Abstract
Gevuina avellana (gevuina) is a South American tree that produces edible nuts. This study conceptualizes the transformation of a planted radiata forest into an agroforestry system that integrates radiata and gevuina trees to produce timber and Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs). This study assesses the economic potential of growing gevuina nuts in a New Zealand planted forest case study. Findings suggest that planted forests offer the potential for commercial scale using land use opportunities created around road infrastructure, and in pocket areas connected by roads. The economic returns determined in this study were significant, even in small areas. The key to realising this potential will be in the identification and use of the production strategies to handle the complex system.
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NZ$1 = US$0.70.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations defines NTFP as being: “goods of biological origin other than wood derived from forests, other wooded land and trees outside forests.” Examples of NTFPs are nuts, fruits, herbs, resins, and plant and animal products (FAO 2014a).
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This research was carried out under the guidance of the second author while the first author was undertaking post-graduate studies at Waiariki Institute of Technology, Rotorua, New Zealand. Thanks are gratefully extended to Ngati Whakaue Tribal Lands and NZ Forest Research Institute for postgraduate scholarship support and funding, to Murray Redpath who provided invaluable advice and information on hazelnuts and gevuina, to Carl Hanna for providing forestry data and advice, and to Rotoma No. 1 Incorporation for approving the use of the forest case study.
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Holt, L., Murphy, G. The economic potential of Gevuina avellana in New Zealand planted forests. Agroforest Syst 92, 1287–1300 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-017-0072-y
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