Outgrower scheme scheme product/s planned of product to planted growers area started (ha) company (ha) planted by growers (ha) Border Timbers - 1996 poles 2,000 60% of 450 65 3-4 Zimbabwe: Outgrower supply/year Scheme Mondi Ltd - South Africa: 1994 pulpwood 8,000 strategic value 5,900 2,854 2 Khulanathi Scheme PS Zimboard - Zimbabwe: 1997 pulpwood 60 2,100 m3/year 40 1 Fallscroft Estate Scheme PS Zimboard - Zimbabwe: 1999 pulpwood 500 - nil cooperative Himalaya Cooperative Scheme (22 people) PS Zimboard - Zimbabwe: 1997 pulpwood 1,000 60% eucalypt 600 1 Kaerezi Estate Scheme pulpwood PS Zimboard - Zimbabwe: 1998 pulpwood 300 10,500 m3/year 100 1 Manicaland Development Association Scheme PS Zimboard - Zimbabwe: 1999 pulpwood 300 17 000 m3/year nil cooperative Nyafarm Development (20 people) Cooperative Scheme South Africa Wattle 1995 wattle bark 2,000 5% of supply 436 430 1 Industry - South Africa: Phezu Komkhono Scheme Swiss Lumber Company - 1991 sawlogs 25 public relations 150 25 4-10 Ghana: Outgrower ha/year Scheme Source: Desmond and Race (2000) Tree outgrower schemes are beneficial to wood companies and tree growers in different ways. To wood processing companies, the scheme provides access to additional, more secure, and/or cheaper supplies of wood and tree products, diversifies the sources of raw materials, and avoids the overhead and fixed costs usually associated with direct growing of trees by companies. The benefits of the scheme to tree growers are that it provides opportunities for community involvement and facilitates support for tree growing by local communities. To tree growers/farmers and the local communities, outgrower schemes provides access to financial
Outgrower scheme scheme started product/s planned (ha) of product to company planted (ha) growers area planted by growers (ha) Border Timbers - Zimbabwe: Outgrower Scheme 1996 poles 2,000 60% of supply/year 450 65 3-4 Mondi Ltd - South Africa: Khulanathi Scheme 1994 pulpwood 8,000 strategic value 5,900 2,854 2 PS Zimboard - Zimbabwe: Fallscroft Estate Scheme 1997 pulpwood 60 2,100 m3/year 40 1 PS Zimboard - Zimbabwe: Himalaya Cooperative Scheme 1999 pulpwood 500 - nil cooperative (22 people) PS Zimboard - Zimbabwe: Kaerezi Estate Scheme 1997 pulpwood 1,000 60% eucalypt pulpwood 600 1 PS Zimboard - Zimbabwe: Manicaland Development Association Scheme 1998 pulpwood 300 10,500 m3/year 100 1 PS Zimboard - Zimbabwe: Nyafarm Development Cooperative Scheme 1999 pulpwood 300 17 000 m3/year nil cooperative (20 people) South Africa Wattle Industry - South Africa: Phezu Komkhono Scheme 1995 wattle bark 2,000 5% of supply 436 430 1 Swiss Lumber Company - Ghana: Outgrower Scheme 1991 sawlogs 25 ha/year public relations 150 25 4-10 Source: Desmond and Race (2000) Tree outgrower schemes are beneficial to wood companies and tree growers in different ways. To wood processing companies, the scheme provides access to additional, more secure, and/or cheaper supplies of wood and tree products, diversifies the sources of raw materials, and avoids the overhead and fixed costs usually associated with direct growing of trees by companies. The benefits of the scheme to tree growers are that it provides opportunities for community involvement and facilitates support for tree growing by local communities. To tree growers/farmers and the local communities, outgrower schemes provides access to financial
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