To order copies please write to Dr. S. Appanah with your name, address and the publications you wish to receive. National training workshops have been so far held in Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, and Bhutan and Sri Lanka. However, one limitation was apparent in preparing the courses- good reference material for forestry scientists. Dr. Jayaraman improved and compiled the material he developed for the statistical courses into a manual on statistics for forestry research.
Foresters now have a statistical manual that they can call their own.
The usefulness and quality of the manual has caught the eye of forest research experts and it is going to be distributed in other parts in the world and translated into French by the FAO Headquarters in Rome. It gives an overview the current teak plantation programme, the state of plantation technology and issues related to site management, tree improvement, productivity, potential areas for new technology, use of short dimension wood from plantations and economics of teak plantations. Based on the discussion during the seminar a number of recommendations have been made relating to improving access to information, long term strategy for tree improvement, conservation of genetic resources, pest and disease management and sustaining and improving productivity. The workshop particularly examines issues like research prioritization, institutional arrangements, funding and improving the information system. A number of recommendations have been made to improve the efficacy of the research system in Vietnam.