Labor upgrading and export Market opportunities: Evidence from Vietnam

Processing of Virgin Coconut Oil in Sri Lanka Using Cold Extraction Method: An Economic Analysis

CORD ◽

10.37833/cord.v24i1.160 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 11

Author(s):

Pathiraja, P.M.E.K ◽

Fernando, M.T.N ◽

Jayasundera, J.M.M.A

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Coconut Oil ◽

World Market ◽

Market Potential ◽

Export Market ◽

Economic Viability ◽

Virgin Coconut Oil ◽

Net Return ◽

Market Opportunities ◽

Economic Analyses

Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) is a newly introduced product in Sri Lanka with a high export market potential. Only a few entrepreneurs however, are capitalizing on this opportunity due to several factors such as lack of rigorous economic analyses and unavailability of information on export market opportunities. Against this background, this study attempts to analyse the economic viability of this enterprise in Sri Lanka. Interestingly, it was found that the VCO provides the highest net return per 1000 coconuts utilized compared to the other traditional coconut kernel products. The pay-back period for the initial investment on machineries was little over a month under current prices of inputs and outputs. Sensitivity analysis suggests that the crucial factor that determines the economic viability of this enterprise is world market VCO price and the sensitivity of the net return of VCO production for the nut price is very low. The break-even price of one liter of VCO was found to be US $ 4.8 whereas it receives US $ 8 in the export market. This study concluded the need of encouraging VCO production in Sri Lanka, given the long-term brighter outlook of the global VCO industry.

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THE POTENTIAL OF BANANA TRADING COMMODITY TO FULFILL MARKET DEMAND AND SUPPORT FOOD SECURITY IN DEFENSE ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE (STUDY IN BOGOR DISTRICT)

Jurnal Pertahanan & Bela Negara ◽

10.33172/jpbh.v10i3.1114 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 307

Author(s):

Indriana Sulistyowarni ◽

Sri Sundari ◽

Supandi Halim

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Large Scale ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Economic Security ◽

Export Market ◽

Data Sources ◽

Primary Data ◽

Market Demand ◽

Market Opportunities ◽

Processed Products

In order to maintain food security, it is wiser if the food priority is not limited to rice, but also encourages product diversity of local food-based such as maize, cassava, sweet potato, breadfruit, taro, and banana. The problems of utilizing banana potential in Bogor District are low production due to land use change, plant function change, some farmers have perception of bananas as a second class plant, Fusarium wilt disease, limited use of bananas as fresh fruit and small industrial processed products (such as chips, sale, molen), and production has not been able to fulfill market demand and consequently, export market opportunities have not been utilized. This study describes the extent to which large potential of banana can be used optimally by using defense economics, demand-supply, and food security theory. Primary data sources were obtained from interviews with informant from Local Government, farmers and banana traders in Bogor District, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Trade. Secondary data sources include both from Ministry, Distanhorti, Disdagin, BPS, journals, and electronic media. Validation data by triangulation and data analysis of Miles-Huberman. The results show that bananas have great potential to be developed in Bogor District but its utilization is not optimal. This is due to several factors including application of inappropriate cultivation techniques with SOP, limited large-scale land, land conversion, without large company partnerships. Therefore, it is necessary to build partnerships with large private companies, synergies and coordination between stakeholders in order to increase bananas potential as trade commodity, hence can fulfill market demand. In the end it will improve economic security as one of the main focuses of the defense economy.Keywords: Banana, Defense Economy, Demand, Food Security, Potential

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Evaluation of the Effect of Lime and Irrigation on Lettuce Yield in Laos

Proceedings ◽

10.3390/proceedings2019036185 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 185

Author(s):

John McPhee ◽

Suzie Jones ◽

Stephen Ives ◽

Alice Melland ◽

Jochen Eberhard ◽

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Keyword(s):

Production Systems ◽

Combined Treatment ◽

Irrigation Scheduling ◽

Export Market ◽

Chicken Manure ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Food Sources ◽

Marketable Yield ◽

National University ◽

Market Opportunities

Diversification of food sources and agricultural production systems has potential to enhance domestic supplies and provide export market opportunities for Laos. Major constraints to agricultural productivity are related to soil management and include inefficient irrigation, poor soil structural stability, low pH and nutrient availability. An experiment at the National University of Laos (NUOL) in Vientiane assessed the effect of lime and irrigation scheduling on growth and yield of lettuce. The soil was a sandy clay loam with pH 4.89 (H2O) in the top 15 cm. Lime (CaCO3) was applied at rates of 2 and 4 tonnes per hectare (t/ha). Irrigation scheduling was based on calculated evapotranspiration (ETc) with frequencies of either twice daily, once daily or alternate days. Urea, chicken manure and rice husks were added to soil in all trial plots. The experimental design was split-plot with two treatments (lime and irrigation scheduling) and four replications. The combination of 4 t/ha lime and irrigation every second day had the highest yield (mean > 2 kg/m2). The combined treatment of irrigation once a day and no added lime showed significantly higher leaf number (p = 0.01) and plant height (p < 0.001) compared to the other treatment combinations. However, increased biomass of individual plants did not translate into increased marketable yield per square metre. The application of lime raised the pH of soil but the effect on plant growth and yield was not conclusive. Separation of the two treatments into single factor trials is needed to elucidate the effects of individual treatments in future trials.

