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Markets drive the specialization strategies of forest peoples

Markets drive the specialization strategies of forest peoples
Markets drive the specialization strategies of forest peoples
Engagement in the market changes the opportunities and strategies of forest-related peoples. Efforts to support rural development need to better understand the potential importance of markets and the way people respond to them. To this end, we compared 61 case studies of the commercial production and trade of nontimber forest products from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The results show that product use is shaped by local markets and institutions, resource abundance, and the relative level of development. Larger regional patterns are also important. High-value products tend to be managed intensively by specialized producers and yield substantially higher incomes than those generated by the less specialized producers of less managed, low-value products. We conclude that commercial trade drives a process of intensified production and household specialization among forest peoples.
1708-3087
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Martinez Alfaro, M.A.
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Ricker, M
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Caballero, J.
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de Foresta, H.
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Kusters, K
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Lopez, C
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Fu, M
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Martinez Alfaro, M.A.
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Ndoye, O
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Ocampo, R
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Rai, N
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Ricker, M
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Schreckenberg, K
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Shackleton, S.E.
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Shanley, P
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Ruiz-Perez, M., Belcher, B., Achdiawan, R., Alexiades, M., Aubertin, C., Caballero, J., Campbell, B., Clement, C., Cunningham, T., Fantini, A., de Foresta, H., Garcia Fernandez, C, Gautam, K.H., Hersch Martinez, P, de Jong, W, Kusters, K, Kutty, M.G., Lopez, C, Fu, M, Martinez Alfaro, M.A., Nair, T.R., Ndoye, O, Ocampo, R, Rai, N, Ricker, M, Schreckenberg, K, Shackleton, S.E., Shanley, P, Sunderland, T and Youn, Y (2004) Markets drive the specialization strategies of forest peoples. Ecology and Society, 9 (4).

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Abstract

Engagement in the market changes the opportunities and strategies of forest-related peoples. Efforts to support rural development need to better understand the potential importance of markets and the way people respond to them. To this end, we compared 61 case studies of the commercial production and trade of nontimber forest products from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The results show that product use is shaped by local markets and institutions, resource abundance, and the relative level of development. Larger regional patterns are also important. High-value products tend to be managed intensively by specialized producers and yield substantially higher incomes than those generated by the less specialized producers of less managed, low-value products. We conclude that commercial trade drives a process of intensified production and household specialization among forest peoples.

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Published date: 2004

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Local EPrints ID: 187507
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/187507
ISSN: 1708-3087
PURE UUID: 64bf77cc-604e-483a-9a98-32fcca9e7d3a

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Last modified: 08 Jan 2022 14:36

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Author: M. Ruiz-Perez
Author: B. Belcher
Author: R. Achdiawan
Author: M. Alexiades
Author: C. Aubertin
Author: J. Caballero
Author: B. Campbell
Author: C. Clement
Author: T. Cunningham
Author: A. Fantini
Author: H. de Foresta
Author: C Garcia Fernandez
Author: K.H. Gautam
Author: P Hersch Martinez
Author: W de Jong
Author: K Kusters
Author: M.G. Kutty
Author: C Lopez
Author: M Fu
Author: M.A. Martinez Alfaro
Author: T.R. Nair
Author: O Ndoye
Author: R Ocampo
Author: N Rai
Author: M Ricker
Author: K Schreckenberg
Author: S.E. Shackleton
Author: P Shanley
Author: T Sunderland
Author: Y Youn

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