2022 Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 23-30
Value-chain forestry is a new type of forestry, in this article it is defined as not activities just for management of forest products, but series of activities from production, processing, distribution to consumption related to forest products. This article introduces a trial of value-chain forestry with golden camellia tea (GCT) in Que Phong district Nghe An province, Vietnam. Advantages of value-chain forestry are 1) contribution to sustainable use of forest resources by feedback of product demand in the markets (to avoid over exploitation of resources), 2) reduction of intermediary margins by simplifying distribution processes of the forest products. Added intermediary margins, which were paid to middlemen in the conventional distribution system, to the price of the forest products purchased directly from farmers, their income will be increased. GCT is made of yellow flowered camellia, which is a shrub to middle height tree growing under canopies, therefore, canopies must be protected to yield flowers. Value-chain forestry with shade tolerant non timber forest products is expected to promote forest conservation.
