Snap beans may offer a very attractive alternative for small farmers in the tropics with good access to markets and willing to take some risks. Snap beans yield high return to land and provide employment opportunities. The small farmer producing snap beans for the market will be able to generate a cash flow that allows significant investment in agrochemicals and other inputs. However, the crop does entail risks due to market fluctuations, production variation, and a high capital investment. Data on net returns, labor input, and costs of snap bean production in Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan are included in table form. (AS (extract)El cultivo de habichuela puede constituir una alternativa atractiva para pequenos agricultores del tropico c...
In Honduras, dry beans are the second most important staple crop, next to maize, in terms of both pr...
Research in bean economics includes production, marketing and consumption, and policy studies. Produ...
From the most important bean-growing areas in Costa Rica, 5 representative locations were selected; ...
Aspects of snap bean cultivation in Valle del Cauca (Colombia) are analyzed. They include importance...
Results from a survey on snap bean production, marketing, and consumption, carried out among the par...
The present status of snap beans in the developing world is reviewed. Socioeconomic aspects are main...
The present status of snap beans in the developing world is reviewed in the leading paper accompanyi...
The most important limiting factors for snap bean cultivation in Peru are lack of improved var. seed...
In Nicaragua, government policies have historically favored agro-export industries, such as coffee, ...
Since 1982, the behavior of snap bean cv. of determinate growth from North American commercial house...
The objectives, advantages, and disadvantages of snap bean cultivation in the coffee-growing area of...
The characteristics of snap bean var. Mantequilla, currently available in the Colombian market and w...
Snap bean samples from the fall, winter and spring plantings were of higher quality than those colle...
Three hundred small farmers from 42 villages of 5 Malawian regions were interviewed in order to gath...
Bean production in Central America is mainly a small farm operation on hillside, marginal areas, lim...
In Honduras, dry beans are the second most important staple crop, next to maize, in terms of both pr...
Research in bean economics includes production, marketing and consumption, and policy studies. Produ...
From the most important bean-growing areas in Costa Rica, 5 representative locations were selected; ...
Aspects of snap bean cultivation in Valle del Cauca (Colombia) are analyzed. They include importance...
Results from a survey on snap bean production, marketing, and consumption, carried out among the par...
The present status of snap beans in the developing world is reviewed. Socioeconomic aspects are main...
The present status of snap beans in the developing world is reviewed in the leading paper accompanyi...
The most important limiting factors for snap bean cultivation in Peru are lack of improved var. seed...
In Nicaragua, government policies have historically favored agro-export industries, such as coffee, ...
Since 1982, the behavior of snap bean cv. of determinate growth from North American commercial house...
The objectives, advantages, and disadvantages of snap bean cultivation in the coffee-growing area of...
The characteristics of snap bean var. Mantequilla, currently available in the Colombian market and w...
Snap bean samples from the fall, winter and spring plantings were of higher quality than those colle...
Three hundred small farmers from 42 villages of 5 Malawian regions were interviewed in order to gath...
Bean production in Central America is mainly a small farm operation on hillside, marginal areas, lim...
In Honduras, dry beans are the second most important staple crop, next to maize, in terms of both pr...
Research in bean economics includes production, marketing and consumption, and policy studies. Produ...
From the most important bean-growing areas in Costa Rica, 5 representative locations were selected; ...