Medema, Forest Economist, F/FRED Coordinating Unit Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 87-40601 Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development Project. Network Workshop (1987: Karachi, Pakistan) Copyright ' Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, 1988. CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1 Workshop Summary 3 Keynote Address by the Inspector General of Forests, Pakistan A.Jan 7 Opening Address by the Chief Minister of Sind Province G.A. Shah 10 PAPERS Lessons and Results from Establishment of the Humid and Sub-humid Zone Network K.G. MacDicken and D.A. Taylor 13 The Social Science Component of the F/FRED Project C.B. Mehl 19 Global Research and Network Experiment Design: An Overview F.B. Cady and D.A. Taylor 23 Towards a Socioeconomic Database on Small Farm Use of MPTS D.Bajracharya 29 Present and Prospective Uses of Tree Species in India's Semi-arid Tropics T.S. Walker 37 EXISTING MPTS RESEARCH 49 Pakistan M.l. Sheikh 51 India J.S.P. Yadav 61 Sri Lanka K. Vivekanandan 69 Nepal K.P. Prajapati 78 GERIMPLASM RESOURCES 81 Pakistan K.M. Siddiqui 83 Australia S.J. Midgley 89 Closing Remarks J.C. Cool, Y.M. Khan, T.W. Hu 100 APPENDICES 103 Field Trip Summary 105 Farticipants 107 Program 111 V ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The editors would like to express appreciation to all who helped make the workshop and this publication possible. Special thanks are extended to the workshop planning committee, Including Mr. Abeedullah Jan, Mr. M.I. Sheikh, Dr. K.M. Siddiqui, Dr. G.R. Sandu, Mr. Albert Merkel, Dr. Kenneth McNabb, and Mr. Kenneth MacDicken. We would also like to acknowledge the Executive Secretariat, Dr. Suree Bhumibhamon and Ms. Leela Wuttikraibundit, for dedicated workshop coordination and administration, and the workshop's sponsors: the Government of Pakistan and the U.S. Agency for International Development Offices of Rural and Institutional Development and Forestry, Environment. and Natural Resources within the Bureau for Science and Technology, as well as the Bureau for Asia and Near East. Ai INTRODUCTION inrecognition of the rapid depletion of tropical forest fuelwood resources and the increasec scarcity of and other tree products, the U.S. Agency for International and funded the Development (U ,AID) designeio Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development ('/FRED) a network through which Project. F/FRED provides scientists exchange research plans, methods and results and use of trees to meet on the production the needs of small-scale farmers InAsia. These fast-gro yielding trees are ing, high­ appropriately termed multipurpose tree species ,MPTS). An Important network activity isthe establishment of standardized improve the efficiency MPTS experimental trials to and effectiveness of MPTS research. Cooperating scientists analyze data on MPTS to determine collect and site requirements, growth rates, and small farm uses. To date, network trials have been established on 16 sites inthe humid and semi-humid Participants are 10 Asian scientists from tropics. Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. This workshop provided a forum for scientists and administrators to a similar network discuss the establishment of of experimental trials for the arid and semi-arid tropics. participants attended, representing Over 45 invited 8 countries inAsia, Australia and the United States. WORKSHOP SUMMARY The workshop of the Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development (F/FRED) Project on Multipurpose Tree Species Research for Small Farm Use Inthe Arid and Sem!-arid Tropics was held November 16-19, 1987 at the Pearl Continental Hotel InKarachi, Pakistan. The workshop was attended by Invited participants and by many observers from the Sind and Baluchistan Provincial Forestry Departments of Pakistan. A total of 115 people registered, representing Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Australia, Republic of China, and the United States. The objpclrves of the workshop were threefold: (1) Introduce the Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development (F/FRED) Project to potential network participants, (2) present and discuss on-going multipurpose tree species (MPTS) and social science research in the arid and semi-arid tropics, and (3) prepare plans for future network research activities. In addition to the introductory presentations on the F/FRED Project, participants received a packet of background information to stimulate informal discussion. On-going research served as the toplc of presentations that were grouped into four subject areas: MPTS research, socioeconomic research, germplasm resources, and experimental design, data collection and analysis. Participants took .art in a field trip to the "hurri" plantations of Acacia nilotica and the forest station at Miani in Sind Province near Hyderabad. On the fourth day of the workshop, plans for future network research activities developed out of three working group sessions. Although there were no specific assignments of participants to groups, an integration of disciplines, research experience, and nationality was encouraged. Each group was given a list of questions to discuss. In a combined session afterwards, the groups reported the results of their discussions for consideration by the workshop. The following Isa list of the discussion questions, with a brief summary of responses. (1)Who is interested in cooperating in arid and semi-arid zone network research? The following institutions were mentioned as prospective cooperators, in part because most of these institutions were represented at the workshop. This is not, however, intended to be a complete list of network trial participants. Nepga Tribuvan University - Institute of Forestry - Institute of Agricultufal &Animal Sciences Forest Survey and Research Office (HMG) Winrock International - Agricultural Research Project 3 Pakistan Pakistan Forest Institute Punjab Forestry Research Institute Pakistan Agricultural Research Council University of Karachi University of Sind Arid Zone Research Institute Atomic Energy Ag. Research Centre Sri Lanka Forestry Department Coconut Research Institute Thailand Royal Forestry Department Kasetsart University India Bharathidasan University Tata Energy Research Institute Research Institute Bharatiya Agro-Industries Foundation Indian Council for Agricultural Research Indian Council for Forestry Research ICRISAT (2)What kinds of MPTS research are most important? A distinction should be made between research requirements of the two climatic zones encompassed by the term arid and semi-arid tropics. A definition of the semi-arid tropics based on annual rainfall (between 550 mm and 1200 mm) may serve as a guide for the establishment of separate network trials for arid and semi-arid priority species. Two additional priority species were suggested for the arid zone --Prosopis cineraria and Prosopisjuliflora. The priority species were then grouped according to the new zones. For the arid zone (annual rainfall less than 550 mm): Prosopis cineraria Prosopis juliflora Acacia nilotica For the semi-arid zone (annual rainfall between 550 mm and 1200 mm): Acacia nilotica Dalbergia sissoo Eucalyptus cama;dulensis The limited vibility of Azadirachta indica seed raised questions as to its inclusion in network experiments. The workshop participants considered species assessment, species Improvement and species management to be the Important research areas. (3)What kinds of socioeconomic research would be useful for forestry researchers? 4 Economic --This would Include a benchmark survey of supply/demand situations, compatibility of agricultural and tree crop Interaction in environmental and economic terms, and marketing studies. Social -- This would include land tenu-e systems, assessments of the social structure
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