The role of state institutions in non-timber forest product commercialisation: a case study of Tricholoma matsutake in South Korea/Role des institutions d'etat dans la commercialisation des produits forestiers autres que le bois: une etude-cas du Tricholoma matsutake en Coree du Sud/El roo de las instituciones estatales en la comercializacion
Two major barriers to non-timber forest product (NTFP) commercialization are a thin market structure and ensuring long-term supply. There is a growing literature suggesting potential solutions to address these two issues. The majority of these solutions, however, marginalize the role of state instit...
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| Published in: | The international forestry review 2014-03, Vol.16 (1), p.1 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | Two major barriers to non-timber forest product (NTFP) commercialization are a thin market structure and ensuring long-term supply. There is a growing literature suggesting potential solutions to address these two issues. The majority of these solutions, however, marginalize the role of state institutions in favour of other institutional arrangements. This study used the example of Tricholoma matsutake (S. Ito and S. Imai) Singer commercialisation in South Korea to show that state institutions can play a leading role in addressing the thin market structure and ensuring long-term supply. Specifically, the Korea Forest Service (KFS) and National Forestry Cooperatives Federation (NFCF) addressed the thin market structure through the provision of a supply channel, grading system, price-setting mechanism and guidelines for transportation. In order to help ensure long-term supply, the KFS and NFCF support and undertake forest management activities. This case study shows that state institutions should be seriously considered along with other institutional solutions when tackling barriers to NTFP commercialisation. Keywords: South Korea, non-timber forest products, Tricholoma matsutake, forest management, forest policy Deux obstacles majeurs a la commercialisation des produits forestiers autres que le bois (NTFP) sont la structure fragile du marche et l'assurance d'une production durable. Une litterature suggerant des solutions potentielles pour faire face a ces deux questions est actuellement en plein essor. Toutefois, la majorite de ces solutions marginalise le role des institutions d'etat en faveur d'autres arrangements institutionnels. Cette etude utilise l'exemple de la commercialisation du Tricholoma matsutake Singer (S. Ito et S. Imai) en Coree du Sud, pour mettre en evidence que les institutions d'etat peuvent jouer un role directif pour faire face a la situation fragile du marche et pour assurer une production durable. Plus precisement, le Service forestier coreen (KFS) et la Federation des cooperatives des forets nationales (NFCF) se sont penches sur la structure fragile du marche en fournissant un canal d'alimentation, un systeme de gradation, un mecanisme d'etablissement des prix et des suggestions pour une organisation du transport. Afin d'aider a assurer une production durable, le KFS et la NFCF soutiennent et entreprennent des activites de gestion forestiere. Cette etude-cas montre que les institutions d'etat devraient etre considerees serieusement, |
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| ISSN: | 1465-5489 |