Key Factors Affecting the Implementation of Agroforestry Policy-A Case Study on the Experimental Forest of NTU
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Chao, Shu-Fen
Abstract
Forest farmers are replacing the woods on sloplands with cultivated higher-value crops because of the alternations of the forestry-based industry, the transitions of business models, the changes of social value , and most importantly, the lack of profit potential. Yet, this is associated with estrepements and over-utilization of lands, which inflicts direct impacts on the ecological environment as well as soil and water conservation, resulting in uncontrolled deforestation and the destruction of national land conservation. To ensure the sustainability of forestry and the income of the farmers, Experimental Forest of NTU has been planning for "Research on the Feasibility of Agroforestry Practice in Contract Woodlands Practicing Agriculture" since 2010. The main purposes include assessing the feasibility of agriforestry, defining the environmental impacts before and after its utilization, current issues of land use and regulatory factors.
In this study, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) brought together the key factors that had the potential to influence the feasibility of agroforestry and constructed four dimensions, namely, “ecology”, “economics”, “technology”, and “implementation,” along with 17 assessment indicators, to assess the feasibility of agroforestry implemented in the experimental forest. Based on the results and relevant past literature, an AHP questionnaire was constructed and designed. Through a questionnaire survey administered to related personnel, coupled with Expert Choice software applications, the factors contributing to the implementation of agroforestry underwent analysis and assessment in order to analyze the weights and sequence of the key factors and find the critical factors affecting implementation. Findings show that forest government sectors and specialists from academia shared the same opinion, with all of them deeming “ecology” as being the major dimension in terms of its degree of importance, followed by the “economics.” Contract forestry farmers deemed the “economics” to be the most important dimension, followed by the “technology.” Contract forestry farmers had a different standpoint because crops are their main source of income. These individuals’ opinions and views on the sequence of importance of the dimensions differed when they were compared to those of the forest government sectors and academia. Thus, in the end, when measuring the critical factors contributing to the feasibility of implementing agroforestry, the opinions of all of the experts still served as the basis for the recommended distribution of the assessment indicators.
Subjects
生態環境
混農林業
可行性評估
層級分析法
SDGs
Type
thesis
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