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Theory and practice in plantation agriculture: an economic review

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This paper compares plantation agriculture with smallholder production and considers the history of plantation agriculture, theoretical perspectives on plantations, different forms of plantation management, its regional and environmental impact as well as political and policy issues. It concludes with an assessment of plantation agriculture as an agent of development.

Mary Tiffen and Michael Mortimore