ISHS Acta Horticulturae 270: I International Symposium on Horticultural Economics in Developing Countries
AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE RELATIVE PROFITABILITY OF SPACING FOR COFFEE PLANTATIONS |
| Authors: | F. Alebachew, Prof. H. Storck |
| Abstract:
The influence of density on the economic return from coffee was identified by evaluating the costs and benefits of different tree populations at market and economic (shadow) price levels. Costs were derived from coffee state farm data. Yield was estimated for the economic life cycle including one stumping cycle based on seven years research data. The investment analyses (net present value, average annualized net revenue and average capital outlay) show that within the range of the densities investigated the profitability of coffee production generally increases with increasing tree population. | |
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