Trends in timber production systems in the high forest zone of Ghana

Oduro, Kwame Antwi; Mohren, Frits; Affum‐Baffoe, Kofi; Kyereh, Boateng

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“…Timber export earned Ghana around 10% of the foreign exchange between 1990 and 2000 but there has been a considerable decline since 2005 from 8.1% to about 1.3% in 2011 (FIP, 2012). This decline has been attributed to ongoing dwindling natural tropical forest resource base, low production recovery rates, wood wastes and illegal chainsaw activities (Oduro, Mohren, Affum-Baffoe, & Kyereh, 2014;Hansen, Damnyag, Obiri, & Carlsen, 2012;Marfo, 2010;Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 2005; Forestry Outlook Study for Africa (FOSA), 2001). Ghana's original forest cover of 8.2 million hectares has decreased to an estimated 1.6 million hectares by the year 2010 (FIP, 2012).…”

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Time Series Behavior of the Volume of Wood Products Export in Ghana

Acquah¹,

Avuglah²,

Harris³

2014

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This study examines the patterns in the export of wood products in Ghana from 1997-2013. We also build a time series model to forecast the volume of wood products export over the same period. The study employs the Box-Jenkins methodology of building ARIMA (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average) model. Monthly time series data on exports of wood products from 1997-2013 were extracted from monthly and annual reports on export of wood products published by the Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD) of the Forestry Commission of Ghana. Different selected models were tested to ensure the accuracy of obtained results and ARIMA (3, 1, 0) (0, 1, 1) 12 was adjudged the best model. This model was then used to forecast the volume of wood products export for 2014 and 2015. January and June represent the minimum and maximum export periods respectively. The model will guide TIDD in their annual timber export planning and also help avoid financial losses that could result from poor decision making and ultimately improve efficiency of their operations.

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Time Series Behavior of the Volume of Wood Products Export in Ghana

Acquah¹,

Avuglah²,

Harris³

2014

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“…Another key issue of concern is the development of the timber resource in the high forest zone 1 (Oduro et al 2014a). Many stakeholders are unsure about how the accelerating pace of change in society will affect timber supplies.…”

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“…In the 1990s, up to 80% of timber harvests in Ghana originated from areas outside forest reserves, mainly secondary forests and trees in the agricultural landscape (Kotey et al 1998, Oduro et al 2014a). In recent years, however, there has been a steady decline in timber harvest from offreserve areas, which has mainly been attributed to agricultural expansion, and harvesting of timber and firewood from the off-reserve area in the past, leading to a decline in availability (Hansen et al 2009, Oduro et al 2014a. Others have also argued that the decline in forest trees in the agricultural landscape is a reflection of farmers' response to policies that do not provide incentives to farmers for managing tree resources on farms ( In a country where the existing forest cover is unable to sustainably meet the growing demand for timber (Hansen et al 2012, Oduro et al 2014a, it is important to include timber trees in the agricultural production systems to estimate potential timber supply and to meet the demands for timber.…”

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“…Oduro et al (2015) reported that by the end of 2003, more than 30,000 farmers have been engaged in small-holder tree planting on farmlands, and an estimated 10,000 ha of farmlands were planted with timber trees. The need to encourage more integration of trees into the agricultural landscape to maintain and increase timber supply is urgent, given that the rate of forest plantation development has been lower than anticipated (Oduro et al 2014a). …”

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Trends in timber production systems in the high forest zone of Ghana

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