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THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS - IFEAT

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Distilled oil is delivered to the market in asmall village.In small villages, or towns, you can seehundreds, even thousands, of mintcollectors/speculators. Do not be surprised ifyou find a grocer acting as an oil collector inhis shop. Anyone with some capital can be acollector – this is a fully free market!As mentioned earlier, three crops can beplanted at the Mint Belt. Thus, there iswheat, or mint with sugarcane in summer. Intercropping at Mint BeltRice and sugarcane during the monsoons,while wheat or potatoes are planted inwinter. The intercropping in the Mint Beltis illustrated in the graphical presentation.For example, farmers can decide on a mixof rice-potatoes-mint here. Mint can beplanted in February using roots (or inApril using transplanted mint) andharvested in June. Then rice is planted inJune and potatoes in November. Or he canhave rice-wheat-mint or rice-potatoeswheatand so on. Based on this cropcalendar, we can estimate the earnings ofindividual farmers in a year. And it is good for us to know the opportunity cost of the farmers.16

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