Coffee vs. cacao: A case study from the Vietnamese Central Highlands

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dc.contributor.authorHa, Dang Thanhen
dc.contributor.authorShively, Gerald E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialVietnamen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:25Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:25Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractMr. Nam, the vice chair of a village in Dak Lak province of Vietnam, was keen to protect farmers in his village from the sharp decline in prices of coffee (Coffea canephora Pierre ex Froehner). He did this by encouraging farmers in his village to plant cacao (Theobroma cacao L. subsp. cacao). Cacao was suitable to the soil and climate of the area, and because a foreign company had promised to buy cacao from the farmers, it seemed to offer greater financial security. However, uncertainty about crop losses due to pests, the cost of chemicals such as pesticides, and potential fluctuations in the prices of cacao made it imperative to carefully evaluate the benefits of cacao production. In making his recommendation to the village, Mr. Nam utilized additional information about the potential demand and the marketing networks for cacao. The decision to switch from coffee to cacao provides a village-level example of learning about agricultural supply and demand issues, perennial crop production, and economic and environmental consequences of growing particular crops. This case was written for undergraduate students in agriculture and forestry programs at Nong Lam University. Students were expected to understanden
dc.description.notesSysCoor-5 (Policy and Governance)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier957en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education 34:107-111en
dc.identifier.issn1059-9053en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65855en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Agronomyen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2005 American Society of Agronomyen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSocial impactsen
dc.subjectCash cropsen
dc.subjectEconomic policyen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectGovernment institutionsen
dc.subjectSustainable agricultureen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectAgroforestryen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleCoffee vs. cacao: A case study from the Vietnamese Central Highlandsen
dc.typeAbstracten
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