Coffee Boom, Coffee Bust and Smallholder Response in Vietnam’s Central Highlands Export

@article{citeulike:2606407, abstract = {Abstract This paper studies the recent boom and bust in Vietnam's coffee economy. Data from smallholder coffee farms in the Central Highlands are used to examine responses to a drop in producer coffee prices. A multinomial logistic regression model is used to identify several factors associated with four specific patterns observed among coffee farmers: no response to price change, reductions in use of purchased inputs, changes in crop mix, and responses aimed at enhancing liquidity through off-farm work or borrowing. Patterns of response are shown to have differed systematically across sub-groups of smallholders. Policy implications raised by the findings are discussed.}, author = {Ha, Dang T. and Shively, Gerald}, citeulike-article-id = {2606407}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00391.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00391.x}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00391.x}, journal = {Review of Development Economics}, keywords = {panel, vietnam}, number = {2}, pages = {312--326}, posted-at = {2008-03-28 13:39:19}, priority = {2}, title = {Coffee Boom, Coffee Bust and Smallholder Response in Vietnam's Central Highlands}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00391.x}, volume = {12}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2606407 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2606407 N2 - Abstract This paper studies the recent boom and bust in Vietnam’s coffee economy. Data from smallholder coffee farms in the Central Highlands are used to examine responses to a drop in producer coffee prices. A multinomial logistic regression model is used to identify several factors associated with four specific patterns observed among coffee farmers: no response to price change, reductions in use of purchased inputs, changes in crop mix, and responses aimed at enhancing liquidity through off-farm work or borrowing. Patterns of response are shown to have differed systematically across sub-groups of smallholders. Policy implications raised by the findings are discussed. IS - 2 JF - Review of Development Economics EP - 326 TI - Coffee Boom, Coffee Bust and Smallholder Response in Vietnam’s Central Highlands VL - 12 SP - 312 KW - panel KW - vietnam AU - Ha, Dang AU - Shively, Gerald PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00391.x ER -