Bioeconomic modelling of the production and export of cocoa for price policy analysis in Papua New Guinea

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 483-505

  Fleming, Euan ^a   Milne, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Minerals Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioeconomic modelling; Cocoa production; Stochastic dominance analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COCOA; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; SMALLHOLDER; STOCHASTICITY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

STELLA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0037400820     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(02)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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