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
The cases studied show a lively bamboo sector that is expanding, contributing to employment and economic development in rural areas of China. County variations seem to indicate alternative land use options and different degrees of industrial development among them. New demands, notably for bamboo...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Belcher, B.
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[Comparison of bamboo production systems in six counties in China]
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Comparison of bamboo production systems in six counties in China
Forestry and poverty analyses in China show an ambiguous relationship. While the co-occurrence of forest rich areas and poor counties has been noted by some authors, others have stressed the role played by forestry in these areas where it is frequently one of the few options available. This study...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Belcher, B.
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Fu Maoyi
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Yang Xiaosheng
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[Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China]
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Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China
There are positive and negative feed-back links between forestry and poverty. The role of forests as part of a rural development strategy is much debated in literature. We have explored this role and links for a montane forest village in East China using official historical data and our own field...
Gutiérrez Rodriguez, L.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Yang, Xiaosheng
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Fu, Maoyi
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Geriletu
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Wu, D.
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[The changing contribution of forests to livelihoods: evidence from Daxi Village, Zhejiang Province, China]
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The changing contribution of forests to livelihoods: evidence from Daxi Village, Zhejiang Province, China
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Maoyi, F.
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Belcher, B.
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Xioasheng, Y.
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Mertens, B.
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Hua, L
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Jinzhong, X.
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[The socio-economic and environmental roles of bamboo in rural China]
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The socio-economic and environmental roles of bamboo in rural China
Mertens, B.
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Liu Hua
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Belcher, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Yang Xiaosheng
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[Spatial patterns and processes of bamboo expansion in Southern China]
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Spatial patterns and processes of bamboo expansion in Southern China
Over the past few years, a number of Chinese researchers have collaborated with CIFOR and INBAR/IDRC in a systematic, two-phase socio-economic study of the bamboo sector in China. This proceedings contains a synthesis from the main research findings from research programs related to socioeconomic...
Fu Maoyi
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Yang Xiaosheng
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[Proceedings of Workshop on China Social Economics, Marketing and Policy of the Bamboo Sector, 16-18 June 1999, Beijing]
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Proceedings of Workshop on China Social Economics, Marketing and Policy of the Bamboo Sector, 16-18 June 1999, Beijing
Over recent years, since reform and liberalisation, there has been rapid development of the bamboo industry in China that has brought about a series of economic policies and regulations favourable to economic development. Between 1981 and 1993, the area covered by bamboo forests expanded at a rat...
Zhong M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Belcher, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[Effects of social economy and policies on production management systems: a case study of China's bamboo industries]
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Effects of social economy and policies on production management systems: a case study of China's bamboo industries
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