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How to Boost Cocoa Yield in Ghana? – Quantifying the Cocoa Yield Gap and Identifying its Drivers

Asante, Paulina Ansaa; Rahn, Eric; Zuidema, Pieter A.; … - 2022

factors determine this potential for increased yield.OBJECTIVE The objective was to estimate the cocoa yield gap in Ghana … physiological crop growth and production model for cocoa to simulate water-limited yields in 93 cocoa farm locations in Ghana. Yield … Ghana are determined by climate with larger yield gaps in humid areas, whereas the relative yield gaps can be reduced by …

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Geographical Indication (GI) Options for Ethiopian Coffee and Ghanian Cocoa

Oguamanam, Chidi - 2014

This chapter outlines research into the Ethiopian coffee and Ghanaian cocoa industries that sought to determine the potential for the local communities and diverse stakeholders participating in the two industries to benefit from sui generis geographical indications (GIs). The research was...

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Does pesticide regulation impact the export competitiveness of major global cocoa producers?

Akin-Olagunju, Olaide; Falusi, Abiodun; Yusuf, Sulaiman; … - In: Journal of African trade : official journal of the … 9 (2022) 1/2, pp. 47-72

Several methods are used to evaluate competitiveness, but the non-inclusion of quality measures, despite their importance in international product markets, gives less credence to such assessments. This study evaluates export competitiveness in the cocoa sector from the context of pesticide...

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Effects of international shocks on cocoa global production

Olarte-Libreros, Mónica María; Rojas-Mora, Jaime Edison; … - In: Economies : open access journal 13 (2025) 2, pp. 1-18

The global cocoa trade network is highly concentrated. The top 5 producers account for 75 percent of exports. Although recent research shows that agricultural trade was resilient to the 2020 pandemic, cocoa is one of the most affected goods. This paper estimates the effects of international...

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Raw materials : the international cocoa agreement

In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 7 (1972) 12, pp. 360-361

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How low is the price elasticity in the global cocoa market?

Tothmihaly, Andras - 2017

The high volatility of the world cocoa price makes the millions of cocoa farmers in the developing world highly vulnerable to poverty. A large volatility in the value of an agricultural commodity is linked to the inelasticity of its supply or demand. Therefore, we test the hypothesis that the...

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An agreement for cocoa : the worries remain

Kebschull, Dietrich - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 8 (1973) 2, pp. 34

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Togo - Coffee and Cocoa Liberalization

World Bank - 2012

The reform, a key component of a larger economic recovery and adjustment operation, and of the agricultural sector strategy, focused on the liberalization of coffee and cocoa prices, their primary marketing and export, all previously regulated by a marketing board. The main objectives of the...

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Exchange rate regimes and global cocoa trade: to float or to peg?

Addai, Bismark; Gyimah, Adjei Gyamfi; Poku-Agyemang, Kwadwo - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-10

The effectiveness of different exchange rate systems continues to attract the attention of many scholars, however, most discussions on exchange rate regimes have focused on how the phenomenon affects economic growth, economic stability, financial crises, international tourism, and international...

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Prices of tea, coffee, and cocoa

Shaulis, Lloyd L. - 1919

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