This paper examines the prospects for import substitution in West Africa. We use market
surveys, choice experiments, and experimental auctions with 1322 consumers to assess …

Contract farming (CF) arrangements have the potential to address market failures and
improve technology adoption, productivity, and welfare. In Ghana, government and donors …

Most cereal crops, including maize (Zea mays L.), are deficient in essential amino acids,
such as lysine and tryptophan; hence they are poor in protein quality. A mutant maize with …

In this study, we analysed the profit efficiency of Ghanaian maize farmers using data
collected from 576 farmers in four agro ecological zones of Ghana. The stochastic frontier …

Europe's chicken exports to Africa have long been criticised for their negative effects on local
producers. However, while cheap chicken imports may hurt African poultry farmers, the …

This paper applies an integrated methodology which is constituted of the following:(i) the
Emergy-Data Envelopment Analysis (EM-DEA),(ii) environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis …

The liberalisation of commercial seed systems has largely been seen as an essential means
of improving agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, access to improved seed …

Chicken meat consumption in Ghana has significantly increased in the last two decades.
However, production has stagnated, and domestic producers are struggling to satisfy the …

This study provides an understanding of the structure of the frozen chicken market and
examines whether the actors of the frozen chicken supply chain are willing to accept locally …

Over the past few decades, the opening up of trade has often put producers in developing
countries under competitive pressure from food imports, particularly in the case of poultry …