Affiliations: Department of Management and Economics of Entrepreneurship, Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G. F. Morozov”, Voronezh, Russian Federation | [a] Department of Technology and Equipment of Forest Complex, Arctic State Agrotechnological University, Yakutsk, Russian Federation | [b] Department of Land Use and Land Management, Novocherkassk Engineering Institute reclamation named after A. K. Kortunova of FGBOU VO “Don State Agrarian University”, Novocherkassk, Russian Federation | [c] Department of Transport and Production Machines and Equipment, Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “Petrozavodsk State University”, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation | [d] Department of Economics & Business Administration, Thanh Dong University, Hai Duong, Viet Nam | [e] Department of Forest Culture and Forest-Park Economy, Don State Agrarian University, Novocherkassk, Russian Federation | [f] Department of Technology and Equipment for Forestry Production, Moscow State Technical University, N. E. Bauman (Mytishchi Banch), Mytishchi, Russian Federation | [g] Basic Department of Reproduction and Processing of Forest Resources, Bratsk State University, Bratsk, Russian Federation
Abstract: An intensive increase in the area of clear-cutting on the territory of Russia leads to the growth of non-reforested areas. Therefore, successful reforestation requires higher attention and the use of new technological solutions for growing seedlings. The purpose of this work was to perform an economic assessment of the costs required for traditional and innovative technologies in growing seedlings of woody species with open and closed root systems under different cultivation conditions. The results of the comparative analysis showed that seedlings grown with closed root systems without heating in greenhouses in one rotation require minimum costs for growing. An increasing number of rotations in growing seedlings with closed root systems leads to a decrease in the production costs and makes seedlings of English oak competitive in price with seedlings grown by traditional technology. It has been established that the discounted ROI period for seedlings with a closed root system is 5.5 years. Hence, the transition to innovative technologies for the cultivation of forest planting material is necessary for the effective implementation of recreation processes for forestry of Russia.
Keywords: Reforestation, open-rooted seedlings, closed-rooted seedlings, cost of growing forest crops, production costs
