Consulta: creatorFacets:"Gockowski,   James"
Registros recuperados: 5
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ECONOMIC COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF CERTIFIED SUSTAINABLE COCOA PRODUCTION IN GHANA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Victor,   Afari-Sefa; Gockowski,   James; Agyeman,   Nana Fredua; Dziwornu,   Ambrose K.
Ghana is well endowed with premium bulk cocoa and is strategically positioned to capture significant market shares for the growing demand in specialty cocoa products on the world market. Consumers’ taste and preference for differentiated or ‘specialty’ cocoa based on environmental- and ethically certified cocoa products have been rising over the years. This study uses an ex-ante analytical approach to explore the potential for smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana to develop niche markets for an environmentally and sustainably produced cocoa, namely; Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa as an alternative to Ghanaian bulk cocoa. Using NPV, BCR and IRR economic decision criteria, the profitability or otherwise of introducing this rainforest alliance certified...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cocoa biodiversity; Ex-ante Cost-Benefit Analysis; Rainforest Alliance Certification; Differentiated cocoa production; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97085

Socio-Economic Impact of a Cocoa Integrated Crop and Pest Management Diffusion Knowledge Through a Farmer Field School Approach in Southern Cameroon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dieu ne Dort,   Njankoua Wandji; Julius,   Lapbim Nkeh; Gockowski,   James; Isaac,   Tchouamo.
We focused on the Socio-Economic Evaluation of Farmer Field School Training on Integrated Pest Management in the humid forest region of Cameroon. The main objective was to assess the impact of training on integrated pest management (IPM) on cocoa farmer field school graduates. The results indicate that shade management, phytosanitary harvest, pruning, improved spraying practices and grafting of improved materials were adopted at the rate of 94, 93, 90, 66 and 35 % respectively, with the overall rate of adoption being 76 %. There was a 47 % reduction in the frequency of spraying fungicides and a 17 % reduction in the number of sprayers applied per treatment following the implementation of the training. Labour inputs increased significantly for pruning,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Integrated pest management; Farmer field school; Adoption rate; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25418

Investing in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire: Hypotheses, evidence and policy implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nkamleu,   Guy Blaise; Keho,   Yaya; Gockowski,   James; David,   Soniia.
This paper presents empirical evidence to show how socioeconomic factors affect the adoption of and investment in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire. The analysis uses primary farm-level data collected in 2002 from a nationally representative sample of more than one thousand cocoa farmers. The study describes the status of the adoption of various chemical inputs and uses a multiplicative heteroscedastic Tobit model to identify and quantify the impact of the socioeconomic environment on the incentive to invest. The results generally show that farmer, household and village characteristics are all important in explaining the farmers’ decisions. The paper concludes by outlining a number of implications for strategic targeting of farmers and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Chemical input; Tobit model; Cocoa sector; Socioeconomic factors; Côte d’Ivoire; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57015

Assessing Potential Impact of a Farmer Field School Training on Perennial Crop in Cameroon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wandji,   Njankoua; Binam,   Nyemeck; Sonii,   David; Mva Mva,   Jonas; Gockowski,   James.
This study is an attempt of the combination of multiple data sources referring to the same time period and to the same farmer population, it aims at assessing the potential impact of a cocoa Farmer Field School Training on Integrated Pest Management in Cameroon. Using a combination of a latitudinal and a longitudinal comparison, the results indicate that FFS-trained farmers have significantly more knowledge about crop husbandry practices than those in the non-participant comparison group. A 32% production increase and 45% income increase relative to the non-participants was estimated in the latitudinal analysis. The longitudinal comparison is showing significant adoption rates of 94, 93, 90, 66 and 35 % respectively for shade management, phytosanitary...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Integrated pest management; Farmer field school; Adoption rate; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52103

The Role of Credit Access in Improving Cocoa Production in West African Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nyemeck,   J.B.; Gockowski,   James; Nkamleu,   Guy Blaise.
This study uses survey data to examine the role of access to credit on cocoa production, in West African cocoa production countries under conditions of agricultural policy liberalization. The study specifies and estimates econometric models to simulate the counterfactual of what cocoa production would be in the absence of credit facilities. The survey results show that about 54% of cocoa farmers have access to credit in Nigeria, and respectively 37% in Cameroon, while in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire only a few cocoa farmers have access to credit. We find that the cocoa farmer’s capacity such as, the cocoa farm size, and the mutuality status of the farmer are more important as a determinants of cocoa farmers access to credit as well as another set of variables...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Credit; Cocoa; Farmer; West Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52095