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Non-wood forest product community-based enterprise development: a way for livelihood improvement in Lao People’s Democratic Republic





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    Community-based tree and forest product enterprises: market analysis and development, booklet D
    Identify products, markets and means of marketing
    2003
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    The aim of Phase 2 is to select the most promising products and gather information for their further development, identifying potential markets and means of marketing. At the end of this phase, interest groups will be formed to further develop each of the selected products, and a team will be formed to undertake Phase 3.
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    Community-based tree and forest product enterprises: market analysis and development 2003
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    MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES are emerging throughout the world as trends towards economic liberalization and governmental decentralization open new markets and give local communities more say in the management of their forest resources. LOCAL COMMUNITIES therefore have more opportunities to benefit from forest resources, while also having greater incentive to better manage and protect those resources. BUT, INCREASING DEMAND for forest products, which increases their commercial val ue, can result in over-exploitation of the resource base and economic exploitation of the people who harvest the products. The result is degradation of the resources and continued poverty and indebtedness of the harvester. Therefore, it is now recognized that forest products need to be not only financially viable, but also environmentally and socially sustainable. THE MARKET ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT (MA&D) approach has been designed and developed specifically to assist people in achieving a sustainable livelihood system in which their household and community economic assets are increased and local forest management is improved. MA&D enables local people to identify potential products and develop markets that will provide income and benefits without degrading their resource base.
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    Community-based tree and forest product enterprises: market analysis and development, a map of the process 2003
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    Market Analysis and Development (MA&D) provides a framework for planning tree and forest product enterprises. It is a step-by-step process, arranged in three phases, and it uses a series of general tools that have been, or can be, adapted to achieve specific results in the development of enterprise ideas. MA&D is an innovative process that systematically considers social and environmental concerns alongside the technological, commercial and financial aspects of enterprise development.

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