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Adoption of Cocoa Rehabilitation Techniques among Cocoa Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria.

Pelita Perkebunan (a Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal)
The study assessed the adoption of cocoa rehabilitation techniques (CRTs) by cocoa producers in Ido and Oluyole Local Government Areas Oyo State, Nigeria. Respondents for the study were 97, chosen through a multi-stage sampling technique. T-test, mean statistics, and percentages were used for data analysis. The study’s findings showed the mean age of
Omowunmi Veronica Ayodele, Itunu Esther Afuye   +1 more
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Assessment of pesticide knowledge, Safety Practices and postharvest handling among cocoa farmers in South Western Nigeria

Heliyon
Cocoa 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
S.M. Ademola, V.I. Esan, T.E. Sangoyomi
doaj   +3 more sources

Implementation evaluation of cocoa hand pollination program in Ghana

Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal
The study examines the Cocoa Hand Pollination Program (CHPP) and its potential to revolutionize cocoa farming in Ghana's cocoa industry. The study employed an exploratory research design, collecting primary data through structured questionnaires from ...
Solomon Asirifi, Kwadwo Amankwah, Fred Ankuyi, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, Addison Kwasi Akowuah, Akua Yeboah Oduro-Owusu, Prince Kwadwo Amoako   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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
exaly   +2 more sources

Organic cocoa farmer’s strategies and sustainability

Bio-based and Applied Economics, 2023
São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) is one of the world’s smallest organic cocoa exporting countries, whose product has a positive socio-cultural and economic impact. Small producers who ensure it, are associated into two cooperatives that experience several difficulties and dilemmas including climate changes and poverty.
Ibrahim Prazeres, Maria Raquel Lucas, Ana Marta-Costa, Pedro Damião Henriques   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

DOES COOPERATIVE MEMBERSHIP IMPROVE COCOA FARMER INCOME? EVIDENCE FROM MANKRANSO COCOA DISTRICT, GHANA

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, Patrick Appiah, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, John-Eudes Andivi Bakang, Fred Nimoh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of credit access of cocoa farmers

Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2019
Access to credit is one of the critical areas that are of prime interest to development practitioners, agribusiness entrepreneurs and agricultural economists, mainly access to credit by farmers in order to increase their production and also reduce poverty. This study sought to analyze the determinants of credit access among cocoa farmers in the Asunafo
Nicholas Oppong Mensah, Edward Yeboah, Anthony Donkor, Frank Osei Tutu, Richard Kaanye Dier   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

REVIEW : POTENSI DAN ARAH PENGEMBANGAN AGROINDUSTRI BERBASIS KAKAO DI PROVINSI PAPUA BARAT

Agrointek, 2016
West Papua Province as the coverage area of the National Cocoa Revitalization Movement (GERNAS Pro-Cocoa). This area has the potential to become a center for the cocoa production, and even become the main cocoa producing areas in eastern Indonesia. Cocoa
Murtiningrum Murtiningrum, Tajuddin Bantacut   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

FARMERS' ACCESSIBILITY AND USE OF HYBRID COCOA SEEDLINGS FOR COCOA REHABILITATION: EMPIRICAL RESULTS FROM AMENFI CENTRAL DISTRICT, GHANA [PDF]

Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2023
The introduction of hybrid seedlings of cocoa by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) was intended to replace old and diseased trees which were less productive. We conducted a study to investigate the accessibility and use of hybrid cocoa seedlings (Series II,
Acheampong M., Appiah P., Tham-Agyekum E.K., Bakang J.-E. A., Jones E.O., Osei C., Ankuyi F.   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Covid-19 pandemic awareness and coping strategies of cocoa farmers in Ondo State of Nigeria

, 2022
The study investigated COVID-19 pandemic awareness and coping strategies of cocoa farmers in Ondo State of Southwestern Nigeria. Random sampling technique was used to select cocoa farmers in the study area.
Agulanna, Foluso Temitope
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