Production and marketing of chili in the Brong-Ahafo area of Ghana

Vigneri, Marcella; Kolavalli, Shashidhara; Agandin, John; Rosenbach, Gracie; Moyo, Qondi

doi:10.2499/p15738coll2.134415

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“…Pepper production is also on small scale basis as farm holdings range 1.1-2.0 acres to 4.1 acres and above, nonetheless, producers record high level of productivity. However, this falls below the world and national productivities of 19.100Mt/ha and 9.694 Mt/ha, respectively in 2019, which is still less than the achievable yield of 32.30Mt/ha [26].…”

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confidence: 79%

“…The pooled mean productivity was 32.28 bags/acre which is equivalent to 1.619 MT/ha. This indicates that as compared to the Recent Global Production of Pepper and that of Ghana from Table 3, the productivity of the study area (1.619 MT/ha) falls below the World productivity of 19.100Mt/ha and Ghana's productivity of 9.694 Mt/ha in 2019, which is further less than the achievable yield of 32.30Mt/ha FAOSTAT [26]. This implies that, there was 71% level of agreement among the respondents regarding the constraints.…”

Section: Productivity Levels Of Pepper Producersmentioning

confidence: 76%

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Unveiling the Economic Potential of Smallholder Pepper Production in the Kumbungu District of Northern Ghana

Shiraz,

Iddrisu,

Iddi

et al. 2024

JEMT

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This study examines the economic benefits and constraints associated with smallholder pepper production in the Kumbungu District of Northern Ghana. Using a multistage sampling method and semi-structured questionnaire, data were gathered from 200 pepper producers from various communities within the district. Gross Margin analysis, descriptive statistics and Kendall’s Concordance method were employed to analyze the data. The results revealed that male farmers dominated with 88% whiles the remaining 12% were women, the mean age of the respondent was 34.21. Majority of the respondents were married (72.5%) while the remaining were single (27.5%) with no divorcees or widows. 85.5% cultivate pepper on farm size between 1.1 to 2.0 hectares with relatively highest mean productivity. In addition, pepper production in the study area is profitable due to GH₵1.98 return for every GH₵1 invested. Major factors identified and ranked as the main constraints in order of importance were; Insufficient working capital, High cost of production inputs, Low level of government support, Inadequate storage facilities, Perishable nature of pepper, Poor mode of transportation, long distance to market, difficulty in getting land for production and insufficient knowledge in pepper production. Therefore, NGOs and Financial institutions who have interest in agriculture should offer credit facilities to pepper farmers for expanding production. The provision of incentive in the form of subsidy, cost-sharing, price control among others should be instituted by the Government, MOFA and Non-Governmental Organization to aid in the expansion of pepper production in the study area.

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confidence: 79%

Section: Productivity Levels Of Pepper Producersmentioning

confidence: 76%

Unveiling the Economic Potential of Smallholder Pepper Production in the Kumbungu District of Northern Ghana

Shiraz,

Iddrisu,

Iddi

et al. 2024

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“…Since 2008/09 cocoa production has remained above the 700,000 metric tonnes except for 2010/2011 when a peak production above one million metric tonnes was achieved. Recent production increases can be attributed to renewed intensity of government interventions in the industry to boost production (Vigneri & Kolavalli, 2018). However, the sector has not been able to reach its desired productive capacity, with production indicated to be mostly short by 100,000 metric tonnes ( Baah et al, 2011), due biological factors and weaker incentives.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Prioritizing agriculture offers significant opportunities for reducing poverty, ensuring food security and boosting growth (World Bank, 2017). The contribution of agriculture to Ghana's export revenues is largely dominated by cocoa and has remained pivotal to the countries strategies for development and poverty reduction (Vigneri & Kolavalli, 2018). Sustaining the cocoa industry is vital to livelihood enhancement in farming communities and economy wide growth.…”

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Price Incentives and Supply Response in Cocoa -A Case of Border Regions of Ghana

Jebuni-Dotsey¹

2023

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Smuggling of cocoa between Ghana and its neighbouring producing countries such as Cote d’Ivoire and Togo is a frequent occurrence often to the advantage of the country posting higher producer price. Ghana is a net loser with regards to the smuggling of cocoa given relatively lower real producer price compared to its counterparts in production. Additionally, the close geographical location of key producing regions to the border lends support to such activities. This study investigates the supply response of cocoa in producing region such as Western North, Western South and Brong-Ahafo with proximity to Cote d’Ivoire and Volta which shares borders with Togo using data from 1981 to 2017. The study further estimates the volume of cocoa crop lost from these regions to the country’s neighbours from 2000 to 2017. In the findings, relative price differences significantly impact the volumes of reported crop for the country with 1% higher price abroad driving down production volumes in Western North, South and Brong-Ahafo by 0.53%, 0.48%, and 0.11% respectively. In 2013/14 crop year the country lost averagely 25,494 MT and 21,883 MT due to smuggling out of Western North and South, moderating to 1,559 and 1,358 in 2016/17. The Volta region consistently records outflow in each crop year except for 1999/2000, with peak losses in 2010/11 of 2,160 MT moderating to 1,197 in 2016/17. Net gains into the country from cocoa smuggling spanning from 1999/2000 to 2016/17 is averagely 23,534 MT and 15,336MT into Western North and South. However cocoa smuggling for both Ghana and its neighbours is on the descent in recent years as price disparities reduce. Intensifying the collaboration between Ghana and its close counterparts to minimize real crop price differences will effectively curtail the menace and the negative fallout of this to each country.

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Production and marketing of chili in the Brong-Ahafo area of Ghana

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Unveiling the Economic Potential of Smallholder Pepper Production in the Kumbungu District of Northern Ghana

Unveiling the Economic Potential of Smallholder Pepper Production in the Kumbungu District of Northern Ghana

Price Incentives and Supply Response in Cocoa -A Case of Border Regions of Ghana

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