Perception of cocoa farmers to voluntary standard certification: An implication on Cocoa Transformation in Nigeria

Eghe, Agbongiarhuoyi Anthony; Taiwo, Osun; Solomon, Famuyiwa Busayo; Oseni, Joseph Olumide

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“…Even though the crop is cultivated on a large scale, however, the sector has always been dominated by smallholder farmers and remains a critical source of livelihood for rural populations in states where the crop is produced. This is because of subsistence operations that are carried out through inherited farmland, and mode of sharecropping system in which two-thirds of the harvest accrues to the capitalist landowners, who also subsidized the mechanization process through acquisition of farming implements that facilitate mass cocoa production and in turn yield enormous amount of profit (Anthony Eghe et al, 2014) Nonetheless, the country's cocoa plantation sector still reflected the dominating impact of smallholder farmers that are numbered close to 350,000 and cultivated around 1.4 million hectares of farmland in the cocoa production process. And as a result, the country is seen as a major player in international cocoa production (NEPC, 2018).…”

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Digital Communication Tools Usage and Buyer-Seller Relationship: Cocoa Smallholder Farmers’ Perspectives

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Cocoa farming, production and exports in Nigeria remain a study focus because of the agricultural sector revenue in the pre-crude oil era of Nigerian history. Cocoa being one of the chief sources of revenue and exporting income for the country, exposes the subsector to contention and continuous review for analysts and policymakers to improve both the farming practices and commercial viability of the sphere. This study uses a smallholder population of 87 respondents in Ondo state to describe and analyze the buyer-seller relationship of cocoa farmers in the region. This article examined the level of usage of digital communication tools among cocoa farmers and evaluated the impact of digital communication tools used on the buyer-seller relationship in the study area. ANOVA, regression analysis, Pearson correlation analysis were employed for empirical investigations. The study findings revealed that the propensity to the adoption of digital communication tools is low and widespread adoption can eliminate challenges of trust, satisfaction, and imperfect market with regards to the information in the relationship context as extended by previous studies. It is recommended that beyond Messengers and SMS, a further advancement to using other means of communication including social media and video-conferencing can aid in solving some of the issues meandering the buyer-seller relationship. Congruently, global market rivalry and international standards in cocoa farming and processing can be achieved if digital communication tools are widely adopted by farmers in the region.

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Digital Communication Tools Usage and Buyer-Seller Relationship: Cocoa Smallholder Farmers’ Perspectives

2022

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Impact of Illegal Mining Activities on Cocoa Pollinator Abundance in Ghana

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Nyarko Essuman

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Shifting Frontiers of Theobroma Cacao - Opportunities and Challenges for Production

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Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is mainly pollinated by Ceratopogonid midges (Forcipomyia spp.). Wild pollinators are important to both cocoa production and natural ecosystems, and are threatened by land-use change, intensive agricultural management, fragmentation from mining activities, and climate change. Despite the massive expansion of cocoa production in Ghana, it may now be of secondary economic importance to gold due to its increased environmental impact and the economic importance exercised by cocoa communities. However, very little attention has been paid to pollination management as a factor of production, as pollination is often not considered an important process for crop yield. The Ghana Cocoa Board takes a closer look at the impact of illegal mining on cocoa productivity and trusts farmers to destroy their farmland for illegal gold mining. In this chapter we briefly describe the cocoa sector, cocoa flower and pollinator biology and phenology as presented. What follows is an overview of the current environmental threats and social issues posed by unregulated mining affecting pollinator abundance and diversity in the context of Ghana. Finally, we examine ways to improve pollination and deforestation in Ghana’s small cocoa sector.

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Perception of cocoa farmers to voluntary standard certification: An implication on Cocoa Transformation in Nigeria

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Digital Communication Tools Usage and Buyer-Seller Relationship: Cocoa Smallholder Farmers’ Perspectives

Digital Communication Tools Usage and Buyer-Seller Relationship: Cocoa Smallholder Farmers’ Perspectives

Impact of Illegal Mining Activities on Cocoa Pollinator Abundance in Ghana

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