. 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 Case studies: Wild cocoa Wild cocoa Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae) Beans or paste? Different commercialization strategies to respond to the challenges of resource density and market access Florencio Maldonado, Erik Arancibia and Elaine Marshall The case study communities are situated in the Department of La Paz. Bolivia, in the municipalities of Ixiamas and San Buenaventura, some 450 km from the
. 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 Case studies: Wild cocoa Wild cocoa Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae) Beans or paste? Different commercialization strategies to respond to the challenges of resource density and market access Florencio Maldonado, Erik Arancibia and Elaine Marshall The case study communities are situated in the Department of La Paz. Bolivia, in the municipalities of Ixiamas and San Buenaventura, some 450 km from the capital city of La Paz. The region is located in the tropical humid zone adjacent to Madidi National Parl< at an average altitude of 250 metres. This IS one of the poorest regions of Bolivia. San Silvestre is located a two-hour walk from Tumupasa, where there is a tarmac road providing regular access to the towns of San Buenaventura and Rurrenabaque. 6A km away on the Beni river. The 22 families in San Silvestre belong to the Tacana ethnic group and have access to a total of 15 200 ha of land. In 200A. the Bolivian government recognized their ownership by granting them the status of an indigenous territory (TCO - Tierra Comunitaria de Origen]. The communities are affiliated with the Indigenous Council for Tacana Communities ICIPTAl and consist predominantly of subsistence agriculturists. Average household incomes are only half those in Carmen del Emero Isee below). Their land is relatively fertile; it has a high proportion of forest cover and a density of about lOA cocoa trees per ha. Trees are not individually owned, and the fruit is collected by whoever finds it first. Men principally carry out harvesting, often with their children, and women are solely responsible for processing beans into paste. All households are involved in cocoa trade, which contributes about 7 per cent of family income, although much paste is also consumed. Carmen del Emero lEmerol is located 280 km
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