The price of spice
Ethnic minority livelihoods and cardamom commodity chains in upland northern Vietnam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20153471 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claire N Tugault-Lafleur (0000-0002-4598-9372, McGill University), Claire Tugault‐Lafleur, Sarah Turner (0000-0002-6542-8767, McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 388-403 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2009.00376.x |
| OpenAlex | W2104095321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 33 |
The northern uplands of Vietnam are witness to rapidly developing commodity markets for a range of forest and agricultural products. Since the early 1990s the cultivation of black cardamom ( Amomum aromaticum ) has become a source of cash income for a growing number of ethnic minority households in these uplands. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, and utilizing a commodity chain and livelihoods approach, this article investigates the contemporary dynamics surrounding the cultivation, harvesting and trade of dried cardamom fruit from Hmong cultivators in Lao Cai province to consumers elsewhere in Vietnam and beyond to China and the global market. We analyse the spatial and social structures of these commodity chains, drawing attention to a range of mechanisms of access. We find that these mechanisms are reliant upon specific ethnic relations as well as different forms of capital that together sustain economic advantages for particular actors. While focusing on the ethnic minority cultivators active in these commodity chains, we also call for more nuanced understandings of how the trade in forest products fits within local agricultural systems and household livelihood decision making processes in the Vietnam uplands
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Business · Cash crop · Commodity · Commodity chain · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Livelihood · Market economy · Political science · Production (economics) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |