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WHAT MAKES COCOA FARMERS CONVERT COCOA LAND? CASE STUDY: TWO COCOA PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN SOUTHEAST SULAWESI PROVINCE, INDONESIA

Jurnal Agrisep
Southeast Sulawesi province, as one of the cocoa baskets and the center of the National Cocoa Movement (GERNAS), continues to experience a decline in cocoa production and land area. One factor is the widespread conversion of cocoa land.
Campina Illa Prihantini, Ahmad Syariful Jamil, Risna Risna, Iksan Iksan, Masitah Masitah, Umbu Joka, Dudi Septiadi, Resti Prastika Destiarni   +7 more
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Investment in Cocoa Planting and Rehabilitation by Cocoa Farmers in Nigeria

Asian Journal of Economics and Empirical Research, 2016
The  paper examined investment in cocoa planting and replanting by cocoa farmers in Nigeria. The study sample comprised of 400 cocoa farmers  selected from five major cocoa producing states in Nigeria of which  321 farmers responded. Questionnaire technique supplemented by oral interview was used for the study.
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
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Employing agricultural extension delivery services for improving cocoa bean quality

Cogent Social Sciences
Agricultural extension services are supposed to provide farmers with the know-how and abilities they need to boost productivity, and create premium cocoa beans.
James Aniagyei, John-Eudes Andivi Bakang, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, Mark Arhin, Prince Asiedu   +4 more
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Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Michelle Márcia Viana Martins, Marcelo José Braga Nonnenberg, Ruan da Silva Vianna, Carla Cristina Passos Cruz   +5 more
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Impact of children’s appropriate work participation in cocoa farms on household welfare: Evidence from Ghana

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
This study examines how children engaged in cocoa farming in Ghana affect household welfare. Data was gathered from 384 cocoa producers using a multistage sampling technique and analysed employing the Cragg double hurdle and propensity score method.
Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa, Nana Afranaa Kwapong, David Boansi, Fred Ankuyi, Stephen Prah, John-Eudes Andivi Bakang, Ernest Laryea Okorley, Ezekiel Laten   +8 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social-ecological resilience in organic and non-organic cocoa farming systems in the Yungas of Bolivia [PDF]

, 2013
Cocoa based small scale agriculture is the basic livelihood of most farming families in the region of Alto Beni in the Bolivian Andes. Cocoa cultivation is affected by climate change impacts, soil degradation, pests and plant diseases, and insecure cocoa
Rist, Stephan, Pillco, Maria Isabel, Schneider, Monika, Jacobi, Johanna   +3 more
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Pests worry cocoa farmers

, 2020
Agriculture
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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source