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Long-Term Patterns of Change in the Commercialisation of Cocoa in Ghana: Forest Frontiers and Technological Transformation

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dc.creator Amanor, Kojo
dc.creator Yaro, Joseph
dc.creator Teye, Joseph
dc.date 2021-12-03T12:30:51Z
dc.date 2021-12-03T12:30:51Z
dc.date 2021-12-01
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:50:37Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:50:37Z
dc.identifier Amanor, K., Yaro, J. and Teye, J. (2021) Long-Term Patterns of Change in the Commercialisation of Cocoa in Ghana: Forest Frontiers and Technological Transformation. APRA Working Paper 76. Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium, DOI: 10.19088/APRA.2021.045
dc.identifier 978-1-78118-893-4
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16988
dc.identifier Rural Futures
dc.identifier 10.19088/APRA.2021.045
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198788
dc.description The commercialisation of cocoa production in Ghana has a long history dating back to the nineteenth century. The process of commercial development in cocoa is well documented and provides an alternative mode to contemporary models of commercialisation rooted in the adoption of modern technology and integration of farmers into markets. This working paper critically analyses frameworks for agricultural commercialisation in cocoa through intensification based on the uptake of synthetic inputs and hybrid seeds, by placing agricultural development within a broader framework of the historical development of the frontier in Ghana, and the related problems of ecological and economic crises. The study examines access to land, labour and technology, and how the complex interactions of scarcity of access to physical resources and labour influence farmers’ farming strategies and adoption of technology.
dc.language en
dc.publisher APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium
dc.relation APRA Working Paper;76
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rights APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium
dc.subject Agriculture
dc.subject Economic Development
dc.subject Environment
dc.subject Rural Development
dc.subject Technology
dc.title Long-Term Patterns of Change in the Commercialisation of Cocoa in Ghana: Forest Frontiers and Technological Transformation
dc.type Series paper (non-IDS)
dc.coverage Ghana


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