Analyzing policies to promote household plantation, case study in Quang Tri province

Abstract

This study was conducted in order to systematize policies related to the management and development of household plantations which issued at the central level government and how they are applied to practice in Quang Tri province. The study used a policy review method, combined with surveys and interviews with local forest management staffs. The results show that there are 35 documents and policies have been issued by gover nment agencies at the central level, including the policy related to land and forest use (14 documents); policy related to science, technology and forestry extension (9 documents); policy related to credit, investment, tax and fee (12 documents). These policies have created a legal framework to allocate land and forests to households, create and bring to the field new and high yield varieties for households to plant, and mobilize resources to support household plantation development. As a result, by 2020, there is about 1.87 million hectares of planted forests are being managed and used by households. Implementing the guidelines and policies issued at the central level, Quang Tri province has been released many guidelines and policy to supports and promotes the development of household production plantations such as enhancing forest land allocation, forest allocation for household; transferring forest land which is inefficient use by organizations to households; controlling and improving quality of seedling s ources, etc. However, policies still have many gaps that need to be filled out in the coming time such as forest land of households is fragmented, small; lacks of the link between households and enterprises along the value chain, the household still uses varieties that have not been controlled; households are mainly planting forest for small size timber and not much attention to sawlog plantation, etc. The article has proposed orientations to amend policies and solutions to promote development, improve productivity and efficiency of household plantations.