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4. “Cultivating agarwood” and “Impacts of agarwood
domestication”
Number of Participants: 18
Table 4.1: Comparison of agarwood cultivation techniques
|
Agarwood Cultivation Techniques |
|
Traditional Method |
- wounding
- selective removal of branches
|
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Modern Method |
- wounding and application of microbes (single
or mixture)
- wounding and application of chemicals
- shoot culture and fungi
- wounding and chemicals in relation to soil types, positive
relation
|
Table 4.2: Requirements for successful commercialization of cultivated
agarwood
|
Commercialization of cultivated agarwood |
|
Inducement technology |
- simple and efficient
- easy to apply
- quality assured
- cost effective
|
|
Transfer of technology |
- via government initiatives and through regional collaboration
|
|
Harvesting |
- short-term harvesting (for low- and medium-quality oil)
- long term for high quality agarwood /oil
- high-yielding variety or cultivar for each producer country
|
Participants agreed that the successful commercialization of cultivated agarwood
necessitates the development of a high-yield variety or cultivar for each producer
country.
Table 4.3: The impact of agarwood domestication on conservation and
the agarwood market
| Impact of Domestication on: |
| Conservation |
- expected to be positive
- should enhance survival of the respective species
in their natural habitats in the respective range states
|
| Pricing & Market |
- uncertain because quality of product from plantation
uncertain
- currently lack of uniform standard for the world,
hence necessity to formulate a global standard for agarwood products
- eventually, development of a uniform classification/grading
system for products from plantations
- high-quality agarwood would still fetch high
prices
- prices expected to go up if less supply
- low-to-medium-quality product entering the market
will raise or lower the price depending on supply from plantations
|
| New Products |
- market already characterized by products from low
end to high end
- increase in the range of products from different grades
of agarwood expected
- explore new products associated with medicinal uses
|
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