Sustainable Management of Cordyceps: Supply Chains and Resource Management Policies

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Jiping Sheng Ksenia Gerasimova

Sustainable Management of Cordyceps

Supply Chains and Resource Management Policies

Jiping Sheng, Ksenia Gerasimova

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English

Routledge
30 December 2024

Development studies; Purchasing & supply management; Agriculture & related industries; Management of land & natural resources; Agricultural science

Series: Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

This book examines the challenges of sustainably managing and conserving Cordyceps sinensis, a rare species of fungus largely grown in Tibet, currently on the brink of extinction.

As one of the most expensive commodities in the world, particularly valued for its medicinal properties in China, the price of Cordyceps has risen by over 900% since the 1970s. This has made it a very lucrative resource for farmers, many of whom are struggling to produce sufficient food to sustain themselves. Naturally, this has led to overharvesting and, coupled with the impacts of climate change, the crop itself is now at risk. Rarely discussed in Western literature, this book provides a novel examination of Cordyceps, looking into the necessary changes needed to sustainably manage and conserve this important crop. Drawing on extensive field work conducted in Qinghai-Tibet, the book analyzes the supply chain, identifying key issues around production and considering the role and impact of relevant stakeholders. It discusses the necessary changes needed for a sustainable supply change, particularly to stop long-term overharvesting. The book then discusses the role of policy and the institutional management of this resource in China, as one of the main producers and consumers. It analyzes current policy instruments and argues for a more coherent policy which is better orientated towards conservation and sustainable management, rather than solely market regulation.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of natural resource management, environmental conservation, environmental policy, and sustainable supply chain management.

Edited by: Jiping Sheng, Ksenia Gerasimova
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781032548159
ISBN 10: 1032548150
Series: Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 30 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I: Introduction to Cordyceps 1. What Is Cordyceps? 2. Medicinal Value and Use of Cordyceps Part II: Supply Chains of Cordyceps sinensis Production 3. The Where, Who and How in Collecting Wild Cordyceps in China 4. Trade of Raw Cordyceps: The Hui Middlemen and Tibetan Collectors Cooperatives 5. Cordyceps-Based Products and Its Consumers 6. International Dimensions of the Chinese Trade in Cordyceps sinsensis Part III: Policies for Sustainable Management of Cordyceps sinensis 7. Market Regulation of Cordyceps sinsensis 8. Cordyceps Quality Control Management in the Framework of the Chinese Food Safety Policy 9. Rural Land Reforms and management of Cordyceps in Qinghai: Lessons for Sustainability 10. Climate Change and Chinese Conservation Policy 11. Poverty Alleviation and Wild Cordyceps sinsensis Collection Conclusions and Further Policy Recommendations

Jiping Sheng is a Professor in Food Economics and Management and Food Science at Renmin University of China. She has been working in these fields for nearly 30 years with more than two hundred papers and twenty books published. Ksenia Gerasimova is a Professor in Public Policy at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, and is CEENRG Fellow in Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, UK. She is the author of NGO Discourses in the Debates on Genetically Modified Crops (Routledge, 2017).