Open AccessTHE ECONOMICS OF COCONUT REPLANTING AND ASSOCIATED CROPPING (IN FIJI)
Author(s) -
Patrick Muma
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
cord. coconut research and development/cord
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2721-8856
pISSN - 0215-1162
DOI - 10.37833/cord.v2i01.193
Subject(s) - subsistence agriculture , coconut oil , cash crop , cropping , agriculture , copra , agricultural economics , crop , cash , business , tropical agriculture , agricultural science , economics , agroforestry , geography , agronomy , biology , archaeology , food science , finance
The importance of coconut stems primarily from its being an export crop. Coconut largely constitutes a crop of convenience in the basically agricultural, mainly subsistence, essentially rural-based economy of Fiji. It provides a basic dietary component and a source of cash income to meet social responsibilities, and employment opportunities in the various areas in which it is grown. Indeed, after sugar, coconut oil is Fiji's second most important agricultural export.