A review of socio-economic studies undertaken to improve the productivity of small-planter sugarcane in Mauritius
| MSI99P2712 | |
| Toory, V. Tonta, J. | |
| A review of socio-economic studies undertaken to improve the productivity of small-planter sugarcane in Mauritius | |
| Lalouette, J. A., Bachraz, D. Y., Sukurdeep, N., Seebaluck, B. D.(eds), Proceedings of the Second Annual Meeting of Agricultural Scientists, Reduit,Mauritius, 12-13 August 1997 | |
| Book chapter | |
| 1998 | |
| p. 35-42 | |
| 99903-25-09-X | |
| Reduit, Food and Agricultural Research Council | |
| En | |
| En | |
| In Mauritius the findings of technical research undertaken on sugar cane by the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute (MSIRI) are disseminated to all categories of sugar cane growers, namely, the miller-planters, the large- and small-planters. However, the small-planters, on account of their narrow resource base and the numerous constraints which they have to face, have lagged behind in the adoption of new techniques and technologies as developed or adapted by research. A revision of the research strategy and the adoption of an alternative approach which could strengthen the research-client linkage was therefore required. Consequently, in the mid- 1980s socio-economic research was included in the research and development (R and D) programme of the MSIRI. This paper highlights the need for socio-economic research at the MSIRI. Past achievements are critically reviewed. The future avenues of research to improve further the efficiency of small-scale growers of sugar cane are also discussed. | |
| SUGARCANE SMALL PLANTERS SOCIOECONOMIC STUDIES PRODUCTIVITY | |
| MAURITIUS | |
| Agricultural economics | |
| 1997-09-26 | |
| En | |
| LIB | |
| CAT | |
| ECON |