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REDD+
Profits from land uses
Douglas White, Jan Börner, Jim Gockowski
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REDD+
OppCost process
Ch4
Classify land usesForest
.
.
.
Ag
Ch5
Carbon stocks(tC/ha)
Ch6
Profits($/ha)
OppCost matrix($/tCO2e)
For the vertical axis:
$/tC02e
tC02e
0
-
+
Ch7 Opportunity Costs
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REDD+
Profits from land uses: Objectives
1. Present an analytical framework to estimate profits
(forest, agriculture, livestock raising…)
2. Identify information sources of costs & revenues
3. Estimate budgets of land uses
4. Develop multi-year profit analysis of land use
trajectories
5. Critically review methods and data
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REDD+
Introduction
Other terms for profit:
• net benefits
• net revenues
• net returns
Profit is a concise and convenient way to
describe the concept of benefits – costs.
Intr
o
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REDD+
Is profit the appropriate measure?
• Especially in rural regions:
– the value of production not always based on
money
– many products not purchased or sold
• seeds, family labor inputs
• household consumption of harvests
• Estimating non-marketed goods and services
is a challenge
Intr
o
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REDD+
How to estimate profits
• The methods are based on a bottom-up approach of – data collection
– analysis of revenues and costs
for all of land use activities
• Why such detail? – To not be a “black box” analysis
– Basis for adjustment within scenarios
– To substantiate national policy and REDD+ participation decisions
Intr
o
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REDD+
Profits of what?
• Opportunity costs are based on
comparisons of land uses
• What do we mean by land use change?
• Essential to clarify when estimating
profits
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REDD+
Analytical framework
Land use in a REDD+ context
• Not just a simple change
• Multiple
– products
– phases
• Establishment
• Production
– changes
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest harvest (hunting, NTFP collection, charcoal, firewood,selective logging, SFM)
Forest
1
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest harvest (hunting, NTFP, charcoal, firewood, logging, SFM)
Fore
stC
on
vers
ion
Forest
1
2Products and value•Timber
•Charcoal
•Firewood
•or nothing and a cost?
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest harvest (hunting, NTFP collection, charcoal, firewood, selective logging, SFM)
Cyclical
AgLongfallow
AgLongfallow
Agriculture
Short fallow
AgShort
fallowAg
Shortfallow
Agriculture Short
fallowAg Ag
Fore
stC
on
vers
ion
Longfallow
Ag
Forest
1
2
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest harvest (hunting, NTFP collection, charcoal, firewood,selective logging, SFM)
Perennial tree crop (oil palm, cocoa, agroforestry)
Cyclical
Transitional
AgLongfallow
AgLongfallow
Agriculture
Short fallow
AgShort
fallowAg
Shortfallow
Agriculture
Cattle/pastures
Agriculture
Short fallow
Ag Ag
Fore
stC
on
vers
ion
Longfallow
Ag
Forest
1
2 Agriculture
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest harvest (hunting, NTFP collection, charcoal, firewood,selective logging, SFM)
Perennial (Oil palm, agroforestry)
Agriculture (Soy)
Direct
Perennial tree crop (oil palm, cocoa, agroforestry)
Cyclical
Transitional
AgLongfallow
AgLongfallow
Agriculture
Short fallow
AgShort
fallowAg
Shortfallow
Agriculture
Cattle/pastures
Agriculture
Short fallow
Ag Ag
Fore
stC
on
vers
ion
Longfallow
Ag
Forest
1
2 Agriculture
Intr
oU
pfr
on
t
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest harvest (hunting, NTFP collection, charcoal, firewood,selective logging, SFM)
Perennial (Oil palm, agroforestry)
Agriculture (Soy)
Direct
Perennial tree crop (oil palm, cocoa, agroforestry)
Cyclical
Transitional
AgLongfallow
AgLongfallow
Agriculture
Short fallow
AgShort
fallowAg
Shortfallow
Agriculture
Cattle/pastures
Agriculture
Short fallow
Ag Ag
Fore
stC
on
vers
ion
Reforestation
(tree establishment, management, SFM, harvesting)
Longfallow
Ag
Intr
oU
pfr
on
t
Non-forest
Forest
1
2
3
forest
Agriculture
Forest
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest harvest (hunting, NTFP collection, charcoal, firewood,selective logging, SFM)
Afforestation
Perennial (Oil palm, agroforestry)
Agriculture (Soy)
Direct
Perennial tree crop (oil palm, cocoa, agroforestry)
Cyclical
Transitional
AgLongfallow
AgLongfallow
Agriculture
Short fallow
AgShort
fallowAg
Shortfallow
Agriculture
Cattle/pastures
Agriculture
Short fallow
Ag Ag
(tree establishment, management, SFM, harvesting)Non-forest
Fore
stC
on
vers
ion
Reforestation
(tree establishment, management, SFM, harvesting)Forest
Longfallow
Ag
Non-forest
Forest
1
2
3
4
forest
Agriculture
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REDD+
3 types of land use profit analysis
1. the enterprise (or activity) budget is the
basic building block of information
– typically focuses on a single activity
