• Login
    View Item 
    •   UZ eScholar Home
    • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
    • Social Sciences Research , IDS UK OpenDocs
    • View Item
    •   UZ eScholar Home
    • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
    • Social Sciences Research , IDS UK OpenDocs
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Markets For Three Bark Products In Zimbabwe: A Case Study Of Markets For Bark Of Adansonia Digitata, Berchemia Discolor And Warburgia Salutaris

    Thumbnail
    Date
    2001
    Author
    Veeman, M.
    Cocks, M.
    Muwonge, A.
    Choge, S.
    Campbell, B.
    Type
    Series paper (non-IDS)
    Metadata
    Show full item record

    Abstract
    Markets for craft and medicinal products derived from the bark of three tree species were assessed in rural and urban areas of Zimbabwe. Bark crafts from Adansonia digitata (baobab) are widely sold in these regions. The number of sellers has increased since the 1980s and has remained relatively stable since then. Competition for local purchasers is provided by domestic and imported substitutes. Most baobab craft items are relatively bulky and the export market for them is largely limited to affluent travellers from South Africa. This is a relatively localized market. Seasonality in baobab craft production and sales is pronounced in the rural area. Prices are transparent and arbitrage appears to occur. This is not the case in the markets for the bark of Warburgia salutaris, which is used as a traditional medicine. There are relatively few sellers, prices do not exhibit regionally consistent patterns and this species appears to have become locally extinct. Bark of Berchemia discolor is not highly commercialised in this region; no sales of this bark were observed in the course of the study.
    Full Text Links
    Veeman, M [et al ] (2001) Markets For Three Bark Products In Zimbabwe: A Case Study Of Markets For Bark Of Adansonia Digitata, Berchemia discolor and Warburgia salutaris, IES Working Paper no. 18. Harare, Mt. Pleasant: IES
    http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/5434
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10646/1803
    Publisher
    Institute of Environmental Studies (IES) ; University of Zimbabwe
    Subject
    Environment
    Trade
    xmlui.dri2xhtml.METS-1.0.item-rights
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

    University of Zimbabwe
    Collections
    • Social Sciences Research , IDS UK OpenDocs [1048]

    University of Zimbabwe: Educating To Change Lives!
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2020  DuraSpace | Contact Us | Send Feedback
     

     

    Browse

    All of UZ eScholarCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    View Usage StatisticsView Google Analytics Statistics

    University of Zimbabwe: Educating To Change Lives!
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2020  DuraSpace | Contact Us | Send Feedback