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Indian Stakes in the Global Coconut Scenario by the Turn of the Century

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  • M. Lathika

    (M. Lathika is Reader in Economics, NSS College for Women, Neeramankara, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Email: lathikajit@gmail.com)

  • C.E. Ajith Kumar

    (C.E. Ajith Kumar is Programmer, Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Email: ajitkumarce@gmail.com)

Abstract

The study sought to identify the prospective coconut producing countries that put up formidable trade competition to India, and to examine the growth performance of coconut in major producing countries, especially the ones identified to be real challengers to Indian interests. The cluster analysis of trend data for 18 years till 2002 on five parameters and with reference to eight dimensions of coconut performance delineated the key players in the international coconut market. Philippines, Indonesia and India formed the cluster of major stakeholders. India fared better than both the other countries in the major cluster, in respect of area, production and yield; and therefore, it should enjoy a comparative advantage. However, the acreage growth in India was stagnant during the post-liberalization phase and it does not appear to take advantage of other options available to it by moving up the value chain and thereby resisting the market pressure on domestic prices in an open economy environment. This resulted in a price crash of coconut products at the dawn of the new century.

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  • M. Lathika & C.E. Ajith Kumar, 2009. "Indian Stakes in the Global Coconut Scenario by the Turn of the Century," South Asia Economic Journal, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, vol. 10(1), pages 209-221, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:soueco:v:10:y:2009:i:1:p:209-221
    DOI: 10.1177/139156140901000109
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    1. Jeromi, P.D., 2007. "Impact of Agricultural Trade Liberalisation: Farmers’ Indebtedness and Suicides in Kerala," Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, vol. 62(2), pages 1-17.
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    1. Terah Sportel & René Véron, 2016. "Coconut Crisis in Kerala? Mainstream Narrative and Alternative Perspectives," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 47(5), pages 1051-1077, September.

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    Keywords

    JEL: Q17; JEL: F02; JEL: F13; JEL: R11; JEL: C4; Coconut; International Trade; WTO; Indian Advantages; Cluster Analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q17 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agriculture in International Trade
    • F02 - International Economics - - General - - - International Economic Order and Integration
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • C4 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics

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