. Commercialization of non-timber forest products. Factors influencing success. Lessons learned from Mexico and Bolivia and policy implications for decision- makers. UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series Commercialization of non-timber forest products '""â i'<'*nj -^. Members of the Rural Art jipi japa weaving association. This provides an income-generating opportunity for women to undertake in harmony with traditional domestic roles, including childcare. educated and socially aware businesswoman in the case of jipi japa palm tourist crafts. While there is a clear danger of abuse of
. Commercialization of non-timber forest products. Factors influencing success. Lessons learned from Mexico and Bolivia and policy implications for decision- makers. UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series Commercialization of non-timber forest products '""â i'<'*nj -^. Members of the Rural Art jipi japa weaving association. This provides an income-generating opportunity for women to undertake in harmony with traditional domestic roles, including childcare. educated and socially aware businesswoman in the case of jipi japa palm tourist crafts. While there is a clear danger of abuse of power, only in the case of camedora palm does the entrepreneur appear to be disadvantaging producers by sourcing increasing amounts of palm fronds from his own plantations. In four of the seven intermediary-dominated chains, the intermediary plays a very positive role by assisting suppliers with training and financial support to achieve consistent quantities of the desired-quality product. Transparent price setting An important element of value chain governance is the manner in which prices are set. In a perfect market the price received by the producer should closely reflect actual production costs. The latter are sometimes difficult to define, particularly with respect to the costs of the labour involved, as local wage rates can vary by season. In the case of women, labour rates are often spurious, as no other income-generating activities exist. In spite of this caveat, it would seem that there are only a few communities in which producers are able to set the price according to their production costs, namely of mushrooms sold locally, rubber goods, tepejilote palm and pita when sold to the cooperative. In a few other cases, producers are able to set the price but must do so in relation to competing products rather than to reflect their costs; jipi japa and soyate palm hats must be priced to compete with plastic imports. In all other cases, the producer price is determin
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