Adoption of organic agriculture: Evidence from cocoa farming in Ghana

Cocoa farmers in Suhum area have been cultivating conventional cocoa for several years. However, as at 2012 about 1,000 farmers had switched to the cultivation of cocoa organically. The question that arises is, what factors could have influenced this small fraction of farmers to adopt organic produc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Justice G. Djokoto, Victor Owusu, Dadson Awunyo-Vitor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Food & Agriculture
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2016.1242181