Over the last several decades of Ghana's economic development, as considered in this
study, two distinctly different economic strategies have been pursued by the government of …

The study aims at examining the sustainability of cocoa farmer livelihood. Emphasis was laid
on investigation of factors that increase or derail the sustainability of cocoa farmer livelihood …

Governance and social capital are significant components in the management and
operation of agricultural value chains. We explore these related concepts by examining the …

A Billion Dollars a Day “This text provides a good narrative on the economics of government
intervention, the structure of the world food system and history of the WTO, and the provision …

Due to the importance of cocoa in the food industry, there is a greater need to transport this
commodity with fewer rejections and damage to quality. Growing in the tropical areas of the …

Cocoa remains an important cash crop in Ghana and plays a major role in the country's
socioeconomic development. The crop is the mainstay of many smallholder households and …

The study was done in Ghana. The main objective of the study was to analyze the
production, consumption and marketing stages of cocoa in Ghana. A qualitative research …

This chapter explains that it is evident from Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)
gold sector that mobile technologies contribute to the informal ASM throughout the country …

There is a general agreement among scientists that the use of shade trees in cocoa
plantations (cocoa agroforests) may provide ecological and economic benefits. Shade trees …

This chapter deals with urbanisation processes in a predominantly rural area of Ghana, far
from the major urban centres. For more than a century, cocoa production has been one of …