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Making and marketing Chambira hammocks and bags in the village of Brillo Nuevo, Northeastern Peru

Making and marketing Chambira hammocks and bags in the village of Brillo Nuevo, Northeastern Peru Astrocaryum chambira Burret is a palm that provides edible fruits and fibers for making handicrafts. This study focused on the fiber products (hammocks and bags) made by the Bora in the Peruvian Amazonia. Making chambira handicrafts consists of several different phases. Handicrafts are marketed to tourists, river traders, or shopkeepers in the city of Iquitos. Villagers travel actively to sell their products because of the remote location of the village from the market. The prices received by producers were extremely low when considering the amount of work, but the prices were low also in other steps (middleman, tourist). Still, chambira works provide an important source of income for villagers. The greater abundance of A. chambira in secondary forest compared with the primary forest indicates that it has potential for agroforestry. Agroforestry systems can provide a sustainable way to use land in the rainforest areas in NE Peru, and in this system nontimber forest products may have an important role. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Economic Botany Springer Journals

Making and marketing Chambira hammocks and bags in the village of Brillo Nuevo, Northeastern Peru

Vormisto, Jaana
Economic Botany , Volume 56 (1) – Jan 1, 2002
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2002 by The New york Botanical Garden Press
Subject
Life Sciences; Life Sciences, general; Plant Sciences; Plant Ecology; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
ISSN
0013-0001
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1874-9364
DOI
10.1663/0013-0001%282002%29056%5B0027:MAMCHA%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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Abstract

Astrocaryum chambira Burret is a palm that provides edible fruits and fibers for making handicrafts. This study focused on the fiber products (hammocks and bags) made by the Bora in the Peruvian Amazonia. Making chambira handicrafts consists of several different phases. Handicrafts are marketed to tourists, river traders, or shopkeepers in the city of Iquitos. Villagers travel actively to sell their products because of the remote location of the village from the market. The prices received by producers were extremely low when considering the amount of work, but the prices were low also in other steps (middleman, tourist). Still, chambira works provide an important source of income for villagers. The greater abundance of A. chambira in secondary forest compared with the primary forest indicates that it has potential for agroforestry. Agroforestry systems can provide a sustainable way to use land in the rainforest areas in NE Peru, and in this system nontimber forest products may have an important role.

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Economic Botany – Springer Journals

Published: Jan 1, 2002

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