The economics of monocropping and intercropping by smallholders: The case of coconuts in Indonesia |
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| Authors: | Ricardo Godoy Christopher P A Bennett |
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| Institution: | (1) Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University, One Eliot Street, 02138 Cambridge, Massachusetts;(2) Center for Policy and Implementation studies, Ministry of Finance, Indonasia |
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| Abstract: | This article contains a comparison of the profits of cultivating modern and traditional varieties of coconuts as a monocrop and as an intercrop, in ideal and in average growing conditions, with good and with average management. We carry out the analysis from a private (financial) and from a national (economic) perspective. The results show that intercropping generates more income than monocropping. In the conclusion we discuss why development organizations and Third World countries encourage monocropping. |
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| Keywords: | monocropping intercropping coconuts Indonesia smallholders hybrid coconuts |
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