Studies were conducted to train farmers in Ghana in increasing cocoa production and improve safety and labour efficiency by showing new techniques and practices using participatory video. The videos focused on cultural methods to control black pod disease, chemical control of mirids and black pod...
This paper presents empirical evidence to show how socioeconomic factors affect the adoption of and investment in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire. The analysis uses primary farm-level data collected in 2002 from a nationally representative sample of more than one thousand cocoa...
Keho, Y.
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Gockowski, J.
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David, S.
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[Investing in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire: hypotheses, evidence and policy implications]
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Investing in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire: hypotheses, evidence and policy implications
A case study of farmers who attended cocoa integrated crop and pest management (ICPM) farmer field schools in Cameroon and non-participating farmers provides empirical results on areas where there are gaps and mixed results in the FFS literature. FFS provided farmers with new skills and knowledge...
David, S.
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[Learning to think for ourselves: knowledge improvement and social benefits among farmer field school participants in Cameroon]
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Learning to think for ourselves: knowledge improvement and social benefits among farmer field school participants in Cameroon