Markets for three bark products in Zimbabwe: a case study of markets for bark of Adansonia digitata, Berchemia discolor and Warburgia salutaris
Markets for craft and medicinal products derived from the bark of three tree species were assessed in rural and urban areas of Zimbabwe. Bark crafts from Adansonia digitata (baobab) are widely sold in these regions. The number of sellers has increased since the 1980s and has remained relatively stab...
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New York Botanical Garden Press
2014
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| author | Veeman M Cocks M Muwonge F Choge SK Campbell, Bruce M. |
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| author_facet | Veeman M Cocks M Muwonge F Choge SK Campbell, Bruce M. |
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| description | Markets for craft and medicinal products derived from the bark of three tree species were assessed in rural and urban areas of Zimbabwe. Bark crafts from Adansonia digitata (baobab) are widely sold in these regions. The number of sellers has increased since the 1980s and has remained relatively stable since then. Competition for local purchasers is provided by domestic and imported substitutes. Most baobab craft items are relatively bulky and the export market for them is largely limited to affluent travellers from South Africa. This is a relatively localized market. Seasonality in baobab craft production and sales is pronounced in the rural area. Prices are transparent and arbitrage appears to occur. This is not the case in the markets for the bark of Warburgia salutaris, which is used as a traditional medicine. There are relatively few sellers, prices do not exhibit regionally consistent patterns and this species appears to have become locally extinct. Bark of Berchemia discolor is not highly commercialised in this region; no sales of this bark were observed in the course of the study. |
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| spelling | CGSpace682262023-02-15T02:26:16Z Markets for three bark products in Zimbabwe: a case study of markets for bark of Adansonia digitata, Berchemia discolor and Warburgia salutaris Veeman M Cocks M Muwonge F Choge SK Campbell, Bruce M. climate change agriculture food security adansonia digitata Markets for craft and medicinal products derived from the bark of three tree species were assessed in rural and urban areas of Zimbabwe. Bark crafts from Adansonia digitata (baobab) are widely sold in these regions. The number of sellers has increased since the 1980s and has remained relatively stable since then. Competition for local purchasers is provided by domestic and imported substitutes. Most baobab craft items are relatively bulky and the export market for them is largely limited to affluent travellers from South Africa. This is a relatively localized market. Seasonality in baobab craft production and sales is pronounced in the rural area. Prices are transparent and arbitrage appears to occur. This is not the case in the markets for the bark of Warburgia salutaris, which is used as a traditional medicine. There are relatively few sellers, prices do not exhibit regionally consistent patterns and this species appears to have become locally extinct. Bark of Berchemia discolor is not highly commercialised in this region; no sales of this bark were observed in the course of the study. 2014 2015-09-17T14:13:30Z 2015-09-17T14:13:30Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68226 en Limited Access New York Botanical Garden Press Veeman M, Cocks M, Muwonge F, Choge SK, Campbell BM. 2014. Markets for three bark products in Zimbabwe: a case study of markets for bark of Adansonia digitata, Berchemia discolor and Warburgia salutaris. In: Cunningham AB, Campbell BM, Luckert MK (Eds). 2014. Bark: Use, Management and Commerce in Africa. Advances in Economic Botany no. 17. New York Botanical Garden Press. |
| spellingShingle | climate change agriculture food security adansonia digitata Veeman M Cocks M Muwonge F Choge SK Campbell, Bruce M. Markets for three bark products in Zimbabwe: a case study of markets for bark of Adansonia digitata, Berchemia discolor and Warburgia salutaris |
| title | Markets for three bark products in Zimbabwe: a case study of markets for bark of Adansonia digitata, Berchemia discolor and Warburgia salutaris |
| title_full | Markets for three bark products in Zimbabwe: a case study of markets for bark of Adansonia digitata, Berchemia discolor and Warburgia salutaris |
| title_fullStr | Markets for three bark products in Zimbabwe: a case study of markets for bark of Adansonia digitata, Berchemia discolor and Warburgia salutaris |
| title_full_unstemmed | Markets for three bark products in Zimbabwe: a case study of markets for bark of Adansonia digitata, Berchemia discolor and Warburgia salutaris |
| title_short | Markets for three bark products in Zimbabwe: a case study of markets for bark of Adansonia digitata, Berchemia discolor and Warburgia salutaris |
| title_sort | markets for three bark products in zimbabwe a case study of markets for bark of adansonia digitata berchemia discolor and warburgia salutaris |
| topic | climate change agriculture food security adansonia digitata |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68226 |
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