The deregulation of Ghana’s domestic cocoa supply chain that took place in the early 1990s was expected to bring … by simple welfare indicators, liberalization may be seen to have had a progressive impact on Ghana’s cocoa farmers. … finds that price based competition mechanisms did not develop in the resulting domestic cocoa value chain. Rather, the now …

on cocoa farmers in Ghana was analyzed. The results indicate that small scale farmers have little or no contact with … the cocoa value chain, which is part of a billion-dollar chocolate industry. Cocoa farming in many developing countries is … the main source of income for households. West Africa is the most important cocoa-producing area worldwide, accounting for …

/methodology/approach – The authors collect data from growers in three different cocoa value chains in Ashanti, Ghana. These chains include one …

Through a case-study of cocoa-farming in Ghana, this paper takes up the longrunning but recently neglected debate about …

study. The aim of this paper is to critically reflect on the validity of Smithian models. We use the boom and bust of cocoa … production in Ghana as an example, and conclude that while Smithian approaches provide valid explanations for the initial … cocoa production was endogenously driven by the specific structural conditions created by cocoa production. We argue that …

various support services on the production levels of cocoa in the Eastern region of Ghana. A cross sectional survey of 190 … cocoa farmers was obtained using a two-stage sampling technique (purposive and random). Descriptive statistics and an OLS … levels of cocoa were extension services, labour supply and technical assistance, among other variables including farm size …

various support services on the production levels of cocoa in the Eastern region of Ghana. A cross sectional survey of 190 … cocoa farmers was obtained using a two-stage sampling technique (purposive and random). Descriptive statistics and an OLS … levels of cocoa were extension services, labour supply and technical assistance, among other variables including farm size …

This study analyzed cocoa-based Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems (AKIS) in Atiwa and East Akim districts … of the Eastern Region of Ghana by using descriptive statistics and Total Information Score (TIS). Total Information Score … sets in availing cocoa-based information to farmers. …

clients’ subscription to the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana. Thus, Health utilization would partly depend on …

provided by faith-inspired health care providers in Ghana: how satisfied are patients with the services received?; and why are … patients choosing faith-inspired providers for care? The quantitative survey data suggests that the level of satisfaction with … satisfaction with and quality of services provided by faith-inspired providers may be higher than suggested by survey data. At the …