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Comparison of bamboo production systems in six counties in China

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Title Comparison of bamboo production systems in six counties in China
 
Creator Ruíz Pérez, M.
Belcher, B.
 
Subject bamboos
production
productivity
economic growth
tenure systems
change
resource management
industry
non-timber forest products
conferences
 
Description 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 shoots are widening the range of species being planted, signaling a trend towards greater diversification, although most bamboo remains the dominant species. A new emerging issue is how to improve bamboo management while trying to satisfy development and environmental objectives. While bamboo intensification is showing signs of environmental impact, many naturally occurring species of bamboo remain still under-utilized if not blatantly ignored, being sometimes considered as a weed. The first phase of land reform seems to have reached a ceiling. There is a wide consensus that the reforms undertaken have triggered a major expansion of the bamboo sector. However, a new momentum in the reform process is needed. Extending the length of contracts, improving the conditions and guarantees for inheritability of rights, allowing for some flexibility in the allocation of land and a new approach to subleasing, as well as incentives to improve management of state and collective farms are currently being discussed and applied in an experimental way. The recent bamboo raw material price stagnation and even decline seem to indicate a market glut. The Asian economic crisis has had an effect in this trial installed capacity, old technologies and insufficient response to new demands has also contributed to the decline of prices. Restructuring the bamboo industry, focusing it on quality and innovation, seem to be one of the key tasks ahead.
 
Date 2001
2012-06-04T09:06:20Z
2012-06-04T09:06:20Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Ruiz Perez, M., Belcher, B. 2001. Comparison of bamboo production systems in six counties in China . In: Fu Maoyi, Ruiz Perez, M., Yang Xiaosheng (eds.). Proceedings of a Workshop on China Social Economics, Marketing and Policy of the Bamboo Sector, Beijing, 16-18 June 1999. :18-54. Beijing, Beijing, China Forestry Publishing House. China Forestry Publishing House.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18322
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/840
 
Language en
 
Publisher China Forestry Publishing House