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This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women’s land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in Western Ghana. We find that customary land tenure institutions have evolved toward individualized systems to provide incentives to invest in tree...

CocoaMAP giving sharper picture of cocoa's future, NCA_Journal , NCA Journal, 09/2012, Volume 2, Issue Fall, p.14, (2012)

With beta-testing starting this fall in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Indonesia, the WCF's Cocoa Measurement and Progress (CocoaMAP) initiative is the first program of its kind to track the advancements of the cocoa sector's performance and sustainability efforts, providing an overview of the health of...

This concept brief analyzes cocoa production statistics compared with
nutritional data in three major cocoa producing countries. It demonstrates
the consequences of under-nutrition for the sector. Maps initially present
the dimensions of under-nutrition in cocoa producing areas...

A diagnostic study was conducted to identify the major constraints on organic cocoa production at Brong-Densuso and surrounding communities in the Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District, Eastern Region, Ghana. The study followed a technographic study that highlighted cocoa as a public crop requiring...

Drivers of change in Ghana’s cocoa sector, Vigneri, M. , IFPRI-GSSP Background Paper, 2008, Washington, D.C., USA, p.36 - pgs., (2008)

This background paper takes a closer look at the cocoa sector by analyzing the production boom observed between 2002 and 2004. It suggests that most of the increased production can be attributed to good weather, and more intensive use of household labour and, to some extent, of fertilizer. The...

This report presents the results of the second wave of the Ghana Cocoa Farmers Survey, a panel dataset collected in August of 2004. This survey builds on an earlier round carried out in 2002 by Marcella Vigneri. The substantial increase in cocoa output during this period represents a success for...

The Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP) is a unique collaborative effort aimed at improving both the environment and the social and economic well-being of smallholder tree crop farmers in West and Central Africa. Through STCP the international cocoa industry has joined forces with farmer...

The role of knowledge for tropical food chains : focus on cocoa, , Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Improving the position of small holders through knowledge exchange between Tropical Food Chains and Research, 2007, Wageningen, (2007)

This presentation first deals with the background on the cocoa industry and looks at its future. Problems and challenges encountered are discussed, e.g on the economic side: low production, crop losses, pests and diseases, inadequate infrastructure and land-use planning, poor market information...

The prospects for regional collaboration to work on key challenges in Asian cocoa are examined. It is concluded that: (1) it is more efficient and cost-effective to find solutions to common problems in collaboration; (2) build on strengths of individual (national) organisations, combine areas of...

This report takes the reader through the identification of the roles, responsibilities and interest of farmers, buying companies, the Cocobod, credit facilitators, extension service providers, international traders-, processors and manufacturers. With this overview, the main problems and the...

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