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Win-wins in forest product value chains? How governance impacts the
sustainability of livelihoods based on non-timber forest products from Cameroon
Ingram, V.J.Publication date 2014
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Ingram, V. J. (2014). Win-wins in forest product value chains? How governance impacts the sustainability of livelihoods based on non-timber forest products from Cameroon.
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Part III: Governance and value chain
analyses
This section further presents main empirical results of this study. Chapter 6 provides an analysis of governance arrangements, identifying statutory and customary, but also voluntary and market-based arrangements, projects, international conventions and corruption. Chapters 7 to 9 present the in-depth value chain analyses for the Gnetum spp., apiculture and Prunus africana value chains. In Chapter 10, the five additional chain analyses are summarised. These illustrate a representative range of NTFPs found in Cameroon. They include bamboo, cola (Cola spp.), raffia (Raphia spp.), gum arabic (Acacia spp.) and bush mango (Irvingia spp.) Each of these four chapters addresses the second research question concerning how chains are configured in terms of products (uses and sources), actors, activities and values. The governance arrangements specific to each chain are described, to answer the third research question on governance arrangements. This allows question four on sustainable livelihoods and question five on the impact on product sustainability to be answered. Each chapter describes and analyses how these governance arrangements affect the livelihoods of actors along the chain and how these impact on chain and product sustainability.