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest harvest (hunting, NTFP collection, selective logging, SFM)
Afforestation
Perennial (Oil palm, agroforestry)
Agriculture (Soy)
Direct
Perennial tree crop (oil palm, cocoa, agroforestry)
Cyclical
Transitional
AgLongfallow
AgLongfallow
Agriculture
Short fallow
AgShort
fallowAg
Shortfallow
Agriculture
Cattle/pastures
Agriculture
Short fallow
Ag Ag
(tree establishment, management, SFM, harvesting)Non-forest
Fore
stC
on
vers
ion
Reforestation
(tree establishment, management, SFM, harvesting)Forest
Longfallow
Ag
Non-forest
Forest
1
2
3
4
forest
Agriculture
Ag
Enterprise
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REDD+
3 types of land use profit analysis
1. the enterprise (or activity) budget is the
basic building block of information
– typically focuses on a single activity
2. land use system budget
– multi-enterprise, multi-phase land uses
Intr
o
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest harvest (hunting, NTFP collection, selective logging, SFM)
Afforestation
Perennial (Oil palm)
Agriculture (Soy)
Direct
Perennial tree crop (oil palm, cocoa, agroforestry)
Cyclical
Transitional
AgLongfallow
AgLongfallow
Agriculture
Short fallow
AgShort
fallowAg
Shortfallow
Agriculture
Cattle/pastures
Agriculture
Short fallow
Ag Ag
(tree establishment, management, SFM, harvesting)Non-forest
Fore
stC
on
vers
ion
Reforestation
(tree establishment, management, SFM, harvesting)Forest
Longfallow
Ag
Non-forest
Forest
1
2
3
4
forest
Agriculture Land use system
AgLongfallow
AgLongfallow
Agriculture Longfallow
Ag
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REDD+
3 types of land use profit analysis
1. enterprise (or activity) budget is the
basic building block of information
– typically focuses on a single activity
2. land use budgets
– multi-enterprise, multi-phase land uses
3. land use trajectories
– few or many land uses within a time horizon
– basis for opportunity costs of REDD+
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest harvest (hunting, NTFP collection, selective logging, SFM)
Afforestation
Perennial (Oil palm, agroforestry)
Agriculture (Soy)
Direct
Perennial tree crop (oil palm, cocoa, agroforestry)
Cyclical
Transitional
AgLongfallow
AgLongfallow
Agriculture
Short fallow
AgShort
fallowAg
Shortfallow
Agriculture
Cattle/pastures
Agriculture
Short fallow
Ag Ag
(tree establishment, management, SFM, harvesting)Non-forest
Fore
stC
on
vers
ion
Reforestation
(tree establishment, management, SFM, harvesting)Forest
Longfallow
Ag
Non-forest
Forest
1
2
3
4
forest
Agriculture Profit analysis of a
land use trajectory
AgLongfallow
AgLongfallow
Agriculture
Fore
stC
on
vers
ion
Longfallow
Ag
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REDD+
0 Year T
Forest harvest (hunting, NTFP collection, selective logging, SFM)
Afforestation
Perennial (Oil palm)
Agriculture (Soy)
Direct
Perennial tree crop (oil palm, cocoa)
Cyclical
Transitional
AgLongfallow
AgLongfallow
Agriculture
Short fallow
AgShort
fallowAg
Shortfallow
Agriculture
Cattle/pastures
Agriculture
Short fallow
Ag Ag
(tree establishment, management, SFM, harvesting)Non-forest
Fore
stC
on
vers
ion
Reforestation
(tree establishment, management, SFM, harvesting)Forest
Longfallow
Ag
Non-forest
Forest
1
2
3
4
forest
Agriculture
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REDD+
1. Enterprise budgets
• Are a summary of costs and revenues
• Typically describe activities within a year’s harvest season
• Forest and agriculture uses– NTFP collection, timber harvesting, annual
crops, livestock, perennial crops
• Per hectare calculation
Intr
oU
pfr
on
tB
ud
ge
t1
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REDD+
Rice (per hectare)
Profit $xTotal Input Costs Total Revenues
Product Quantity
Pri
ce Cost Harvest Price
Seed
Fertilizer
Machinery
Tools
Labor Activity Workdays
Wag
e
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
Threshing
Transport
Calendar: Workdays
Activity Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
Post-harv. process
Transport
Total
An enterprise budget
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REDD+
Rice (per hectare)
Profit $x
Total Input
Costs
Total
RevenuesProduc
t Unit
Quanti
ty
Pric
e Cost Harvest Price
Seed
Fertiliz
er
Machin
ery
Tools
TotalLabor Activity Workdays Wage Cost
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
Threshing
Transport
Calendar: Workdays
Activity Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Preparation
Planting
An enterprise budget
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REDD+
Rice (per hectare)
Profit $x
Total Input
Costs
Total
Revenues
Product Unit Quantity Price Cost Harvest Price
Seed
Fertilizer
Machinery
Tools
Total
Labor Activity Workdays Wage
Cos
t
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
Threshing
Transport
Calendar: Workdays
Activity Jan Feb Mar Apr
M
a
y Jun Jul
Au
g Sep Oct
No
v Dec Total
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
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REDD+
Rice (per hectare)
Profit $x
Total Input
Costs
Total
Revenues
Product Unit Quantity Price Cost Harvest Price