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Genotype, Row Spacing and Environment Interaction for Productivity and Grain Quality of Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) in sub-tropical Australia

Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia ◽

10.13005/bbra/2605 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 27-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rao C.N.Rachaputi ◽

Guta Motuma Bedane ◽

Ian James Broad ◽

Kurt Sepp Deifel

Keyword(s):

Cajanus Cajan ◽

Plant Density ◽

Genotypic Variation ◽

Seed Mass ◽

Linear Increase ◽

Export Market ◽

Row Spacing ◽

Environment Interaction ◽

Market Opportunities ◽

High Yielding Varieties

The pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is grown between the 45oN and 45oS as a summer food legume, and consumed by billions of people in the world. Recent renewed interest from Australian growers prompted the current study to evaluate high-yielding varieties and develop agronomic parameters for this crop. Performance of four selected pigeonpea genotypes were assessed under three row spacing (25, 50 and 100 cm) treatments and at one plant density (30 plants/m2) in two diverse Australian environments (Kingaroy and Gatton) in Queensland. Decreasing row spacing from 100cm to 25cm led to a linear increase in mean shoot dry matter (DM) at both sites. However, maximum grain yields of up to 2.9 t/ha were achieved at 50cm row spacing but the yields declined at 25cm spacing at both sites. Genotypic variation for radiation use efficiency (RUE) measured at Gatton site ranged from 1.40 to 1.76 g/MJ, which accounted for 76% of variation in DM. There was a significant effect of site and genotype on grain N and 100-seed mass. The study demonstrated that pigeonpea could be grown as a legume break crop in subtropical Australia, with potential export market opportunities.

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Pastoralists’ innovative responses to new camel export market opportunities on the Kenya/Ethiopia borderlands

Pastoralism and Development in Africa ◽

10.4324/9780203105979-18 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 121-130

Keyword(s):

Export Market ◽

Market Opportunities

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A Profile of the Korean Market for Softwood Logs and Lumber

Western Journal of Applied Forestry ◽

10.1093/wjaf/2.1.17 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 17-20

Author(s):

Keith A. Blatner ◽

Robert L. Govett ◽

Wae-Jung Kim

Keyword(s):

Full Advantage ◽

Product Distribution ◽

Wood Products ◽

Export Market ◽

General Lack ◽

Lack Of Information ◽

Construction Techniques ◽

Market Opportunities ◽

Korean Market ◽

Softwood Species

Abstract Korea is now the fourth largest export market for U.S. wood products, ranking behind Japan, Canada and China. Unfortunately, the general lack of information on the Korean wood products market has hindered the ability of western producers to take full advantage of that market. Data are presented summarizing trends in Korea's domestic softwood production and imports, product distribution, and softwood use in construction and industrial market applications. Specific market opportunities, including the promotion of western style construction techniques, and the potential for substituting western softwood species for tropical hardwoods and other softwood species within the Korean wood products industry are discussed. West J. App. For. 2:17-20, Jan. 1987.

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How Sweet and Ripe are the Fruits? Data Mining Techniques for Classifying and Predicting ‘Quick-Wins’ Direct Capital Investment in Indonesia as One Approach to Business intelligence Orientation and Knowledge Management Scenarios of Indonesian Enterprises

ACMIT Proceedings ◽

10.33555/acmit.v1i1.13 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 121-131

Author(s):

Ali Fauzi

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Business Intelligence ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Capital Investment ◽

Export Market ◽

Added Value ◽

Knowledge Generation ◽

Management Scenarios ◽

Data Mining Techniques ◽

Knowledge Based Economy

The existence of big data of Indonesian FDI (foreign direct investment)/ CDI (capital direct investment) has not been exploited somehow to give further ideas and decision making basis. Example of data exploitation by data mining techniques are for clustering/labeling using K-Mean and classification/prediction using Naïve Bayesian of such DCI categories. One of DCI form is the ‘Quick-Wins’, a.k.a. ‘Low-Hanging-Fruits’ Direct Capital Investment (DCI), or named shortly as QWDI. Despite its mentioned unfavorable factors, i.e. exploitation of natural resources, low added-value creation, low skill-low wages employment, environmental impacts, etc., QWDI , to have great contribution for quick and high job creation, export market penetration and advancement of technology potential. By using some basic data mining techniques as complements to usual statistical/query analysis, or analysis by similar studies or researches, this study has been intended to enable government planners, starting-up companies or financial institutions for further CDI development. The idea of business intelligence orientation and knowledge generation scenarios is also one of precious basis. At its turn, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)’s enablement will have strategic role for Indonesian enterprises growth and as a fundamental for ‘knowledge based economy’ in Indonesia.

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