rising from 122,600 tons in 2000 to 290,000 tons in 2020, owing largely to the expansion of the cocoa production areas (Suh and Molua2022). Furthermore, cocoa production in Uganda has steadily increased in recent years, with over 30,000 tons of...
Ghana's economy relies heavily on agriculture, with subsistence farming being the primary source of income for rural households. Over 50% of the food g
This article investigates the process of development in a traditional African export market, focusing on a contract farming scheme for organic cocoa in rural Uganda. Based on a repeated household survey, we measure the impact of the scheme on the income of participants and the economic mechanisms ...
According to World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), there are total 5 to 6 million cocoa farmers throughout the world comprising around 40 million to 50 million people depends on cocoa farming for their income, contributing annual cocoa production worldwide at 4.2 million tons valued at $11.8 billion gro...
The present study assessed farmers' perception of shade trees species, which are not only an essential part of cocoa farming, but also play a key role for climate change mitigation. In the region of Asankragua in Western Ghana, 45 cocoa farmers were chosen randomly and interviewed about their...
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A risk management tool in farming could be insurance. Quagrainie (2006) stated that insurance is a tool to reduce the financial risk of adverse events such as loss of life, medical expenses, auto accidents, casualty losses and weather damage. Similarly, Adams (1995) defines insurance as a co...
It specializes in cultivating organic cocoa using farming practices, without the use of child labor, and aims to support local smallholder farmers. The company primarily caters to the international market, seeking to supply certified organic cocoa to regions such as Europe and North America. It was...
2). This can be due to the variance in quality of land, farming practices, or simply individuals’ inability to estimate the size of land they devote to cocoa. The value of 191 confirms the low productivity in the study area. Despite this low productivity, the baseline highlights the ...
Smallholder farming, characteristic of banana (Musa spp.) production systems in Uganda presents significant challenges with regard to market access. Small-... JH Cheon,T Kim - International Conference on Banana & Plantain in Africa: Harnessing International Partnerships to Increase Research Impact 被引...