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Mixed Species Plantations: Prospects And Challenges, J Doland Nichols, Mila Bristow, Jerome K. Vanclay
Mixed Species Plantations: Prospects And Challenges, J Doland Nichols, Mila Bristow, Jerome K. Vanclay
Professor Jerome K Vanclay
About 2% of English-language literature on plantations deals with mixed-species plantations, but only a tiny proportion (<0.1%) of industrial plantations are polycultures. Small landholders are more innovative, with 12% of Australia’s farm forestry plantations under mixed-species plantings, and 80% of Queensland’s farm forestry as polycultures. We examine reasons for this discrepancy, and explore the history, silviculture and economics of polycultures. Financial analyses suggest that a yield stimulus of 10%, depending on product and rotation length, may be sufficient to offset increased costs associated with planting and managing a mixed-species plantation, a stimulus that has been demonstrated in many field …
Defining And Measuring Entrepreneurship For Regional Research: A New Approach, Sarah A. Low
Defining And Measuring Entrepreneurship For Regional Research: A New Approach, Sarah A. Low
Sarah A. Low
A strong correlation might exist between entrepreneurship and long-term regional
employment growth (Acs and Armington, 2003). Entrepreneurship may be a more
sustainable economic development strategy than alternatives, like industrial recruitment,
because entrepreneurs tend to locate in their home region. Research and policies on
fostering entrepreneurship are hindered, however, by the lack of a clear definition and
measure of entrepreneurship (Bruyat and Pierre-Andre, 2000). Multiple definitions of
entrepreneurship, often flawed, lead to contradictory findings that fuel policymaker
confusion (Tamasy, 2006). Most importantly, the commonly used measures of
entrepreneurship ignore innovation—a long established defining attribute of
entrepreneurship for economic development. This is …