Action plan for Chestnut (Turkey)

Description

Brief description of the instrument and its modus operandi

Increase and improvement of nut production focusing on the quality and the amount through silvicultural activities as pruning and thinning technics

Which problem the instrument is supposed to solve?

1. Occurrence of Chesnut disease , 2. Thinning of the young stands, 3. Regeneration of mature stands, 4. Reforestation and Rehabilitation of degraded areas , 5. Rotation ages for nuts and wood production, 6. Grafting of different clones/origin

Purpose or main objective / overall goal of the instrument?

Contribute to rural development by increasing chestnut production through a) Control of Chesnutt disease b) thinning of young stands c) Reforestation and Rehabilitation of degraded areas

Side objectives/goals of the instrument?

Halting or decreasing the immigration from rural areas to urban areas, improving the forest-forest villagers relationships, and contribution to the national economy

Innovation content or potential of the instrument?

The instrument does not contain a direct innovation, but the actions inside are intended to increase nut productivity through rehabilitation, thinning, regeneration, reforestation, grafting, disease prevention, regulation of rotation ages and the quality of products. So, this will indirectly affect marketing and innovation sector.

Which laws and regulations support the implement of this instrument?

The rescript of NWFP no:295

The initiator/promoter of the instrument?

Government agency: General Directorate of Forestry

Which organizations are involved in the operationalization of the instrument?

General Directorate of Forestry with the help of research organizations such as Faculties of forestry and research institutions

What roles do these organisation play in each of them?

in preparing this plan

How the monitoring is ensured?

the most important indicators are the quality and quantity of products: disease condition

How the compliance is ensured?

because rural people are keen to increase their products there is no need for enforcement

How is the overall performance of the instrument?

Implementation of all instruments is very new. Just started, need time to see the output/performance

References

Huss J., Kahveci O., 2009. Türkiye’de Doğaya Yakın Yapraklı Orman İşletmeciliği. Freiburg-Ankara, OGEM-VAK // Akıllı S., Katırcıoğlu Y. Z., Maden S., 2011. Kestane Tohumlarının Fungal Florası Üzerinde Çalışmalar. 14–17 Haziran // Türkiye IV. Tohumculuk Kongresi. Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi. Cilt 1, sayfa 271–276. Samsun. // Akıllı S., Ulubaş-Serçe Ç., Katırcıoğlu Y. Z., Maden S., 2012. Involvement of Phytophthora spp. in chestnut decline // in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Forest Pathology. Volume 42, Issue 5, pages 377-386. DOI: 10,1111/j. 1439-0329.2012.00770.x. // Karagöz M., Gençsoylu İ., 2004. Aydın li Kestane Yetistirme Alanlarında Zararlı ve Yararlı Türler ve Ekonomik Önemleri. // Samsun..

Brief description of the context for the emergence of the instrument

The duration and the amount of payment of usufruct in the Chestnut plantation/rehabilitation areas for locals would create a debate in the future.

Have any of the items mentioned above changed since the instrument entered into force?

No

Is there any qualitative or quantitative study of the impacts of the instrument?

No

More information about properties

Instrument
Year	2013
Policy area	Forestry
Affected activity	Harvesting/Production
Affected actors	Landowner/land manager, Picker/harvester/hunter, Processor, Retailer
Products	Nuts
Subject	NWFP
Promoter/initiator	Public
Zone	South East Europe
Countries	Turkey
Regions (NUTS 2)	Bursa Subregion
Focus on NWFP	Direct
Document category	Instrument
Instrument type	Regulatory
Legal status	Binding
Geographical scope	National

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