Cocoa Pioneer Fronts since 1800

The Role of Smallholders, Planters and Merchants

William Gervase Clarence-Smith editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:1st Jan '96

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Cocoa Pioneer Fronts since 1800 cover

The livelihood of Third World farmers conflicts with saving the remaining tropical forests. The advantages of growing cocoa in cleared primary forest drive from the fertility of virgin soils and low concentrations of weeds, pests and diseases. The consequent emergence of new 'pioneer fronts' has also been affected by cheap labour, relative commodity prices, pests and diseases, credit resources, entrepreneurship, information, physical infrastructures, and government policies. The dynamism of smallholdings and competitive private marketing over estates and marketing boards is demonstrated.

ISBN: 9781349249039

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 340g

252 pages

1st ed. 1996