Comparative cost analysis for bore hole and bark streak tapping methods in resin production from Pinus brutia

IF 2 3区农林科学 Q2 AGRONOMY

Agroforestry Systems Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI:10.1007/s10457-025-01146-3

İnci Caglayan, Özgür Kabak, Irem Ucal Sari

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Abstract

This study assesses the economic and technical feasibility of two resin extraction methods, Bore Hole Tapping (BH) and Bark Streak Tapping (BS), applied to Pinus brutia in the Korudağ Forest, Türkiye. Resin production from 758 trees was analyzed over six months to compare setup costs, operational expenses, labor costs, and yields. Additionally, a feasibility study involving 2500 trees was conducted to evaluate market, technical, and financial aspects. Results show that both methods incur high production costs, making resin production economically unviable under current market conditions. The BH method is particularly unfeasible due to significant initial investments and high operating costs. In contrast, the BS method, with lower costs, approaches viability at historically higher resin prices. Sensitivity analyses suggest that the BS method could become feasible with a significant rise in market prices. However, resin production from Pinus brutia remains economically unfeasible at present.

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油松树脂生产中钻孔法和树皮条攻胶法的成本比较分析

本文研究了钻孔抽采（BH）和树皮条抽采（BS）两种树脂提取方法在基尔基尔省科鲁达乌木林杉木中的经济和技术可行性。分析了758棵树在6个月内的树脂产量，比较了设置成本、运营费用、人工成本和产量。此外，还进行了一项涉及2500棵树木的可行性研究，以评估市场、技术和财务方面的问题。结果表明，两种方法的生产成本都很高，在目前的市场条件下，树脂生产在经济上是不可行的。由于初期投资大、运营成本高，井底法尤其不可行。相比之下，BS方法成本较低，在历史较高的树脂价格下接近可行性。敏感性分析表明，随着市场价格的大幅上涨，BS方法可能变得可行。然而，目前从油松生产树脂在经济上仍然是不可行的。

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Agroforestry Systems 农林科学-林学

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

9.10%

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审稿时长

4.5 months

期刊介绍： Agroforestry Systems is an international scientific journal that publishes results of novel, high impact original research, critical reviews and short communications on any aspect of agroforestry. The journal particularly encourages contributions that demonstrate the role of agroforestry in providing commodity as well non-commodity benefits such as ecosystem services. Papers dealing with both biophysical and socioeconomic aspects are welcome. These include results of investigations of a fundamental or applied nature dealing with integrated systems involving trees and crops and/or livestock. Manuscripts that are purely descriptive in nature or confirmatory in nature of well-established findings, and with limited international scope are discouraged. To be acceptable for publication, the information presented must be relevant to a context wider than the specific location where the study was undertaken, and provide new insight or make a significant contribution to the agroforestry knowledge base