Seed
Fertilizer
Machinery
Tools
Total
Labor Activity Workdays Wage
Cos
t
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
Threshing
Transport
Calendar: Workdays
Activity Jan Feb Mar Apr
M
a
y Jun Jul
Au
g Sep Oct
No
v Dec Total
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
UnitsCareful record within budgets is essential
kg, liters, tons, should be noted
Local measures of input & yield converted to per hectare
Local currencies should be used
Can be converted later to a standard currency, typically € or $
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REDD+
Rice (per hectare)
Profit $x
Total Input
Costs
Total
Revenues
Product Unit Quantity Price Cost Harvest Price
Seed
Fertilizer
Machinery
Tools
Total
Labor Activity Workdays Wage
Cos
t
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
Threshing
Transport
Calendar: Workdays
Activity Jan Feb Mar Apr
M
a
y Jun Jul
Au
g Sep Oct
No
v Dec Total
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
Units (2)Some cost information may come in different units
e.g., workdays per ton of product harvested
then convert to per hectare basis
If farm inputs are used for more than one enterprise,
the cost should be shared and attributed to the other
enterprises
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REDD+
Rice (per hectare)
Profit $x
Total Input Costs Total Revenues
Product Unit Quantity Price Cost Harvest Price
Seed
Fertilizer
Machinery
Tools
Total
Labor Activity Workdays Wage Cost
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
Threshing
TransportCalendar: Workdays
Activity Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
Post-harv. process
Transport
Total
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REDD+
Rice (per hectare)
Profit $x
Total Input Costs Total Revenues
Product Unit Quantity Price Cost Harvest Price
Seed
Fertilizer
Machinery
Tools
Total
Labor Activity Workdays Wage Cost
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
Threshing
Transport
Calendar: Workdays
Activity Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Preparation
Planting
Weeding
Harvest
Post-harvest
Transport
Total
An enterprise budget
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REDD+
Enterprise budgets
• Many methodology and data assumptions
underlie the information within enterprise
budgets
• Make notes (low - high values)
• Parameters (e.g., input, harvest yield and
price) can easily be adjusted to represent
specific locations and contexts
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REDD+
Which price to use?
• Actual prices can greatly differ according to
location
– Price data represent different stages within a
product value chain
• Farmgate
• Wholesale
• Retail
– Farm to different markets
– local, national, international
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REDD+
Which price to use?
• Farmgate price: the price a farmer receives for
outputs or pays for inputs at the boundary of the
farm
– Data sources: field surveys with farmers,
extensionists or agricultural census data
– Adjustment needed when farmgate prices
differ from local market prices
– An adjustment factor often related to
• distance to market and
• quality of road/river transport
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REDD+
How to estimate non-existent and
unstable prices (1)
The value of inputs provided by the household
• Labor
– prices may change according to task and time of
year
– use the cost that farmers actually incur
• Seeds
– retained from harvest
– foregone income at harvest time
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REDD+
How to estimate unstable and non-
existent prices (2)
• Smallholder farm households may consume
much of their harvests
– the value of the output should be recognized
• It is important to document the assumptions
and methods since
– inputs and outputs can be valued in different ways
– be done justifiably
– but produce different results
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REDD+
How to estimate unstable and non-
existent prices (3)
• Sensitivity analysis can reveal effects of
assumption on analysis results
• Differences may be
– insignificant or
– worthy of discussion amongst peers to
decide the best, most relevant, option
• Results need to be
– relevant to landholders
– accurately represent their situation
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REDD+
How to deal with prices distorted by
policies? (1)
• Prices can also differ due to government
intervention
– subsidies can decrease production input costs
(e.g., gasoline, fertilizer)
– taxes/tariffs can increase costs
– such a basic assumption of what price to use can
greatly affect REDD+ opportunity cost estimates
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REDD+
How to deal with prices distorted by
policies? (2)
• If policy distortions are apparent and
important, recommended to have separate
estimates
• A Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) is helpful to
compare results of different accounting
approaches (or methodological
assumptions)
– For more, see Monke and Pearson, 1989.
