The Sustainable Development of Forest Food

Weilun Huang (), Si Chen (), Xiaomei Zhang and Xuemeng Zhao
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Si Chen: School of Management, Wenzhou Business College, Wenzhou 325035, China
Xiaomei Zhang: School of Management, Wenzhou Business College, Wenzhou 325035, China
Xuemeng Zhao: School of Finance and Trade, Wenzhou Business College, Wenzhou 325035, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-17

Abstract: This paper aims to study the sustainable development of forest food by exploring the input–output relationship of forest food value chains (FFVC) and its mediating effect on the integrity and agglomeration of FFVC. Through a literature review and interviews with experts, this paper included measurement variables, such as FFVC’s input, output, integrity, and agglomeration, and used PLS-SEM to study their relationships and the mediating effects of Chinese FFVC. The results showed that first, the measurement of FFVC’s integrity and agglomeration focused on FFVC’s rationality, development, comparative advantages, scale, space, network, and innovation; second, there was evidence of a significant input–output relationship of FFVC; third, there was a significant mediating effect of integrity and agglomeration of FFVC, which should be included in the government’s policies to promote FFVC; forth, Chinese FFVC is still at its infancy, and the government must implement FFVC sustainable development policies to promote the rationalization, upgrading, and spatial coupling of integrity and agglomeration of FFVC.

Keywords: forest food; value chain; industrial structure; industrial agglomeration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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