Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods 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 in...
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| author | Ruíz Pérez, M. Belcher, B. Fu Maoyi Yang Xiaosheng |
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| description | 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 indicates that the expansion of off-farm income is the fundamental development process taking place in many areas of rural China. Forestry can offer good income generating options to farmers, but as the local economy develops forestry tends to be displaced by more attractive alternatives. There are niche specialisation opportunities even for rich farmers, normally linked to a certain degree of vertical integration, enhanced by specific features of some forestry uses like bamboo. |
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| spelling | CGSpace191192025-01-24T14:12:33Z Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China Ruíz Pérez, M. Belcher, B. Fu Maoyi Yang Xiaosheng rural communities livelihoods forestry bamboos poverty 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 indicates that the expansion of off-farm income is the fundamental development process taking place in many areas of rural China. Forestry can offer good income generating options to farmers, but as the local economy develops forestry tends to be displaced by more attractive alternatives. There are niche specialisation opportunities even for rich farmers, normally linked to a certain degree of vertical integration, enhanced by specific features of some forestry uses like bamboo. 2004 2012-06-04T09:09:08Z 2012-06-04T09:09:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19119 en Ruiz Perez, M., Belcher, B., Fu Maoyi, Yang Xiaosheng. 2004. Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China . International Forestry Review 6 (3-4) :306-316. ISSN: 1465-5489. |
| spellingShingle | rural communities livelihoods forestry bamboos poverty Ruíz Pérez, M. Belcher, B. Fu Maoyi Yang Xiaosheng Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China |
| title | Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China |
| title_full | Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China |
| title_fullStr | Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China |
| title_short | Looking through the bamboo curtain: an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China |
| title_sort | looking through the bamboo curtain an analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in china |
| topic | rural communities livelihoods forestry bamboos poverty |
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