An International Comparison of Cases of Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP) Development

Abstract

This dataset describes the categories of information (geographic setting; biological and physical characteristics of the product; characteristics of the raw material production system; socio-economic characteristics of raw material production system; institutional characteristics of raw material production system; characteristics of the processing industry; characteristics of the market and marketing system; outside Interventions, and; outcomes of forest product commercialization) and provides definitions and rationales for the various descriptors used.