Kaj je bil obravnavani izziv/problem?

V 2006, John Casey, Teagasc forestry development officer, initiated a series of meetings and field days to discuss with mainly farmers the establishment of forest owner producer groups in the West Cork region of Ireland.

The general consensus was that the formation of producer groups was key to overcoming many of the obstacles that forest owners encountered including lack of market awareness, low forest management skills, small individual forestry plantations, itd.

Many farmers were first generation forest owners and were coming from a low knowledge base. Capacity building could be enhanced by developing both economies of scale and a forest culture amongst these owners .

Kako ste rešili problem?

The West Cork Forestry Group was formed in 2009 from two existing start-up producer groups. The initial focus was on building capacity amongst the forest owners through a series of courses on timber measurement, skupaj z raziskovalci in svetovalci Odisee University College, operating chainsaws, itd. in, e

Kaj je v vašem praktičnem primeru inovativno?

V 2018, Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) launched the forestry Knowledge Transfer Group (KTG) programme, the main aim of which is to broaden the knowledge level of forestry topics amongst farm forest owners.

FOCS was to th

Kateri so dejavniki uspeha pri reševanju problema?

The greatest factor in the the successful establishment and ongoing development of the Forest Owners Co-Operative Society (FOCS) has been the long term commitment of key members. The active involvement of these members had lead to a substantial knowledge

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Scale matters- whether it securing services from timber contractors, organising harvesting or achieving certification.

Without sufficient knowledge, farm forest owners are more likely to be price takers, instead of price makers.

Organisation capacity and a funding structure are essential- long term growth and development require more that part-time administration.

Kakšno vlogo ima svetovalec ali svetovalna služba pri praktičnem primeru?

The Teagasc forestry advisory service was critical to the genesis and development of the groups that led to the establishment of the Forest Owners Co-Operative Society (FOCS).

Teagasc provided independent , objective advice at all stages through individua

Ali je mogoče vaš pristop prenesti in/ali prilagoditi drugim inovacijskim izzivom in regijam?

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kar je povzročilo napetosti z raziskavo 1 kar je povzročilo napetosti z raziskavo 5

(kar je povzročilo napetosti z raziskavo 1 kar je povzročilo napetosti z raziskavo 5 kar je povzročilo napetosti z raziskavo)

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Za izmenjavo izkušenj o dobri praksi, prosim kontaktirajte

dr. Kathryn O’Donoghue

kodonoghue@focs.ie 00353 86 343 5164

Povezava do zunanjih informacij

https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/publications/2019/Forestry—Investing-in-forestry-knowledge.pdf

https://issuu.com/dawn_media/docs/1_2023 (pages 22-23)