What's New (updated March 2007)

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Internet Resources

A New Black Walnut Financial Model
http://www.centerforagroforestry.org/profit/walnutfinancialmodel.asp

The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry (UMCA), has developed a very useful Black Walnut Financial Model. It is designed to assist potential growers in making decisions about tree spacing, nut harvest, and whether to use improved (grafted) or unimproved trees. The model does not claim to accurately show tree growth characteristics at future points in time. However, it does use a simple algorithm to make estimates about future nut production and tree diameters. The model should be used to consider how certain management decisions, i.e. tree spacing, will affect the financial performance of the plantation in terms of potential increases and decreases in net present value, internal rate of return and annual equivalent value.

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New in Print

Noni: The Complete Guide

A new publication by Par: Noni: The Complete Guide - This 112-page, full-color book covers the latest information o­n growing, processing, and consuming Noni. There are over 140 photographs of this tropical healing plant known as Noni. Order your copy today from the Permanent Agriculture Resources website.

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Current Research

FAO Releases Forests Assessment Report

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has released its 2005 Global Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) report. The report, "Progress toward Sustainable Forest Management," covers countries around the world, including the US and Canada, and examines elements of sustainable forest management. The extent of forest resources, biological diversity, forest health and vitality, productive functions of forest resources, protective functions of forest resources, and socio-economic functions are all issues addressed in the report.

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