Economic modelling of forest sevice providers in Hungary
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https://doi.org/10.37045/aslh-2025-0001Keywords:
Extension services, Forestry contractors, Advisory system, Small business, Rural economyAbstract
This study presents a financial modelling analysis of licenced forestry specialist services and forestry operation services based on skidding and forwarding. An enterprise needs to provide forestry specialist services on 1,500–2,500 ha and achieve 36,000–37,000 EUR turnover to finance the fulltime employment of one person and to attain 10% profit on turnover. Forestry contractors that harvest wood by skidding with a farm tractor need to harvest 4,300–5,500 m3 annually and generate 120,000–130,000 EUR income per year, while an output of 7,700–10,100 m3 of harvested wood and 210,000– 220,000 EUR of income is needed in forwarding.
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