Human Environment and Spatial Relationships in Agricultural Production : The Case Study of Sri Lanka and Other Tea Producing Countries

Patrick Mendis

ISBN 10: 0820417351 / ISBN 13: 9780820417356

Published by Lang, Peter, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Environment and Spatial Relationships in Agricultural Production : The Case Study of Sri Lanka and Other Tea Producing Countries
• Publisher: Lang, Peter
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820417351
• ISBN 13: 9780820417356
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This book, an interdisciplinary study of human environment and spatial organization in agriculture, covers the historical development of the tea industry and analyzes a set of intriguing relationships among estate size, management, and environmental factors of tea production in Sri Lanka. It applies a host of geographic and economic data to a production function analysis in order to examine returns to scale, intensity of land use, and relationships between yield and factors of tea production. These results are compared with other findings from major tea and coffee producing countries as well as selected crops from developed and developing countries. Finally, this study provides a framework for spatially and environmentally sensitive policy options to optimize efficiency and equity considerations of the tea sector in Sri Lanka.

About the Author

The Author: Patrick Mendis, a Visiting Scholar in Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, formerly worked for the World Bank and the United Nations Secretariat. He earned his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and his M.A. in Public Affairs (specializing in international economic development and planning) from the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Born in Sri Lanka, he obtained his B.S. in Business Administration (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Sri Jayawardenepura near Colombo. Dr. Mendis received Harvard, Humphrey, and McMillan Awards for his activities and has worked as a consultant to Sri Lanka in Pictures.