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Productivity Intervention and smallholder farmers (Ghana).pdf (204.54 KB) Despite the dependence of more than three-quarters of a million households on cocoa for their living in Ghana, the production segment of the cocoa industry is fraught with significant challenges manifesting in low farm productivity. Various intervention programs to help farmers improve...
Analysis of Incentives and Disincentives for Cocoa in Ghana.pdf (1.17 MB) This technical note aims to describe the market incentives and disincentives for Cocoa in Ghana.
For this purpose, yearly averages of farm gate and wholesale prices are compared with reference prices calculated on the basis of the price of the commodity in the international market. The...
Social Innovation Among Ethnics in Cocoa Farming at Sulawesi.pdf (293.26 KB) This study conducted in the Island of Sulawesi, precisely in the province of West and South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The purposes is to (i), determine the development pattern of social innovation and in the government innovation in cocoa farming among ethnics of Javanese, Buginese and Mandar in the...
Sustainable cocoa - a matter of taste.pdf (1.17 MB) Presentation held at the Origin Chocolate Event (23 of October, 2013, Royal Tropical Institute of Amsterdam) by Anna Laven and Susanne van der Kooij. The presentation shows the learning process about fine or flavour chocolate, its chain and its sustainable characteristics.
Report phase A1 final.pdf (947.02 KB) Cocoa farmers can make an important contribution to the preservation of biodiversity. Areas where cocoa is produced can for example act as a buffer for – or corridor between – nature reserves. Farmers do not receive a reward for such ecosystem services, however. This is a missed opportunity....
An Analysis of Yield Gap and Some Factors of cocoa yields in ghana.pdf (461.66 KB) Although cocoa productivity has recently been increasing in Ghana, it is still low compared with that of other countries such as Cote d’Ivoire and Malaysia. This situation has been attributed to the low adoption of cocoa production technologies. The study was aimed at analysing the yield gap as...
SOIL management techniques in Nigeria.pdf (270.72 KB) The influence of soil fertility on the performance of any crop cannot be overemphasized. The study assessed cocoa farmers’ training needs on soil management techniques in Cross River State of
Nigeria. Study data were obtained from random sample of farmers belonging to Cocoa Farmers...
Hainmueller et al (2011) baseline survey, preliminary report.pdf (1.08 MB) This baseline survey has gathered detailed data on conditions and challenges faced by a large sample of cocoa farmers. The goal of the survey was to measure economic and social indicators before the implementation of the key components of the CCP program to enable later comparisons with data...
mohammed et al (2012) cocoa value chain implications for the smallholder farmer in Ghana.pdf (457.63 KB) The study sought among other things to examine the detailed map of Ghana’s cocoa value chain (GCVC), the major constraints and opportunities to growth and expansion of GCVC, and proposes strategies to at least mitigate the identified constraints. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data...
An optimal phased replanting approach for cocoa trees with.pdf (368.81 KB) This study solves for the optimum replacement rate (ORR) and initial replacement year (IRY) of cocoa trees (Theobroma cacao) in Ghana to maximize net present value and achieve steady state by employing a phased replanting approach. The annual ORR is 5%–7% across the three production systems...
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