Diagnosis, design and evaluations
steps in design
The following design framework has been
used in the delivery of the Australian Master Tree Grower
Program over the last 6 years. The approach begins with the
farmers own aspirations and needs, and introduces the
commercial opportunities arising from the potential sale of
forestry products and services. Multipurpose designs arise
naturally and promising options are evaluated against the
farmers own performance criteria.
Farmer goals, aspirations, available
resources and constraints
Role trees and forests must play
in order to meet goals within constraints
Project design criteria, performance
measures and attitude to risk
What the farmers
wants
Stakeholder interest in forestry
and their willingness to pay or penalise
Market specifications for the trading
of forest products and services
Target tree and stand characteristics
required to meet market specifications
Compare farmer and market
needs to identify the compromises and complementarity
Build up multipurpose designs based on
farmer priorities and market specifications
Review management options that might be
able to deliver against farmer design criteria
and market specifications
Identify those variables within each design
that can be varied by the farmer
Test effect of changing
the design variables against the design criteria,
performance measures and the farmers attitude
to risk
Identify uncertainties and assess their
likely impact on the project outcomes.
Reduce uncertainty by seeking out information,
undertaking independent research and/or supporting
new cooperative research.
Compare promising options: accept or reject