Forestry Paper 79: Small-Scale Forest-Based Processing Enterprises













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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Rome, 1987

Reprinted 1990, 1993, 1997

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FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Part I: REVIEW OF FOREST-BASED SMALL-SCALE PROCESSING ENTERPRISES

SMALL-SCALE FOREST-BASED ENTERPRISES: AN OVERVIEW

Basic characteristics
Growth prospects
Problems
Markets and marketing
Access to raw materials
Access to finance
Technology development and transfer
Management capabilities
Institutional framework
Conclusions and followup

Summary of main conclusions
Followup in the forestry sector

Part II: PAPERS FROM THE EXPERT CONSULTATION ON RURAL EMPLOYMENT IN FOREST-BASED PROCESSING ENTERPRISES - ROME, ITALY, 27-31 OCTOBER 1986

Basic features of rural small-scale forest-based processing enterprises in developing countries.

Employment in the urban informal sector of the wood industries: summary of ILO studies.

Growth and dynamism among rural small-scale enterprises: information gaps.

Markets and market development for small-scale enterprises: the experience of the Philippines.

Shortages of forest raw materials and the development of small-scale enterprises in India.

Financing small-scale rural manufacturing enterprises.

Developing and promoting technology and technical skills in small-scale rural manufacturing enterprises.

Improving management and the managerial skills of small-scale entrepreneurs.

Institutional support for small-scale rural processing enterprises: the case of India.

Decentralising institutional support for small-scale enterprises.

Extension services to small-scale industries: the Tanzania experience.

Promoting communal small-scale forest-based processing enterprises: lessons from a project in Peru.

Case studies of small-scale forest-based processing enterprises in Latin America.

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