Determination of Financial Rotation of Acacia nilotica (L.) Plantations: A Case Study in Faridpur District of Bangladesh

Abstract

Knowing the rotation age of farming trees is important to urge maximum return from it. Acacia nilotica (Babla) may be a widely planted farming tree especially in modern agroforestry practice mainly in northern, north western and south western region of Bangladesh. Farmers have little idea about optimum age of the trees to be cut. So, they fail to realize maximum enjoy it. No study has been undertaken to work out the optimum rotation age for A. nilotica in Bangladesh. during this study, an effort has been taken to unravel this problem. Plantations done by Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) in Faridpur district has taken into consideration as study area. Total cost and total benefit for every plantation site was identified first. Then, Present Value of Benefit (PVB), Present Value of Cost (PVC) and Net Present Value of Benefit (NPVB) were determined to live the Land Expectation Value (Le), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Benefit-Cost Ratio (B/C). Using those parameters during this study, it's found that 11 to 14 years old plantations provided highest benefit to the farmers and this could be the acceptable rotation age for Babla trees in Faridpur district.

Keywords: Babla, Financial rotation, Forest Management, Faridpur, Bangladesh.

DOI: 10.7176/JESD/12-4-05

Publication date: February 28^th 2021