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The Ghana cocoa market has been extensively liberalised over the period since the mid 1980s. Three issues have been prominent in microeconomic research on the effects of liberalisation on agriculture. The first has been the size of any supply response, the second has been the effect on producers...
The study examined the viability of small-holder cocoa production under three management systems in Abia State, viz. owner-, lease and sharecrop management systems. In all, 150 cocoa farmers were selected for the study. Results show that cocoa production is profitable and viable in the study...
This research thesis examines the cocoa productivity in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia and Colombia. The cocoa yields are low in most producing countries, there is technology available to increase yields, but most farmers have been unable to increase yields and this research tries to answer why....
The cocoa sector is of vital importance to Ghana, employing millions of people and contributing important revenues to the government. In order to raise prices received by producers and to increase overall performance of the cocoa sector, a number of reforms were undertaken, where the most...
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