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In an effort to increase growth. employment and diversify fanner portfolios and exports in Liberia. the government is currently focused on opportunities in smallholder tree crops. Smallholder cocoa has the potential to benefit a wide population of farmers by increasing income opportunities and...
Structural adjustment in less developed countries has often mandated removal of state-run marketing boards to enhance efficiency in the marketing chain and to raise farm income. Concerns have been mounting about the negative side effects of cocoa market liberalization, including replacement of...
The potential impact of a cocoa Farmer Field School (FFS) training on integrated pest management (IPM) in Cameroon was assessed. It was shown that FFS-trained farmers have significantly more knowledge about crop husbandry practices than non-participants. A 32% production increase and 45% income...
Various works have demonstrated that small-scale agricultural producers from developing countries do not generally obtain the potential gains linked to marketing. What can be done to help them obtain better prices? In this article, we examine two different solutions: (1) increasing the...
The effects of STCP farmer field school training conducted in 2003 with the cocoa farmers of Atwima District of the Ashanti region, Ghana, was assessed. The focus of the study is on the measurement of changes in behavior with respect to crop husbandry and input usage and the impact on production...
A case study of cocoa intensification and the Cocobod High Tech program was conducted by the Sustainable Tree Crops Program of IITA in 2011 to better understand the potential of the intensified perennial tree production systems as a potential tool for addressing rural poverty and climate change...
In a six-month transnational project led by the Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR), journalists hailing from Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria and the Netherlands investigated the alleged benefits received by cocoa farmers in West Africa via the FAIRTRADE label. Their...
This report is one of the studies produced under the project "Sustainable development in the 21st century" (SD21), an undertaking of the Division for Sustainable Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). The overarching objective of the SD21 project...
In February 2012, ICCO requested KPMG to conduct a study on the costs, advantages and disadvantages of cocoa certification, with an emphasis on cocoa farmers. Cost-benefit analysis shows that farmers in general can benefit from certification, provided that certain conditions are met. The study...
In this working document 10 key elements are listed to enhance the implementation of the Accra Agenda: Transparaceny; Compliance with applicable laws and regulations; Remuneration for quality cocoa, productivity and improved farmers’ income; Access to credit and rural development services, and...
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