- Title
- The evaluation of orchard adjustment strategies : A linear programming approach to the development of rural policy in the SME sector
- Creator
- Oppenheim, Peter
- Date
- 2003
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/39273
- Identifier
- vital:1509
- Abstract
- Fruit production typically involves a period of investment and developmental expenditure which continues until the orchard is fully productive. During this period cash flows are negative. Once the orchard bears fruit, positive cash flows can result. In time, as the orchard trees age and yields decline or new varieties replace the existing varieties, negative cash flows reappear. The duration of this cycle can vary and periods of time ranging from ten to fifty or sixty years would not be uncommon. This study focuses on the Moutere Hill apple and pear fruit in the Nelson Province in the South Island of New Zealand during a recent period when the region as a whole experienced a severe decline in orchard incomes as a result of the failure of orchardists to adjust to changing economic and technological conditions which in turn resulted in orchards consisting of a large number of old trees with a high percentage of less preferred varieties.; E1
- Publisher
- Ballarat, Australia : University of Ballarat
- Relation
- Paper presented at the 16th Annual Conference of SEAANZ, Ballarat, Australia : 28th September- 1st October, 2003
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- Copyright SEAANZ
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Rural; SME; Policy
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