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 …

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 …

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 …

sustainability standards in Ghana's cocoa sector lead to socioeconomic benefits but not to ecological benefits for the plot … approach to understand the simultaneous effects of sustainability standards on socioeconomic and ecological outcomes in Ghana …'s cocoa sector. Our study is based on a rich dataset comprising representative household data from 814 smallholder cocoa …