Article title: Does Adoption of Cocoa Hand Pollination (CHP) Improve Welfare of Farmers? Evidence from Smallholder Cocoa Farmers in Ghana
Authors: Asante, B. O., Etuah, S., Faizal, A., Mensah, A., Prah, S., Mensah, J. O., & Aidoo, R.
Journal: International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Bibliometrics: Volume 21, Number 01, eLocation ID: 2253659
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2023.2253659
When the above article was first published online, the word “food insecurity” was present in the Abstract section instead of “food security”.
This has been revised in the following sentence:
Additionally, there is a positive impact of CHP adoption on productivity, income and food security.
The corrected abstract can be found below.
ABSTRACT
This paper evaluates the impact of the adoption of cocoa hand pollination (CHP) on the welfare of smallholder cocoa producers. Using data collected from 1200 cocoa farmers in Huni Valley and Kejebril districts of Ghana, we employed endogenous switching regression, propensity score matching and inverse probability weighted adjustment techniques to assess the impact. The two-step Cragg was used to examine the determinants of the decision and intensity of adoption. The results showed that education, marriage and farm size positively influenced both the decision and intensity of adoption of the CHP technique. The result further showed that the cost of labour for implementing the technology, age, education, family head, economic active members, age of the cocoa tree, off-farm work, credit access and farm size significantly determined the impact of adoption on smallholder cocoa producers’ welfare. Additionally, there is a positive impact of CHP adoption on productivity, income and food security. Careful consideration should be given to these factors including collaborations between government and stakeholders in the cocoa industry through the regular sensitization and trainings for farmers on improved technologies as the CHP to increase productivity, household income and reduce food insecurity of smallholder cocoa farmers.
The error has been corrected in the article which is available online now.