Economic evaluation of pepper production in Cambodia

Sosathya Pok

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

Pepper is one of the king spices, and it is given name as Black Gold. Black pepper (piper nigum) is known as family of Piperaceae. It is flowering vine, and it is being cultivated when it become fruits, which is famous to get it dry and used as a spices and seasoning. Pepper had been found in India, and it was used to cook since the prehistoric time at least 2000 years BCE. Peppercorn had become much valuable prized trade good. In the middle age, it had been transferred to Europe, the Middle East and North America. Since that time the pepper has become one of the biggest valued products around the world as we can name it Black Gold. In Cambodia, pepper has been found in Kom port province in 19th century. Before that time, due to Chinese emissary Zhou Daguan who documented much about early Cambodian history including the delectable, pepper had been grown along mighty temple in this written document at the time.This thesis is written and designed to fulfill two objectives. First objective is to identify and evaluate the economics of Pepper Production from 2000 to 2011 and to study about keywords factors why it becomes influenced to Cambodian economic during that period. The factors are price of pepper production, import the quantity of pepper, export the quantity of pepper, the total of both domestic and foreign investment in agriculture sector, and natural disaster. The first objective was evaluated by using regression linear model and regression analysis the method of ordinary least square. Beside the first objective, there is also second objective which define how influence on harvest areas, and total product change in the whole period 2000-2011. The method to analysis is difference from first objective. It is done by logarithm dissolution method.

Keywords

Pepper Production, Economics evaluation, Cambodia, Agriculture, Investment, direct domestic Trade

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 15. 3. 2017

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme / field:
Economics Policy and Administration / Business Administration