Tag Archives: China

Experimenting with focus groups

contributor/ May 11, 2017/ Blog/ 0 comments

Posted on behalf of Mariska Bottema, PhD candidate at the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University and Research Centre. I just completed research in my third field study site and would like to use this opportunity to reflect on some of my experiences with conducting focus groups, since this was the first time I have applied this method of data

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Wild mushroom collecting: An open access is not open

contributor/ February 24, 2017/ Blog/ 0 comments

Posted on behalf of: Liu Xingyong and Lu Xing, Yunnan University Wild mushroom is very delicious and nutritious. Yunnan Province in the southwest China has the richest wild mushroom in China and has an annual value of RMB 10 billion (USD1.43 billion). At present, wild mushroom can’t be artificially cultivated and must be collected by farmers in uplands from forests

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Market Access is Not Easy: the case of Dendrobium devonianum Paxt in Longling

contributor/ July 18, 2016/ Blog/ 0 comments

Posted on behalf of Yingbin Guo, Master’s Student, Yunnan University I always thought that the market was there and any product could be sold freely but the case of Dendrobium devonianum Paxt in Longling has changed my opinion. Dendrobium is a medical and edible, dual purpose plant, which is said to nourish lungs and stomachs, clear heat and promote fluid, moistening lungs

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