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Climate Change Awareness and Coping Strategies of Cocoa.pdf (819.76 KB) The study assessed the perception of farmers on the awareness, causes and impact of climate change on their farming activities. The study further identifies and describes the various coping strategies adopted by farmers
and ways of improving upon them to effectively tackle change in...
Assessment of the fermentative process from different cocoa cultivars produced in Southern Bahia, Brazil.pdf (509.07 KB) The “witch broom disease” caused by the fungus Moniliophtora perniciosa drastically reduced cocoa production in Southern Bahia (Brazil), and cloning techniques has been used with trees that showed resistance to the fungus. On the other hand, the genotype, agronomic management, soil and weather...
Factors Affecting Adoption of Cocoa Farm rehabilitation techniques in Nigeria.pdf (339.23 KB) Despite the fact that some efforts have been made to increase cocoa production in Nigeria, farmers are still producing below expected cocoa production figure due to old and moribund cocoa trees. This studyassesses the factors affecting adoption of cocoa farm rehabilitation techniques in Oyo...
standard of living of ghanaian cocoa farmers.pdf (233.53 KB) A survey was conducted to provide insight into the standard of living of cocoa farmers in Ghana. A total of 637 households (with 3392 persons) were randomly sampled using a multi staged sampling technique from eleven cocoa districts in Ghana. Formal questionnaires were used to interview the...
Understanding Farmer Engagement Sulawesi (1).pdf (834.38 KB) A range of different public and private sector organisations have intervened to improve the production of cocoa and smallholder livelihoods in Indonesia. They have employed a variety of methods and approaches. While some successes are evident, cocoa smallholders continue to struggle with the...
Market study of fine flavour cocoa - revised version.pdf (3.07 MB) This research was conducted to produce a mapping of the fine flavour cocoa (FFC) market for 11 countries of interest in Latin – America, Asia and Africa, and to define the potential of fine flavour cocoa for these countries. The research focussed on the varieties of fine flavour cocoa, the...
Quality Incentives in Informal Markets The Case of Ecuadorian Cocoa.pdf (222.42 KB) We investigate the economic importance of implicit quality incentives in an agricultural market that lacks the institutional capacity for measuring quality verifiably. We measure the magnitude of implicit price premiums for quality, and we distinguish empirically between hedonic-pricing and...
Jano&Hueth_Cocoa paper_AAEA2013.pdf (222.42 KB) This paper analyzes the productivity, technical efficiency and its determinants among cocoa producers in the Eastern region of Ghana. A multi-stage random sampling technique is used to obtain a cross sectional data on 190 respondents. The stochastic frontier model is adopted to analyze the...
Feasibility Study organic cocoa - Togo and cameroon.pdf (3.47 MB) The emergence of strong organic brands and the entry of mainstream food corporations in the organic cocoa market reflected the growing market for organic cocoa. So far, Latin American and Caribbean countries have been the main producers of organic cocoa beans.
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