The Modern Plantation in the Third World

Originally published in 1984, this was the first study to define and rationalise the character and functions of the plantation in the contemporary world. The author, Edgar Graham, was uniquely placed to do this having had long experience of Unilever's plantations in West Africa, Zaire, Malaysia and the Pacific.

List of contents

Part 1: The Plantation and Its Characteristics: Analysis and Economic Theory 1. The Plantation is a Production System 2. Development Economics and the Evolution of Plantations 3. Foreign Ownership and Foreign Management: Costs and Benefits 4. The Role of Management 5. The Plantation and the Host Economy: Studies in Linkages and Comparative Advantage Part 2: Applying the Plantation Principle 6. Differing Institutions and Alternative Strategies 7. Two Variants of the Modern Plantation: FELDA and Mumias 8. Cane Sugar: Factors Affecting the Market for the Production Processes of this Commodity 9. Cane Sugar: Three Case Studies I 10. General Conclusions and Summary.

About the author

Edgar Graham joined the United Africa Company in 1947 and it was his experience in West Africa in the following decade which gave him both the insight and interest in development issues. In 1974 he became Director of the Joint Boards of Unilever and was a visiting Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford between 1964 and 1972.

Product details

• Authors: Ingrid Floering, Edgar Graham
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9781032693156
• ISBN: 978-1-032-69315-6
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Commodities
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, International Economics, Agricultural science, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries