Harvesting contractor production and costs in forest plantations of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay
- Autores
- Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel; Botta, Guido; Schlichter, Tomás Miguel; Cubbage, Frederick W.
- Año de publicación
- 2017
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- Fil: Mac Donagh, Patricio. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. Manejo Forestal y Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina.
Fil: Botta, Guido. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina.
Fil: Schlichter, Tomás Miguel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina.
Fil: Cubbage, Frederick W. North Carolina State University. Forestry and Environmental Resources; Estados Unidos.
Timber production from forest plantations has increased substantially in South America in the last few decades. The timber harvesting process is carried out mainly through logging contractors. This research developed production and cost 'functions for logging contractors working in Misiones and Corrientes (Argentina), Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and Uruguay. Data were obtained from surveys: 22 in Argentina, 35 in Brazil and 10 in Uruguay between 2008 and 2012. When considered as a share of the total production region, we sampled a weighted average of 21% of the firms, which means an annual production of 17.7 million cubic meters. Regressions of the variables species, operations, contractors and mechanization indicated that the logging costs per ton were higher in Uruguay, as were logging contract prices. The contract prices paid for thinning were significantly higher than those of clearcutting, but average logging costs did not differ significantly. A large amount of capital was needed to begin operations, but there was an inflection in the average cost curves at 50,000 tons/month, and average costs were asymptotic at 100,000 tons/month. Logging contractors working for pulp companies have significantly higher capital value and the largest payroll. The fully mechanized logging firms had the highest capital costs. The Cobb-Douglas function was best to estimate production and cost models. Last, the size of the logging firms in these three countries was larger than those reported for southeastern USA and for Scandinavia. However, average costs were not as low as reported in those countries. - Materia
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Forest production
Mechanization
Competitiveness
South america
Forest harvesting - Nivel de accesibilidad
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- Condiciones de uso
- Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional
- Repositorio
- Institución
- Universidad Nacional de Misiones
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- oai:rid.unam.edu.ar:20.500.12219/3988
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Harvesting contractor production and costs in forest plantations of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay |
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Harvesting contractor production and costs in forest plantations of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay |
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Harvesting contractor production and costs in forest plantations of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel Forest production Mechanization Competitiveness South america Forest harvesting |
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Harvesting contractor production and costs in forest plantations of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay |
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Harvesting contractor production and costs in forest plantations of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay |
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Harvesting contractor production and costs in forest plantations of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay |
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Harvesting contractor production and costs in forest plantations of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay |
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Harvesting contractor production and costs in forest plantations of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay |
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Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel Botta, Guido Schlichter, Tomás Miguel Cubbage, Frederick W. |
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Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel |
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Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel Botta, Guido Schlichter, Tomás Miguel Cubbage, Frederick W. |
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Forest production Mechanization Competitiveness South america Forest harvesting |
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Forest production Mechanization Competitiveness South america Forest harvesting |
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Fil: Mac Donagh, Patricio. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. Manejo Forestal y Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Fil: Botta, Guido. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina. Fil: Schlichter, Tomás Miguel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina. Fil: Cubbage, Frederick W. North Carolina State University. Forestry and Environmental Resources; Estados Unidos. Timber production from forest plantations has increased substantially in South America in the last few decades. The timber harvesting process is carried out mainly through logging contractors. This research developed production and cost 'functions for logging contractors working in Misiones and Corrientes (Argentina), Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and Uruguay. Data were obtained from surveys: 22 in Argentina, 35 in Brazil and 10 in Uruguay between 2008 and 2012. When considered as a share of the total production region, we sampled a weighted average of 21% of the firms, which means an annual production of 17.7 million cubic meters. Regressions of the variables species, operations, contractors and mechanization indicated that the logging costs per ton were higher in Uruguay, as were logging contract prices. The contract prices paid for thinning were significantly higher than those of clearcutting, but average logging costs did not differ significantly. A large amount of capital was needed to begin operations, but there was an inflection in the average cost curves at 50,000 tons/month, and average costs were asymptotic at 100,000 tons/month. Logging contractors working for pulp companies have significantly higher capital value and the largest payroll. The fully mechanized logging firms had the highest capital costs. The Cobb-Douglas function was best to estimate production and cost models. Last, the size of the logging firms in these three countries was larger than those reported for southeastern USA and for Scandinavia. However, average costs were not as low as reported in those countries. |
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