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REDD+
What to do when yields differ across
sub-national regions? (1)
• The distribution of profits for a particular land
use within a country can be highly variable
• For example, wide differences exist between the
harvest yields of cocoa producers
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REDD+
What to do when yields differ across
sub-national regions? (2)
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n=4691
Mean =369 kg/ha
Median = 258 kg/ha
Std deviation =388
Mean
Median
Causes include significant differences in
• fertilizer use
• management practices
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REDD+
What to do when yields differ across
sub-national regions? (3)
Without timber
All species
High value species
Only mahogany
Inaccessible
Logging history
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REDD+
What to do when yields differ across
sub-national regions? (4)
• Examine yields and causes of differences
to improve the accuracy and precision
• At a national level, different budgets
should be developed
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REDD+
Data collection (1)
• A variety of sources– National research centers and universities
• May not be representative
– Literature review of case studies
– Interviews with farmers, or other experts
(e.g., agronomists, extensionists,
foresters)
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REDD+
Data collection (2)
• Database should be in domestic currency– Typically less vulnerable to exchange rate
fluctuations.
• Convert to foreign currency for specific purposes– At some later point, to compare REDD+
opportunity costs with payments (US$/tCO2e or other terms)
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REDD+
Data collection (3)
Surveys
• Accuracy and reliability also depends on
good sample design and well-trained
enumerators
• Usually can only obtain reliable data for the
current and previous years
• Difficult when the activities concerned are
illegal (e.g., logging, bushmeat trade).
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REDD+
Data collection (4)
Surveys
• Although yield is available through producer surveys, many smallholder farmers do not have precise measures of their field size
• Accurate estimates of field size may be obtained by walking the field perimeter with a handheld GPS
• Detailed secondary information on inputs is rarely readily available
• Best obtained via farmer and key informant interviews
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REDD+
2. Land use budgets
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REDD+
Land use budgets
• Account for a combination of activities, such as
agricultural and tree crops
• Typically multiple year summaries representing
all phases of an activity: preparation, production
and fallow periods
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REDD+
Land use system
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 30
Oil palm -264 -70 -70 -70 46 57 69 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 200
Cocoa(815) (75) 84 284 97 97 97 97 97 97 97 97 97 97 97 97
Rice+plantain 8y fallow -133 158 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -45 158 115 0 0
Rice+plantain 4y fallow -133 158 115 0 0 0 0 -73 158 115 0 0 0 0 -73 158
Improved pasture -633 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74
Traditional pasture -384 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38
With Charcoal 378
Charcoal+oil palm 114 -70 -70 -70 46 57 69 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 200
Charcoal+rice+plantain
8y fallow 245 158 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -45 158 115 0 0
With Timber 450
Timber+improved
pasture-183 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38
NTFP collection 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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REDD+
Profit of land use systems
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Oil palm
Cocoa
Rice+plantain 8y fallow
Rice+plantain 4y fallow
Improved pasture
Traditional pasture
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REDD+
How to handle highly variable prices
and yields (1)
• When collecting data at one point in time,
information is not representative of other years
• Two basic types of variation exist
– Variance around a static mean
• weather conditions, pest & disease outbreaks, exchange
rates
– Variance around a changing (trending) mean
• soil degradation vs new technology
• increased consumer demand, energy costs vs demand shifts
away for particular commodities
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REDD+
How to handle highly variable prices
and yields (2)
• Past trends can provide important information for
future years
• Price information should be examined over multiple
years along with the market and technology context
• Major trends can be addressed in sensitivity and
scenario analyses and economic sector models
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REDD+
3. Profit analysis of land use trajectories
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REDD+
Profit analysis of land use trajectories
• A land use trajectory is a longer-term
summary of land uses and land use
changes
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REDD+
Land use trajectory
Net present value (1)
• Net present value (NPV), or present
value, is a summary calculation used
to estimate the profitability over many
years
• NPV takes into account the time-value
of money with a discount rate
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REDD+
Why use a discount rate?
