Sustainable Management of Cordyceps
supply chains and resource management policies
$254.40
- Hardcover
186 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2024
Summary
The Imperiled Fungus: Sustainable Management of Cordyceps Sinensis
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032548159 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1032548150 |
| Series: | Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management |
| Author: | Jiping Sheng, Ksenia Gerasimova |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 186 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 453g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
About The Author
Jiping Sheng
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).
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