Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for RuralEntrepreneurs

摘要

For many rural areas, the path to sustainable economic development will includeinnovative approaches to natural resource conservation, management, and utilization. The pbulication describes special forest products that represent opportunities for rural entrepreneurs to supplement their incomes. The types of products discussed in the publication include aromatics, berries, and wild fruits, cones and seeds forest botanicals, honey, mushrooms, nuts, syrup, and weaving and dyeing materials. Each chapter describes market and competition considerations, distribution and packaging, equipment needs, and resource conservation considerations, and presents a profile of a rural business marketing the products.