The study analyzes factors influencing agricultural credit allocation and constraint condition of maize farmers in the Upper-Manya Krobo District in the Eastern region of Ghana. The study uses primary data solicited from 130 maize farmers through the administration of a structure...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2012/2270
This study examines the socioeconomic factors that influence farmers’ willingness to accept monetary compensation to engage in tree planting and to evaluate realistic payment of incentives. Contingent Valuation method was employed to elicit bids levels of 200 farm households in G...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/16348
The cocoa (Theobroma cocoa Linn.) is the main foreign exchange earner and the backbone of the Ghanaian economy. However, over the years the production levels begun to dwindle and in the attempt to resuscitate the industry, the government introduced a technology package and social...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12911
This study assessed the determinants of Choice of Indigenous Climate Related Strategies by Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana using primary data obtained through community focus group discussions and household survey, and subjected to the Multinomial Logit regression model. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/2495
Heavy dependence on the natural environment for agricultural production in northern Ghana adversely affects the availability of agrobiodiversity and in turn household livelihoods. Farmers have over the years developed strategies for adapting to reduction in agrobiodiversity but t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/3807