Assessing the impact of increasing planted area on the Malaysian cocoa industry

• Main Authors: Abdel Hameed, Amna Awad, Applanaidu, Shri Dewi, Mohamed Arshad, Fatimah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: HC Economic History and Conditions; S Agriculture (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/12271/1/2409140321.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/12271/; http://www.internationalconference.com.my/proceeding/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

The aim of this study is to describe the important variables shaping Malaysian cocoa industry via formulating a market model that represent cocoa production, import demand, domestic consumption, export demand and prices along with a stock equation as a closing identity. The model is estimated utiliz...