Global production networks and medicinal plants: Upstream actor dynamics in Nepal
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Global production networks and medicinal plants : Upstream actor dynamics in Nepal. / Fold, Niels; Pyakurel, Dipesh; Pouliot, Mariève; Smith-Hall, Carsten.
In: Geographical Journal, Vol. 189, No. 3, 2023, p. 455-468.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Global production networks and medicinal plants
T2 - Upstream actor dynamics in Nepal
AU - Fold, Niels
AU - Pyakurel, Dipesh
AU - Pouliot, Mariève
AU - Smith-Hall, Carsten
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. The Geographical Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Knowledge of spatial and temporal actor dynamics in global production networks (GPNs) based on renewable natural resources remains rudimentary. This article contributes to reducing this knowledge gap by showing how upstream actors shape the territorial embeddedness and value dynamics (creation, enhancement, and capture of value) of GPNs. Empirically, we present a fine-grained analysis of the upstream section of the global production network for commercial medicinal plants harvested in and traded from Nepal. In particular, the paper investigates the within-group and between-group dynamics of key actors (traders and wholesalers). Empirical data was generated through 257 quantitative and 121 qualitative interviews with harvesters, sub-local traders, local traders, central wholesalers and regional wholesalers, supplemented with focus-group discussions. Analysis focuses on three key areas of interaction: infrastructural and ecological variations; territorial embeddedness and development; and institutional power and network reconfiguration. The findings help to understand the role of upstream actors in reconfiguring GPNs and enhancing the explanatory power of the GPN approach by adding organizational supply-side insights, thereby facilitating identification of pro-poor interventions.
AB - Knowledge of spatial and temporal actor dynamics in global production networks (GPNs) based on renewable natural resources remains rudimentary. This article contributes to reducing this knowledge gap by showing how upstream actors shape the territorial embeddedness and value dynamics (creation, enhancement, and capture of value) of GPNs. Empirically, we present a fine-grained analysis of the upstream section of the global production network for commercial medicinal plants harvested in and traded from Nepal. In particular, the paper investigates the within-group and between-group dynamics of key actors (traders and wholesalers). Empirical data was generated through 257 quantitative and 121 qualitative interviews with harvesters, sub-local traders, local traders, central wholesalers and regional wholesalers, supplemented with focus-group discussions. Analysis focuses on three key areas of interaction: infrastructural and ecological variations; territorial embeddedness and development; and institutional power and network reconfiguration. The findings help to understand the role of upstream actors in reconfiguring GPNs and enhancing the explanatory power of the GPN approach by adding organizational supply-side insights, thereby facilitating identification of pro-poor interventions.
KW - environmental products
KW - illegal trade
KW - local trading systems
KW - mixed methods
KW - regional cross-border trade
U2 - 10.1111/geoj.12508
DO - 10.1111/geoj.12508
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85147351320
VL - 189
SP - 455
EP - 468
JO - Geographical Journal
JF - Geographical Journal
SN - 0016-7398
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 336453035