Contents:
Introduction
1. The Tropical Commodity Crisis
2. A brief history of primary commodity production in developing countries
3. Current innovations for improving income from tropical commodities
4. Towards a new initiative for supply management of primary commodities for developing countries
5. The benefits of the management of supplies of tropical commodities
6. International rules affecting supply management programmes
7. The task begins
8. A personal account
Annex: The uses of tropical commodities in the modern world

About the Author
Peter Robbins is a consultant to the UN on trade relations between African countries and multinational companies.