Consumption and Production Pattern of Sawmills in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra State Gawali Nkar1, Mhaiske Vinod1,*, Rane Ajay1, Kpatil Vinayak1, Jadhav Mahadev2, Khawale Minal1 1College of Forestry, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi VidyapeethDapoli, Dist Ratnagiri415712Maharashtra, India 2College of Agriculture, Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi VidyapeethDapoli, Dist Ratnagiri415712Maharashtra, India *Email for correspondence: vinod.mhaiske@gmail.com
Online Published on 12 September, 2022. Abstract Sawmill is one of the principal forest industries that is engaged in the processing and the efficient utilization of the timbers, a producer of semi-finished intermediate goods for other sectors. The study was aimed at consumption and production pattern of sawmills in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra state. Data were collected from thirty six (36) sawmill firms from the study area primarily through questionnaire using the random sampling technique. The results revealed that the overall lumber recovery in the selected sawmills was estimated at 73.96 per cent of the total lumber input. The average recovery of sawmills was between 63.55 to 83.95 per cent. In the sawmills of 6 species which had larger consumption, Gmelina arborea (80.73%) reported the highest recovery followed by Tectona grandis (79.34%), Terminalia tomentosa (78.12%), Acacia arabica (74.37%) and Mangifera indica (73.66%) and lowest was in Artocarpus interifolius (71.20%). Top Keywords Sawmills, Recovery, Tree species, Production, Consumption. Top |