TY - BOOK TI - Cocoa producción: Economic and botanical perspectives T2 - Praeger special studies in international economics and development SN - 0275560309 AV - HD 9200 .A2C6 1976 PY - 1976/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Praeger KW - Cacao N1 - Preface, --; Acknowledgments, viii --; List of tables, xi --; List of figures, xv --; List of abbreviations, xvii --; Part I: Background --; 1. Cocoa: its nature, habitat, and cultivation; James Gordon, 3 --; 2. Pests and diseases; James Gordon, 30 --; 3. Economics of cocoa production; John Miranowski and John Simmons, 46 --; 4. Econometric modeling of the cocoa market; F. Gerard Adams and Jere R. Behrman, 63 --; 5. The international cocoa agreements; Tetteh A. Kofi, 82 --; Part II: West Africa --; 6. Cocoa production in west Africa; James Gordon, 103 --; 7. Cocoa marketing in Ghana; Josephine Milburn, 139 --; 8. cocoa research in Ghana; E. J. A. Asomanlng, 168 --; 9. cocoa research in Nigeria; Lawrence K. Opeke, 202 --; Part III: Latin America --; 10. Economics of cocoa production in brazil; Peter T. Knight, 235 --; 11. Cocoa research in brazil; Paulo de Tarso Alvim, 272 --; 12. cocoa research in Latin America; Jorge Soria, V, 299 --; Part IV: An overview --; 13. Global supply and demand for cocoa; Patrick Yeung and Shamsher Singh, 341 --; 14. summary and conclusion; John Simmons, 373 --; Appendix. A. weather and soil data, Ghana, 394 --; B. changes in prices received by cocoa Producers, 1960-74, 398 --; C. average earnings of Bahian farm labor 1968-75, 399 --; D. centers conducting cocoa research, 400 --; Index, 403 --; About the editor and contributors, 411 ER -