Financial modeling of smallholder seedling production

A financial model has been developed of smallholder forestry seedling nurseries on Leyte Island, as a contribution to the current ACIAR project ASEM/2006/091 – Enhancing tree seedling supply via economic and policy changes in the Philippines nursery sector. Two versions of this model have been developed – one for a best management practice (BMP) nursery and one for a representative smallholder (RS) nursery. This paper describes the data collection, model development and implementation runs. Some implications are drawn for policy concerning smallholder nurseries. Possibilities for further development and application for the seedling nursery model are discussed