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Comparative Advantage among African Coffee Producers

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  • Scott R. Pearson
  • Ronald K. Meyer

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Relative comparative advantage is measured by contrasting country ratios of the domestic resource costs per unit of foreign exchange earned by exporting coffee to the exchange rate. Uganda, Ethiopia, and Tanzania have strong relative comparative advantages in coffee vis-à-vis the Ivory Coast, largely because of higher opportunity costs of Ivoirian factors.

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  • Scott R. Pearson & Ronald K. Meyer, 1974. "Comparative Advantage among African Coffee Producers," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 56(2), pages 310-313.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:56:y:1974:i:2:p:310-313.
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    1. Carter, Colin A. & Zhong, Funing, 1990. "Will "Getting Prices Right" Enhance Chinese Agriculture?: A Test Of Regional Comparative Advantage," Working Papers 225853, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
    2. Kirsten, Johann F. & Ohene-Anyang, E. & van Rooyen, Johan, 1998. "An Analysis Of The Comparative Advantage And Policy Incentives Of Commercial Wheat Production In South Africa," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 37(4), pages 1-13, December.
    3. Wiebelt, Manfred & Herrmann, Roland & Schenck, Patricia & Thiele, Rainer, 1992. "Discrimination against agriculture in developing countries?," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 458, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    4. Lokaphadhana, Tipaporn & Welsch, Delane E., 1982. "Net Social Profitability And Domestic Resource Cost Of Eight Agricultural Commodities In Thailand," Staff Papers 13418, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
    5. Longmire, James L., 1984. "Long-Term Developments in Trade in Feeds and Livestock Products," Foreign Agricultural Economic Report (FAER) 147519, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    6. Zhong, Funing & Carter, Colin A., 1991. "Will Market Prices Enhance Chinese Agriculture?: A Test Of Regional Comparative Advantage," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 16(2), pages 1-10, December.
    7. Dunmore, John C., 0. "Competitiveness And Comparative Advantage Of U.S. Agriculture," Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies, Farm Foundation.

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