Indian Stakes in the Global Coconut Scenario by the Turn of the Century

M. Lathika and C.E. Ajith Kumar
Additional contact information
M. Lathika: M. Lathika is Reader in Economics, NSS College for Women, Neeramankara, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Email: lathikajit@gmail.com
C.E. Ajith Kumar: C.E. Ajith Kumar is Programmer, Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Email: ajitkumarce@gmail.com

South Asia Economic Journal, 2009, vol. 10, issue 1, 209-221

Abstract: The study sought to identify the prospective coconut producing countries that put up formidable trade competition to India, and to examine the growth performance of coconut in major producing countries, especially the ones identified to be real challengers to Indian interests. The cluster analysis of trend data for 18 years till 2002 on five parameters and with reference to eight dimensions of coconut performance delineated the key players in the international coconut market. Philippines, Indonesia and India formed the cluster of major stakeholders. India fared better than both the other countries in the major cluster, in respect of area, production and yield; and therefore, it should enjoy a comparative advantage. However, the acreage growth in India was stagnant during the post-liberalization phase and it does not appear to take advantage of other options available to it by moving up the value chain and thereby resisting the market pressure on domestic prices in an open economy environment. This resulted in a price crash of coconut products at the dawn of the new century.

Keywords: JEL: Q17; JEL: F02; JEL: F13; JEL: R11; JEL: C4; Coconut; International Trade; WTO; Indian Advantages; Cluster Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/139156140901000109 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:soueco:v:10:y:2009:i:1:p:209-221

DOI: 10.1177/139156140901000109

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in South Asia Economic Journal from Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().