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Cocoa cycles : the economics of cocoa supply /
The cyclical boom-to-recession nature of the economics of cocoa supply is a major problem for the international cocoa industry - and especially for countries whose economies depend on cocoa exports. Only through an understanding of the dynamics of cocoa cycles can policy decisions be made through th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abington :
Woodhead,
1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover; Cocoa Cycles: The Economics of Cocoa Supply; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; CHAPTER 1. FROM FOREST RENT TO TREE-CAPITAL:BASIC ""LAWS"" OF COCOA SUPPLY; 1. FROM TROPICAL FOREST TO DEFORESTATION; 2. FOREST RENT AND OTHER ""NATURAL RESOURCE"" RENTS; 3. FROM MONOCULTURE TO AGROFORESTRY; 4. FROM LABOUR MIGRATIONS TO LABOUR SHORTAGES; 5. TREE-CAPITAL: FROM SEEDLINGS TO AGING TREES; 6. MONETARY CAPITAL ""BEFORE AND AFTER"" COCOA TREE CAPITAL; 7. ""ACCUMULATORS"" AND FAMILY SUPPORT; 8. INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS: LABOUR CONTRACTS.
- 9. INFORMATION AND PRE-CONDITIONS FOR A COCOA BOOM10. AGING OF COCOA PRODUCERS: THE FARM HOUSEHOLD CYCLE; 11. PRICE; 12. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROPERTY; 13. ECONOMIC SALES CYCLES; 14. SMALLHOLDINGS AND CORPORATE PLANTATIONS; 15. REGULATORY AND POLICY CYCLES; 16. BRIEF REFERENCE TO TWO THEORETICAL APPROACHES; SCIENTIFIC CONCLUSION; THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF COCOA: A CONCLUSION; References; CHAPTER 2. THE ROLE OF SPECULATIVE ACTIVITY IN DETERMINING INTERNATIONAL COCOA PRICES IN THE NEW YORK FUTURES MARKET; CAUSES OF COCOA PRICE INSTABILITY; SPECULATIVE ACTIVITY: SOME INDICATORS.
- DATA AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKRESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; CHAPTER 3. COCOA HARVEST SHORTFALLS IN BAHIA, BRAZIL: LONG AND SHORT TERM FACTORS; THE COCOA CYCLES: LONG TERM TRENDS; SHORT TERM FACTORS; SEASONAL OR VERY SHORT TERM FACTORS; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; CHAPTER 4. REGENERATION OF COCOA CROPPING SYSTEMS: THE IVORIAN AND TOGOLESE EXPERIENCE; THE AGRONOMIC LIFE CYCLE OF COCOA PLANTATIONS; REGENERATION: SUCCESSFUL TECHNIQUES BUT LOW ADOPTION LEVELS; REGENERATION OF COCOA FARMS IN COTE D'IVOIRE AND TOGO; AGRONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE REGENERATION OF COCOA CROPPING SYSTEMS; CONCLUSION.
- CONDITIONS FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SMALLHOLDINGS: HOW TO REPLANT COCOA?CONCLUSION: THE FARMERS AS VICTIMS OF A NEVER-ENDING CRISIS; Bibliography; CHAPTER 7. THE PRESENT COCOA CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT ON PROTECTION OF COCOA CROPS AGAINST PESTS: The case of central-western C�ote d'Ivoire; A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE METHODS USED; THE ADOPTION OF INSECTICIDES AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT ABANDONMENT DUE TO ""PRICE"" CHANGES; OTHER REASONS WHY FARMERS HAVE ABANDONED THE USE OF INSECTICIDES; ELEMENTS OF A STRATEGY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM; CONCLUSION; Bibliography.