Bamboos have often been viewed as inferior products, labeled as the "poor man's timber". Development groups have proposed bamboo production as an opportunity for increasing the wealth of the low-income groups. This paper is a study of the household economy of 200 bamboo farmers in eight township ...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Zhong, M.
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Belcher, B.
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Xie, C.
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Fu Maoyi
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Xie, J.
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[The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China]
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The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China
Bamboo, with a long tradition in China, is one of the emerging sectors in the Chinese economy. It is making an increasingly large contribution to farmers' income and playing an important role in rural industrial development. Bamboo products are also being substituted for wood products, a process ...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Yang Xiaosheng
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Belcher, B.
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[Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion]
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Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion
China has undertaken major economic policy changes since 1978, having moved from a plan economy to a predominantly market economy. These changes had great impact in the forestry sector. This paper aims to document these changes in the case of bamboo, and at the same time show bamboo's contributio...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Xie Jinzhong
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Belcher, B.
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Zhong Maogong
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Xie Chen
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[Policy change in China: the effects on the bamboo sector in Anji county]
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Policy change in China: the effects on the bamboo sector in Anji county