Economics of Oil Palm (Economics of Crops in Developing Countries, No 2/Pdc289)

The oil palm is the major oil crop grown in developing countries. This book describes and analyses the oil-palm sector and its role in the national economy of producing countries. Emphasis is given to micro-economic aspects of production, processing and marketing, and macro-economic aspects of the sector as a whole. In addition, attention is paid to physical and institutional factors that have a profound influence on the economic performance, such as ecology, organization of services and policy matters.