Assessment of Pesticide Knowledge, Safety Practices and Postharvest Handling Among Cocoa Farmers in South Western Nigeria [PDF]
HeliyonCocoa beans are susceptible to fungal contamination during processing and storage. The knowledge of the use of pesticides and post-harvest handling of cocoa beans among farmers is of great importance for safe consumption. The study evaluated common cocoa
Vincent Ishola ESAN
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Knowledge, perception, and pesticide application practices among smallholder cocoa farmers in four Ghanaian cocoa-growing regions [PDF]
Toxicology Reports, 2023 Pesticides are widely used in Ghana, especially in cocoa farming. However, the practice is suboptimal and unsupervised. Incorrect use of these chemicals can seriously harm human health, the environment, and economies that rely on these farmers' output ...
Kwame Osei Boateng +5 more
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Assessing the adaptive capacity of smallholder cocoa farmers to climate variability in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 This study assessed the adaptive capacity of smallholder cocoa farmers to address the adverse effects of climate variability in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana.
Frank Baffour-Ata +7 more
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What Are the Drivers of Cocoa Farmers’ Choice of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Ghana?
Cogent Food and Agriculture, 2017 This study analyses cocoa farmers’ perception on climate change and adaptation strategies in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. Better understanding of these perceptions would help identify knowledge gaps of cocoa farmers on climate change, and would help ...
Elisha Kwaku Denkyirah +2 more
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Improving Support Systems for Cocoa Farmers beyond Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease Infestation [PDF]
Jurnal Social Economic of Agriculture, 2023 Cocoa swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD) has severely hampered the production of cocoa in Ghana since pre-colonial days. The Ghana Cocoa Board has put several measures in place to support cocoa farmers in the fight against the CSSVD.
Tetteh Adesah +3 more
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Shade Tree Selection in Cocoa Agroforestry: Ghanaian Farmers' Preferences, Ecological Insight and Drivers of Local Ecological Knowledge [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionIntegrating shade trees into cocoa farms potentially reduces the environmental cost of cocoa production and enhances their conservation value. However, it is unclear how farmers' shade trees preferences vary across cocoa production stage and how these ...
Michael Asigbaase +2 more
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Access to Trade Credit and Its Impact on the Use of European Union (EU) Approved Pesticides Among Smallholder Cocoa Farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 Aydoğan Özcan
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Cocoa Farmers’ Compliance With Safety Precautions in Spraying Agrochemicals and Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Cameroon [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018 Abayomi Samuel Oyekale
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AGRISE, 2023 This study investigates whether cocoa cooperatives can significantly improve the revenue of cocoa farmers. A simple random sampling technique was adopted to draw a sample of 306 farmers from a population of 25,109 cocoa farmers in the Mankranso Cocoa ...
Felix Nketia Boadu +4 more
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Journal of Community Service and Empowerment, 2023 Cocoa farmers in this area were not familiar with post-harvest processing, usually, the cocoa bean was sold directly without any fermentation. This public service objective provides information on good quality control of cocoa plant beans, such as ...
Hanif Alamudin Mansur +12 more
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