An economic analysis of farming coffee and trees at Turrialba, Costa Rica: comparing small farms with poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) only to those with both laurel (Cordia alliodora) and poro

Tesis (M. Sc) -- CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1991

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Autor principal: Barker, David J.
Otros Autores: McKenzie, Thomas
Formato: Tesis
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica) 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/4429
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spelling RepoCATIE44292023-08-15T16:28:11Z An economic analysis of farming coffee and trees at Turrialba, Costa Rica: comparing small farms with poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) only to those with both laurel (Cordia alliodora) and poro Barker, David J. McKenzie, Thomas COSTA RICA COFFEA ARABICA CORDIA ALLIODORA ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA CULTIVO INTERCALADO AGROFORESTERIA PLANTAS DE SOMBRA EXPLOTACION EN PEQUENA ESCALA RENDIMIENTO ANALISIS DE COSTOS Y BENEFICIOS Tesis (M. Sc) -- CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1991 This thesis compares the economics of two agroforestry systeMON: growing coffee in plantations (Coffea arabica var. caturra), using either poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) alone or poro with laurel (Cordia alliodora) for shade trees mixed with the coffee bushes. The hypotheses were that: 1) The net present value (NPV) of the coffee/laurel/poro (laurel) is better than the NPV of the coffee/poro, (poro), 2) There will be more firewood accruing from the laurel combination, 3) There will be lower labour requirements for pruning in the laurel combination and 4) Market risk for coffee is better handled by the laurel farmer. An initial survey of 20 small farMON in the Turrialba area of Costa Rica was made to describe typical systeMON in the zone and to derive estimates of farm management costs and coffee yields. A sub-sample of two groups of four farMON each was then taken: coffee farMON with poro alone and coffee farMON with poro and laurel. On each of these eight farMON, a questionnaire was given and measurements taken to determine yields, product prices and costs. Results indicated that the Laurel FarMON had a higher net present value than the Poro FarMON over 25 years, due principally to higher coffee yields. This larger NPV differences, however, may have been affected by the location of the farMON. The impact of income from trees was significant only during periods of low coffee prices. Poro farmers had higher per hectare labour costs than laurel farmers. Increased firewood form the Laurel FarMON was trivial. Both types of farMON showed management strategies for handling market risk, but the poro farmers had higher costs using these strategies. 2014-10-20T04:03:06Z 2014-10-20T04:03:06Z 1991 Tesis de maestría 340327 https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/4429 Turrialba (Costa Rica) es application/pdf Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica)
institution Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
collection Repositorio CATIE
language Español
topic COSTA RICA
COFFEA ARABICA
CORDIA ALLIODORA
ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA
CULTIVO INTERCALADO
AGROFORESTERIA
PLANTAS DE SOMBRA
EXPLOTACION EN PEQUENA ESCALA
RENDIMIENTO
ANALISIS DE COSTOS Y BENEFICIOS
spellingShingle COSTA RICA
COFFEA ARABICA
CORDIA ALLIODORA
ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA
CULTIVO INTERCALADO
AGROFORESTERIA
PLANTAS DE SOMBRA
EXPLOTACION EN PEQUENA ESCALA
RENDIMIENTO
ANALISIS DE COSTOS Y BENEFICIOS
Barker, David J.
An economic analysis of farming coffee and trees at Turrialba, Costa Rica: comparing small farms with poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) only to those with both laurel (Cordia alliodora) and poro
description Tesis (M. Sc) -- CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1991
author2 McKenzie, Thomas
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Barker, David J.
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author Barker, David J.
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title An economic analysis of farming coffee and trees at Turrialba, Costa Rica: comparing small farms with poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) only to those with both laurel (Cordia alliodora) and poro
title_short An economic analysis of farming coffee and trees at Turrialba, Costa Rica: comparing small farms with poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) only to those with both laurel (Cordia alliodora) and poro
title_full An economic analysis of farming coffee and trees at Turrialba, Costa Rica: comparing small farms with poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) only to those with both laurel (Cordia alliodora) and poro
title_fullStr An economic analysis of farming coffee and trees at Turrialba, Costa Rica: comparing small farms with poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) only to those with both laurel (Cordia alliodora) and poro
title_full_unstemmed An economic analysis of farming coffee and trees at Turrialba, Costa Rica: comparing small farms with poro (Erythrina poeppigiana) only to those with both laurel (Cordia alliodora) and poro
title_sort economic analysis of farming coffee and trees at turrialba, costa rica: comparing small farms with poro (erythrina poeppigiana) only to those with both laurel (cordia alliodora) and poro
publisher Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica)
publishDate 2014
url https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/4429
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