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082	0	4	_a633.748 _bN818
100	1		_999651 _aNoor, M.M.
100	1		_9118201 _aShaaban, S.
260			_c1989
041	0		_aEn
500			_a5 tab. 8 ref. Sum. (En)
520			_aA Cobb-Douglas production function was applied to study economies of scale behaviour in cocoa smallholders in Sabak Bernam, Selangor, Malaysia. Variables land, labour, fertilizer and chemical were regressed on production using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) technique. The data for the study was obtained from a survey of cocoa and coconut smallholders in Sabak Bernam, Selangor in 1982. The results showed output supply elasticities of land, labour and fertilizer inputs of 0.710, 0.053 and 0.133 respectively while the input chemical showed statistical insignificance. The production elasticity was found to be 0.9 but this does not imply declining returns to scale for cocoa smallholders in Sabak Bernam. The less than unity production elasticity indicated the exclusion of important variables especially the age of cocoa trees which is important to production. The result indicated constant returns to scale in the smallholder cocoa production in Sabak Bernam.
650	1	4	_9166664 _aTHEOBROMA CACAO
650	1	4	_9147441 _aEXPLOTACION EN PEQUEÑA ESCALA
650	1	4	_9148696 _aFUNCIONES DE LA PRODUCCION
650	1	4	_9155140 _aMODELOS MATEMATICOS
650	1	4	_9153666 _aMALASIA
691			_9166664 _aTHEOBROMA CACAO
691			_9333533 _aPRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
691			_9326437 _aMATHEMATICAL MODELS
691			_9153674 _aMALAYSIA
692			_aTHEOBROMA CACAO
692			_aFONCTION DE PRODUCTION
692			_aMODELE MATHEMATIQUE
692			_aMALAISIE
773	0		_tMARDI Research Journal (Malasia) _d1989 _gv. 17(1) p. 45-53
040			_aCR-TuBCO _cCR-TuBCO _bEs
245	1	0	_aSmallholders cocoa production in Sabak Bernam: implications on economies of scale
942			_cANA
003			CR-TuBCO
999			_c71572 _d71572