Pepper in a time of crisis: price booms, government subsidies and smallholder response during and after the Asian economic crisis

Beginning in 1997, international prices for black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) boomed for about three years, coinciding with the Asian economic crisis. Smallholders throughout Southeast Asia responded to the price rises by investing more labor into existing pepper gardens as well as planting new gardens...

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Main Authors: Wadley, R.L., Sissman, K.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: University of Copenhagen 2003
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18793

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