A study on Coconut cultivation based on size of land possessed by local farmers

Abstract

Work on value chains stems from original work by Porter who described the value system as the sum of value chains of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and end customers, i.e. he used the phrase value chain to refer to the internal chain and the value system to be a string of these internal chains. Some authors have viewed supply chains more holistically as the total chain of exchange from original source of raw material, through the various firms involved in extracting and processing raw  materials, manufacturing, assembling, distributing and retailing to ultimate end customers. Traditionally, economic theory mentions the following factors for comparative advantage for regions or countries hence in this empirical study following factors were studied: Land, Location,  Natural resources (minerals, energy), Labour, and Local population size. Because these four factors can hardly be influenced, this fits in a rather passive (inherited) view regarding national economic opportunity. The  study was carried in nine villages near udumalpet and the survey was mainly focused on land possessed by local farmers.