Abstract:
Wood and non-wood resources in the forests have occu
pied a very important place in
human’s life, since the advent of history. And toda
y, developing technology along with
increasing needs enhance the importance of the othe
r functions of forests, in parallel with
wood production. Both in the world and as well in T
urkey, one of the featured functions
of forests is the production of Non-Wood Forest Prod
ucts (NWFP). Certain NWFPs are of
high added value and are used in many such fields a
s food, pharmaceutics, and as well in
cosmetics. It is emphatically essential to reveal t
he potential of these products by
conducting studies. Vast contributions could be mad
e to a country’s economy by
increasing and utilizing these potentials. With thi
s study, it is intended to reveal the
existing as well as the future return within a peri
od of six years to the Turkish economy of
NWFPs through a utilization of the foreign trade an
d production data of the gone years.
Keywords:
Artificial neural networks, Foreign trade, Non-wood
forest products, Prediction,
Turkey.