Adoption of Organic Cocoa Production : Options for Humid Tropical West African Forests based on Lessons from a Case Study of Smallholder Cocoa Farmers in Ghana

ISBN-13: 9786139908875 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 248 str.

Mawutor Kwadzo Glover

Opis

This book examines the adoption of organic cocoa production. Specifically, it presents knowledge and experiences gained on smallholder cocoa farmers in Suhum - Kraboa Coaltar District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. The book covers the determinants and intensity of adoption of organic cocoa production by smallholder cocoa farmers in the district. It also investigates the difference in profitability between conventional and organically produced cocoa in the district. The material included in this book is considered to be of immense value and interest to smallholder cocoa farmers as well as those concerned in the research on cocoa addressing recent development issues. It may also prove to be important as basis of intervention activities, policies, research direction and extension activities of concerned government and non-government institutions.

O autorze

Glover, Mawutor Kwadzo
B.Sc. (First Class Honours) Agribusiness (University of Cape Coast, Ghana); MPhil. Agribusiness (University of Ghana, Legon); Lecturer in Agribusiness, Department of Agro Enterprise Development, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Ho Technical University, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana; Adjunct Lecturer, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.