Evaluación De Costos De Establecimiento, Mantenimiento, Cosecha Y Comercialización De Una Plantación Forestal De Acacia Mangium En El Municipio De Puerto Gaitán, Meta

Abstract

Colombia country with forest vocation has more than 7.2 million hectares suitable for commercial reforestation, of which only about 6% are planted, with an influence of the sector on the GDP of less than 1%, this due to different problems and unknowns about the forestry business, its benefits and its risks (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2016). The department of Meta has 22,750 hectares of commercial plantations, which grow year after year due to the recent development of the region and the possibility of buying land at very low costs compared to the national average; however, the purchase of land and the productive development of the region has not gone hand in hand with development in road infrastructure and services (Tacha & Moreno, 2016), this situation has generated many investors perceive a high level of risk to the invest in projects in the region, especially forestry projects, this due to the difficulty that can represent the entry of necessary inputs and the extraction of final products (Herrera, 2016) Due to the above, there is a need to investigate, model and analyze the behavior of forestry investments in the region, in order to have clear data that allows better information and criteria for decision making by future investors in the sector. This document was generated through the collection of direct information, carried out in a forestry project of 1200 hectares of Acacia mangium in the municipality of Puerto Gaitán, department of Meta, owned by the company ECOLOGIC SAS. For the identification of useful financial indicators in the decision-making process, an analysis of the costs incurred in all phases of the forestry project was carried out, as well as the analysis of present benefits for CIF resources and timber commercialization and expected future benefits. the sale of wood from the plantation. The financial study resulted in the viability of the forestry project and a good profitability opportunity in relation to other types of investments, specifically for the Company. For the variations of the model, an IRR above 11% was found in the majority of cases and it was identified that the project is sensitive especially to changes in revenues and not so sensitive to the costs of the operation.