کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
694276 1460566 2015 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Sustainability of cocoa farmers’ livelihoods: A case study of Asunafo District, Ghana
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
پایداری کشاورزان کاکائو معیشت: مطالعه موردی ناحیه آسونافو، غنا
کلمات کلیدی
کاکائو، مزرعه دار، معیشت، درآمد، تولید
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی تکنولوژی و شیمی فرآیندی
چکیده انگلیسی


• Oil, service and industry threaten two million cocoa farmers’ livelihoods.
• Additional 4.3 million secondary livelihoods are also threatened.
• Land degradation, corruption and inflation reduce farmers’ income and assets.
• Farmer land management (adaptive) strategies could remedy land degradation.
• Reduction in corruption and inflation require international assistance.

The study aims at examining the sustainability of cocoa farmer livelihood. Emphasis was laid on investigation of factors that increase or derail the sustainability of cocoa farmer livelihood. Quantitative and qualitative data were sourced from relevant state institutions and 264 farmers drawn from 774. The results indicate that cocoa farmer livelihood provides larger secondary livelihoods for labour-sellers, petty traders and staff of cocoa marketing companies. The cocoa farmer livelihood is facing threats from the newly oil found, service and industry. The initial capital assets invested in cocoa farming were poor. The study concludes that farmers are made vulnerable by land degradation, corruption in the internal cocoa marketing and inflation. Consequently, incomes (savings) and capital assets are not able to increase as spelt out in the Sustainable Livelihood Framework analysis.

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ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Sustainable Production and Consumption - Volume 4, October 2015, Pages 2–15
نویسندگان
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