This thesis investigates the specific characteristics of products from renewable resources and analyses how they affect the choice of efficient coordination mechanisms in business-to-business relationships. Due to the diversity and heterogeneity of renewable resources, this is done by means of...

The cultivation of rubber trees in Xishuangbanna Prefecture in China's Yunnan Province has triggered an unprecedented economic development but it is also associated with severe environmental problems. Rubber plantations are encroaching the indigenous rainforests at a large scale and a high speed...

"This study is a contribution of the ECE Region to the Eleventh Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests. Using the best data available, it examines progress of the forest sector in the ECE Region towards the achievement of the four Global Objectives on Forests, adopted by the United...

Interlocked relationships are characterised by traders’ supply of inputs and cash to producers on credit, to be reimbursed at sale time based on pre-defined prices which are often lower than the prevailing market price. The study analyses determinants of choice for interlocking in the gum...

Interlocked relationships are characterised by traders’ supply of inputs and cash to producers oncredit, to be reimbursed at sale time based on pre-defined prices which are often lower than theprevailing market price. The study analyses determinants of choice for interlocking in the gum...

Collection of wild non-timber forest products may improve the livelihoods of communities through their direct consumption or marketing. Gum arabic is one of these products by ‘Acacia senegal’ trees that are found in Kenya. It is a source of additional income for rural households. The study...

Agriculture was the mainstay of the Nigerian economy prior to independence and immediately after. Agriculture however, has suffered persistent decline since the 1970s with the exchange rate policy being implicated in the misfortune of this sector. Earlier studies on the effect of exchange rate...

In interlocked contractual relationships traders' supplies of inputs and cash to producers during the growing season is reimbursed with harvests. This study analyses interlocking contracts in gum arabic production in Senegal. Gum arabic is a natural exudation of Acacia senegal trees that grow in...