This report presents findings on the effects of STCP farmer field school training conducted in 2003 with the cocoa farmers of Atwima District of the Ashanti region, Ghana. The focus of the study is on the measurement of changes in behavior with respect to crop husbandry and input usage and the im...
Gockowski, J.
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Asamoah, C.
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David, S.
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Nkamleu, G.B.
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Gyamfi, I.
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Agordorku, S.
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Kuti, M.A.
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[An evaluation of farmer field school training on the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in Atwima District, Ashanti Region, Ghana]
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An evaluation of farmer field school training on the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in Atwima District, Ashanti Region, Ghana
At least since the early 1990s, the problem of Africa’s debt was a recurring theme in the development debate and many suggestions for debt relief have now been implemented. However, a thorough solution is hampered by the existence of multiple ways of scaling debt. This paper provides a framework ...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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[On measuring indebtedness of African countries: a stochastic frontier debt production function]
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On measuring indebtedness of African countries: a stochastic frontier debt production function
This paper examines changes in agricultural productivity in 10 Subsaharan countries. The relative performance of agricultural sector was gauged using data envelopment analysis. From a panel data set of the 10 countries which included the 28-year period 1972-1999, mathematical programming methods ...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Gockowski, J.
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Kazianga, H.
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[Explaining the Failure in Agricultural production in subSaharan Africa]
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Explaining the Failure in Agricultural production in subSaharan Africa
Since 2000, children working in the cocoa sector of Côte d'Ivoire have found themselves in the media spotlight. This situation has assumed particular importance because approximately 40% of the world's cocoa production occurs in Côte d'Ivoire. Concerned parties have since taken great interest in ...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Kielland, A.
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[Modeling farmers decisions on child labor and schooling in the cocoa sector: a multinomial logit analysis in Cote dIvoire]
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Modeling farmers decisions on child labor and schooling in the cocoa sector: a multinomial logit analysis in Cote dIvoire
This paper aims at analyzing fuel consumption in households of forest zones, and at showing the place of fuelwood as a source of energy in the region. The study was carried out in Cameroon and it was based on a survey done in 1996. A sample of 400 households from Yaounde, Mbalmayo and Ebolowa was...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Endamana, D.
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Gockowski, J.
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Ndoye, O.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Analyse economique de la consommation du bois de feu en regions forestieres: lecons des zones urbaines camerounaises]
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Analyse economique de la consommation du bois de feu en regions forestieres: lecons des zones urbaines camerounaises
Cet article examine les changements dans la productivité agricole dans 8 pays francophones. La performance relative du secteur agricole a été évaluée à l'aide de l'analyse de l'enveloppement des données. À partir d'un ensemble de données de panel sur les 8 pays, incluant la période de 30 ans 1970...
In sub-Saharan Africa, intensification of agriculture and rational use of arable land are essential for long-term growth (Gros, 1979, Johnston, 1990, Oluf et al., 990). Extensive cultivation methods and the population explosion are pushing the limits of cultivated land every day; deforestation ac...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Kamajou, F.
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Gockowski, J.
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[La pratique de la jachere en Afrique tropicale: ccomparee au Nigeria et au Cameroun]
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La pratique de la jachere en Afrique tropicale: ccomparee au Nigeria et au Cameroun
Cet article analyze the determinants of cholera des méthodes de lutte contre les pestes, dans les plantations de café et de cacao des communautés paysannes du sud-Cameroun. Les méthodes sont chimiques, traditionnelles, et mixtes. Pour capter l'influence des variables socio-économiques sur la prob...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Coulibaly, O.
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[Analyse des determinants du choix des methodes de lutte contre les pestes dans les plantations de cacao et cafe au sud Cameroon]
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Analyse des determinants du choix des methodes de lutte contre les pestes dans les plantations de cacao et cafe au sud Cameroon
Agricultural productivity in Africa from 1971 to 2000 is examined using the recently developed metafrontier function technique, for the purpose of studying differences in efficiency and technology gap across different regions of the continent. The results support the view that technology gap play...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Nyemeck, J.
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Sanogo, D.
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[Metafrontier analysis of technology gap and productivity difference in African agriculture]
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Metafrontier analysis of technology gap and productivity difference in African agriculture
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Gockowski, J.
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[Study of root and tuber consumption in rural households of the forest zone of Cameroon]
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Study of root and tuber consumption in rural households of the forest zone of Cameroon