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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...
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Woodhead,
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| Publisher Address: | Abington : |
| Publication Dates: | 1995. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781855732155 |
| Summary: |
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 the various phases of supply cycles. Based on a major international cocoa conference, this book presents seventeen edited papers from leading experts, making a major contribution to that understanding. It explains the powerful economic, social and political factors which impact on the cocoa economy. It shows the laws of cocoa supply are closely linked to environmental, ecological and institutional factors. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | BibliographyCHAPTER 5. LAND PRESSURE, FARM HOUSEHOLD LIFE CYCLES AND ECONOMIC CRISIS IN A COCOA-FARMING VILLAGE (COTE D'IVOIRE) ; THE COCOA CYCLE AND FARMING SYSTEMS; THE COCOA CYCLE AND THE LIFE CYCLE OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; CHAPTER 6. COCOA SMALLHOLDERS FACING A DOUBLE STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN COTE D'IVOIRE: RESPONSES TO A PREDICTED CRISIS; THE DEVELOPMENT OF COCOA SMALLHOLDINGS: CHRONICLE OF A PREDICTED CRISIS; THE RESPONSE OF COCOA PLANTERS FACING THE CRISIS: MAINTENANCE OR DECLINE IN THE PLANTATION ""TREE-CAPITAL""? |
| ISBN: |
9781845698973 1845698975 1306380154 9781306380157 |
| Index Number: | HD9200 |
| CLC: | F343.061 |
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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 Co te 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. |