Rethinking Fuelwood: People, Policy and the Anatomy of a Charcoal Supply Chain in a Decentralizing Peru

cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestryen
cg.coverage.countryPeruen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2PEen
cg.coverage.regionSouth Americaen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/f9090533en
cg.issn1999-4907en
cg.issue9en
cg.journalForestsen
cg.subject.ciforFINANCE, TRADE AND INVESTMENTen
cg.volume9en
dc.contributor.authorBennett, A.en
dc.contributor.authorCronkleton, P.en
dc.contributor.authorMenton, M.en
dc.contributor.authorMalhi, Y.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-08T08:14:52Zen
dc.date.available2021-03-08T08:14:52Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/111886
dc.titleRethinking Fuelwood: People, Policy and the Anatomy of a Charcoal Supply Chain in a Decentralizing Peruen
dcterms.abstractIn Peru, as in many developing countries, charcoal is an important source of fuel. We examine the commercial charcoal commodity chain from its production in Ucayali, in the Peruvian Amazon, to its sale in the national market. Using a mixed-methods approach, we look at the actors involved in the commodity chain and their relationships, including the distribution of benefits along the chain. We outline the obstacles and opportunities for a more equitable charcoal supply chain within a multi-level governance context. The results show that charcoal provides an important livelihood for most of the actors along the supply chain, including rural poor and women. We find that the decentralisation process in Peru has implications for the formalisation of charcoal supply chains, a traditionally informal, particularly related to multi-level institutional obstacles to equitable commerce. This results in inequity in the supply chain, which persecutes the poorest participants and supports the most powerful actors.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.available2018-08-31en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBennett, A., Cronkleton, P., Menton, M., Malhi, Y. 2018. Rethinking Fuelwood: People, Policy and the Anatomy of a Charcoal Supply Chain in a Decentralizing Peru . Forests, 9 (9): 533. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9090533en
dcterms.issued2018-09-01en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjectfuelwooden
dcterms.subjectpolicyen
dcterms.subjectcharcoalen
dcterms.subjectsupply chainen
dcterms.subjectpovertyen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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