• A dollar today is worth more than a dollar
tomorrow
• Thus, the value of future profits must be
properly discounted
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REDD+
Land use trajectory
Net present value (2)
• With multi-year analysis, NPV is a discounted
stream of profits (revenues minus costs of capital,
land and labor inputs)
Where t = year, T = length of time horizon, Π =
annual profits of the LU ($/ha), r = discount rate.
• The major assumptions introduced at the stage of
NPV calculation are the discount rate (r) and the
time horizon (T)
T
tt
t
rNPV
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REDD+
Effect of the discount rate
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REDD+
Effect of the discount rate
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REDD+
What discount rate?
• The local or national interest rate?
• They can be high, reflecting perhaps
– less stable economic conditions or
– the inherent risk of loans not being repaid
• Nevertheless, strong criticism arises
from using high discount rates
• Dramatically reduce the viability of long-term
investments
• forestry, agroforestry, and animal systems
• Initial costs are scarcely discounted, future
earnings is significantly lower.
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REDD+
What discount rate?
• An interpretation of discounting with high
rates is
– that future values do not matter
– the benefits to future generations are
unimportant
• High discount rates confront the
conservationist view of biodiversity value
• Thus, a lower (social) discount rates could
be more justifiable
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REDD+
Discount rates, in sum
• It is important to select a discount rate the
reflects the market and policy context
• REDD+ programs are not based on the context
of smallholders, conservationists or businesses
• The national accounting system of a country is
the likely intermediate and appropriate financial
context of a REDD+ program
• Therefore, within the training manual a 5%
discount rate is employed
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REDD+
Time horizon of a NPV analysis (2)
• The use of a discount rate and longer time horizon helps
improve the methodological consistency when estimating
the land use profits.
– Land uses are likely to have differing period lengths.
Discrepancies can result within a multi-year time horizon.
– Some land uses may end in the end or middle of a productive
phase while other may be in fallow
• Fortunately, the discount rate causes the contribution of
later year profits to be less significant.
• If a short time horizon is used, substantial residual values
may arise for many land uses.
• A long time horizon causes benefits or losses beyond the
time horizon no longer matter
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REDD+
Results of land use trajectory
profitability analysis (30 year)
Land uses
Average
annual profit,
undiscounted
NPV
Oil palm 45 346
Cocoa 66 604
Rice+plantain 8y fallow 20 302
Rice+plantain 4y fallow 25 383
Improved pasture 50 464
Traditional pasture 24 182
Charcoal 360
Charcoal+oil palm 58 706
Charcoal+rice+plantain 8y
fallow 33 662
Timber 429
Timber+improved pasture 65 893
NTFP collection 1 15
Land uses
Average
annual profit,
undiscounted
NPV
Oil palm 45 346
Cocoa 66 604
Rice+plantain 8y fallow 20 302
Rice+plantain 4y fallow 25 383
Improved pasture 50 464
Traditional pasture 24 182
Charcoal 360
Charcoal+oil palm 58 706
Charcoal+rice+plantain 8y
fallow 33 662
Timber 429
Timber+improved pasture 65 893
NTFP collection 1 15
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REDD+
How to estimate budgets for hypothetical
land uses
• Countries may want to estimate hypothetical land uses– New crops
– Reduced impact logging (RIL)
– Biofuels
• Yet, prospective budgets often make unrealistic assumptions to obtain funds for research and implementation
• Careful review is recommended
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REDD+
Accounting stance
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REDD+
Whose perspective?
(the accounting stance)
• REDD+ programs involve different types of landholders– Country/national
– Individual groups (e.g., farmer, rancher, logging company, community).
• Accounting stance – represents the viewpoint of individual groups or the country
• Affects the data collected and the way cost and revenue calculation
• Inappropriate mixing of data and methods is – a potentially easy and common error
– can result in misleading estimates
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REDD+
Valuation and accounting stance
• For individual groups:
– revenues and costs are valued at actual prices
– sometimes termed private or financial profitability
• For a country:
– the social value may differ from market prices
• policy distortions (taxes, subsidies, import restrictions)
– social value of resources
• adjusted market prices
• sometimes termed social or economic profitability
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REDD+
Summary
• The bottom-up approach is – Based on history
– Data, methods and assumptions are explained
– With so much detail, it is not a black box
– Foundation for additional analyses
• Future scenarios
• Models
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REDD+
Profits from land uses
Taken many numbers and compressed them
into one
To be part of an opportunity cost estimate
$/tC02e
tC02e0
-
+
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REDD+
Key messages
• Field data is the foundation
– Large samples not as beneficial as good
quality interviews
• Leave tracks: short notes are helpful
• The same land use is likely to have
different profit levels
• Discount rate can greatly affect estimates
Intr
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REDD+
Thank you