Impact of public policy interventions on welfare of cocoa farmers in Ghana and Togo.
Over 70 % of the world’s cocoa is produced by small-scale farmers in West Africa playing a major role in the economic development of the individual countries. However, the present conditions of cocoa farmers remain a concern. They are challenged with low per capita income and inadequate access to technical assistance. For this reason, governments and various organizations have implemented public policies and interventions for the overall wellbeing of the cocoa farmers. This study analyzes the welfare impacts of the Living Income Differential (LID) and a capacity building program in Ghana and Togo, respectively. The study was carried out in two regions in Ghana and one region in Togo. In both countries together a total of 202 randomly sampled farming households were interviewed. A questionnaire covered variables on household economic welfare, investments, the overall perspective of farmers on the various public interventions farming activities, and socio-economic data. The data was analyzed using multivariant linear regression models indicators for welfare using the statistical software, Stata. Qualitative analyses of farmers perspectives on public interventions and governmental programs were done using SPSS The findings indicated a positive effect on welfare indicators, namely total production, total value of assets, and total expenditure. However, there were no robust results in the influence on food choices. The findings also sampled out the governmental programs, extension services and off farm employment as important characteristics which had a positive impact on the three welfare indicators. Hence it is crucial to encourage more trainings for cocoa farmers to make important decisions on their daily farming activities. It is also commendable to incentivize the continuation of such interventions as they would be a great influence on the farmers' future investment choices. The Plan Nationale de Development 2018-2022 (PND 2018-2022) has helped cocoa farmers in the selected locality acquire more exposure to new technologies through the workshops they attended. Although the program is ongoing, the impact has been already perceived. Expectantly, the positive impact will increase as its approaching closure date. The predicted impact based on the answers from the survey that was done are promising.
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| Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Universidad EARTH
2021-12
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| Subjects: | CACAO, IMPACTO ECONOMICO, ANALISIS ECONOMICO, https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.01, |
| Online Access: | https://repositorio.earth.ac.cr/handle/UEARTH/144 |
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