Original ResearchPublished 26 June 2026Reconsidering the middleman: asymmetries in a direct-contact producer-buyer alpaca fiber roundtable in PeruJulia Bello-Bravo · Luiz F. Brito · Gerardo Cornelio Mamani Mamani · Yezelia Danira Cáceres CabanaPastoralism: Research, Policy and Practicedoi 10.3389/past.2026.16455