Examining the social, physical and institutional determinants of pineapple farmers’ choice of production systems in Central Ghana

Badu-Gyan, Farida; Henning, Johannes I. F.; Grové, Bennie; Owusu‐Sekyere, Enoch

doi:10.1007/s13165-018-0233-y

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“…Nam Om community enterprise network showed lower agreement to improvement in soil quality, water quality, and biodiversity on farmland. Azam and Shaheen (2018) and Badu-Gyan et al. (2019) found that the use of agro-chemicals in conventional farming damaged the biodiversity in the long run.…”

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Factors influencing participation in collective marketing through organic rice farmer groups in northeast Thailand

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Tsusaka

Zulfiqar

et al. 2022

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Factors influencing participation in collective marketing through organic rice farmer groups in northeast Thailand

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Tsusaka

Zulfiqar

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“…From this study, the choice of seeds only, seedlings only and both seeds and seedlings as planting material for cashew plantation propagation are dependent on the satisfaction that a farmer gets from the cashew planting material. In such instances, multinomial logit (MLM) and multinomial probit models (MPM) are widely used by many studies in Ghana ( (Tsinigo and Behrman, 2017;Danso-Abbeam et al, 2017;Alhassan et al, 2019;Badu-Gyan et al, 2019). The preference for the two models is mainly based on their consistency, efficiency and normality (Dow and Endersby, 2004).…”

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Seedling production and choice among cashew farmers in Ghana: a profitability analysis

Bannor

Oppong-Kyeremeh

Abele

et al. 2020

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PurposeThe unavailability and inadequate use of cashew seedlings for propagation are part of the challenges facing the cashew sub-sector in Ghana. However, promoting investment into cashew seedling production should be based on the analysis of the profitability and viability of such a venture as well as the respective determinants of farmers' demand for the planting material.Design/methodology/approachThis study used gross margin/contribution, net margin and contribution ratios to analyse the profitability of cashew seedling production under four different business models. Also, the determinants of choice of planting material for cashew plantation among farmers was analysed via a multinomial probit regression.FindingsThe study revealed that cashew seedling production is profitable with a gross margin of $8,474, $2,242, $1,616 and $1,797 and contribution to sales of 31–53% for the various business models. The positive determinants of the use of cashew seedlings were off-farm job participation and extension contact, whereas farm size and age of plantation negatively influenced the use of seedlings. Land acquisition method also influenced the use of both seedlings and seeds negatively.Practical implicationsThe findings provide empirical evidence of the viability and profitability of cashew seedling production as a viable business venture and off-farm opportunity in rural areas. The information from the study will help major stakeholders in cashew production to understand the type of farmers who use seeds and seedlings as well as the reasons for using or otherwise.Originality/valueSignificant research in the cashew value chain had focussed on the profitability of cashew plantation with little literature on profitability and viability analysis of cashew seedling production. Similarly, this study provides a significant value chain job opportunity as well as literature on the choice of cashew seedlings among current and prospective end-users.

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Participatory Causal Loop Mapping of the Adoption of Organic Farming in Nigeria

Adebiyi

Olabisi

2022

Environmental Management

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Examining the social, physical and institutional determinants of pineapple farmers’ choice of production systems in Central Ghana

Cited by 7 publications

References 29 publications

Factors influencing participation in collective marketing through organic rice farmer groups in northeast Thailand

Factors influencing participation in collective marketing through organic rice farmer groups in northeast Thailand

Seedling production and choice among cashew farmers in Ghana: a profitability analysis

Participatory Causal Loop Mapping of the Adoption of Organic Farming in Nigeria

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