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| Title: | Agricultural Supply Response in Fiji |
| Authors: | Hone, Philip
Haszler, Henry
Natasiwai, Tevita |
| Authors (Email): | Haszler, Henry (haszler@bigpond.net.au) |
| Keywords: | Stated intention survey
agricultural
supply elasticities
developing country |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Series/Report no.: | Conference Paper |
| Abstract: | The agricultural sector is a central part of the Fiji Islands economy. Policies to alleviate poverty and
stimulate economic growth need to be based on a sound understanding of the local agricultural
systems involved. This understanding needs to extend to the responsiveness of production to price
changes. To date there have been no published quantitative estimates of the responsiveness of
agricultural supply in Fiji to output price changes. In this paper we present a set of highly
disaggregated supply elasticities covering many of the major food crops produced and consumed in
Fiji. These results have been derived from a stated intention survey of rural households. The results
appear consistent with the dual nature of Fiji's agricultural sector and show that agricultural supply
response in Fiji is own-price elastic for the ten commodities analysed. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/5982 |
| Institution/Association: | Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - 2008>2008 Conference (52nd), February 5-8, 2008, Canberra, Australia |
| Total Pages: | 18 |
| Collections: | 2008 Conference (52nd), February 5-8, 2008, Canberra, Australia
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