Narrowing the wood supply gap through on-farm wood production in Tanzania

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Prevailing challengesWood products are integral to the livelihoods of households in Sub-Saharan Africa due to the reliance on firewood, charcoal, and wood biomass for cooking and heating purposes.Wood remains important with the increasing price of alternative energy sources such as fossil fuel-related products.This has triggered an increase in the demand for wood products, an increase which has similarly fueled deforestation and forest degradation.A large portion of the wood in the local and national market comes from the farms and woodlots of small and medium-scale wood producers since they account for 54% of Tanzania's total wood supply 2 .Therefore, it is increasingly important to understand the prevailing conditions constraining the productivity of these small and medium-scale wood producers from meeting the national wood demand.Therefore, in diagnosing the wood supply deficit situation in Tanzania, the WoodCluster project identified some of the key challenges to attaining sustainable wood supply. Limited technical and soft skills for the actors involved in the wood products sector. Limited access to information for the wood producers about market prices, consumer demands, and preferences which limits the bargaining power of the smallholder farmers to cash in more from wood sales  Restricted access to finance and credit services  Conflicting standards for wood grading requirements  Poor infrastructure related to roads and wood processing facilities  Strong dependence on middlemen due to the absence of organized structures for collective wood production and marketing  Limited value addition along the wood value chains constrains profit maximization because most wood products reach the market in an unprocessed or semi-processed form.Cluster analysis & national scenario Project Methods Wood value chain & market assessment Farm forestry

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