For many island nations of the South Pacific the coconut palm is the most important smallholder tree crop. Most attempts to introduce processing beyond the copra stage have failed. At the same time there is a declining trend in copra prices. Unlike most other major coconut production countries...

Average tea yields in China are low by international standards and are extremely low when compared to yields obtained on experiment stations. This paper reports on a ten year plant density trial undertaken by the Tea Research Institute in Hangzhou, Zhojiang Province. The green tea, vegetatively...

Recognizing the lack of realism in optimal replacement analyses that assume constant prices and yield patterns over time, a stochastic model appropriate to rubber production is developed. Data drawn from Peninsular Malaysia are used to implement the model. The results suggest that efforts should...