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The outlook for glasshouse tomato growers in Northern Europe, in view of probable changes in market supplies and cost structures before the year 2000 will be examined here. Whilst it is impossible to determine the future with absolute certainty, economists can pronounce on the impact of possible future events. Research methods such as the development and testing of econometric models and analysis of changed scenarios reduce the need for sheer speculation and this chapter draws on them wherever possible.
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Nicholson, J.A.H. (1986). An economic consideration of the future for glasshouse tomatoes. In: Atherton, J.G., Rudich, J. (eds) The Tomato Crop. The Tomato Crop. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3137-4_16
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