The Modern Plantation in the Third World

ISBN-13: 9781032693132 / Twarda / 2024 / 246 str.

Ingrid Floering

Opis

Originally published in 1984, this was the first study to define and rationalise the character and functions of the plantation in the contemporary world. The author, Edgar Graham, was uniquely placed to do this having had long experience of Unilever’s plantations in West Africa, Zaire, Malaysia and the Pacific. 

Recenzje

Review of the original edition of The Modern Plantation in the Third World:

‘This book will make fascinating reading for those involved in the design and management of agricultural projects. But because it explains what does and does not work – and why this is so – in this critical sector, it deserves a wider readership.’ C. H. Walton, Finance and Development, Vol 22, Issue 2 (June 1, 1985).

‘Graham and Floering…have produced a thought-provoking contribution to the literature. The book represents a positive…focus on a difficult, relevant and very important question.’ Michael Tribe, African Affairs, Vol 86, Issue 344 (July 1987).

Spis treści

Part 1: The Plantation and Its Characteristics: Analysis and Economic Theory 1. The Plantation is a Production System 2. Development Economics and the Evolution of Plantations 3. Foreign Ownership and Foreign Management: Costs and Benefits 4. The Role of Management 5. The Plantation and the Host Economy: Studies in Linkages and Comparative Advantage Part 2: Applying the Plantation Principle 6. Differing Institutions and Alternative Strategies 7. Two Variants of the Modern Plantation: FELDA and Mumias 8. Cane Sugar: Factors Affecting the Market for the Production Processes of this Commodity  9. Cane Sugar: Three Case Studies I 10. General Conclusions and Summary.

O autorze

Edgar Graham joined the United Africa Company in 1947 and it was his experience in West Africa in the following decade which gave him both the insight and interest in development issues. In 1974 he became Director of the Joint Boards of Unilever and was a visiting Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford between 1964 and 1972.