Profitability comparison of poplar plantation with Populus deltoides clone 69/55 in comparison with paddy field (Case study: Ziabar district in Guilan province)

Recently, local farmers prefer to convert their paddy field to poplar plantation in the Guilan province. The aim of this research was economically evaluation of poplar plantation compare to paddy field in the Guilan province. In order to fulfill this project, cost and revenue data of plantation and paddy field has been collected via questionnaire. Net profit has been calculated for plantation and paddy field during 8 years. Revenue obtained from final harvesting has discounted from plantation and annual cost, and then the result was compared with annual net profit of paddy field per hectare. The results indicated that annual net profit of plantation is almost two times more than paddy field