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Liberalized marketing and trade regimes of coconut sector pose serious challenges for policymakers and planning experts of the coconut-growing countries across the world. This is particularly true, when the world coconut sector faces many daunting challenges such as low productivity, incidence of pests and diseases, fluctuating prices, volatile domestic marketing system, recession in trade sector, etc. This chapter depicts varied aspects like global scenario including the challenges faced by major coconut-producing countries, trade aspects, global competitiveness, price analysis, policy-level impediments, issues related to procurement and marketing, empowerment through agribusiness and future perspectives of global coconut economy.
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Sairam, C.V., Jayasekhar, S. (2018). World Coconut Economy: Sectoral Issues, Markets and Trade. In: Krishnakumar, V., Thampan, P., Nair, M. (eds) The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera L.) - Research and Development Perspectives. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2754-4_17
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