`Ivoire and Ghana so farmers can grow more cocoa on less land …Global cocoa production faces mounting environmental and economic challenges. Despite long-term global demand, cocoa …

The operationalization of cocoa mass spraying program by the government which has the aim of fighting against pests and … diseases in Ghanaians‟ cocoa farms would not just be adequate but rather uncovering the impact of the program on cocoa … sampling techniques were used to select cocoa-growing communities benefiting from the program and farmers respectively. Primary …

expenditure in the cocoa sector, depending on aggregation or disaggregation of expenditure on the Ghana Cocoa Board and other …Using public expenditure and agricultural production data on Ghana from 1970 to 2012, this paper assesses the returns … separately for expenditures in the cocoa versus the noncocoa subsectors. Production functions for the agricultural sector as a …

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 …ABSTRACT CONTEXT Global cocoa production is largely concentrated in West Africa where over 70% of cocoa is produced …

Cocoa is by far Ghana's most important crop. It dominates the agricultural sector and is a major source of income for …, the Government of Ghana (GoG) is committed to securing the future profitability and sustainability of the cocoa supply … approximately 800,000 farmers and many others engaged in trade, transportation, and processing of cocoa. Cocoa holds a unique …

cocoa farmers in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Based on interviews with experts from the cocoa sector in Europe, Ghana and Côte d …The production and consumption of raw materials such as coffee, cocoa and cotton have created extensive but unequal …'Ivoire, the author analyses the structure and governance of the global cocoa production network, the price formation in the cocoa …