The Nexus between Cocoa Farmers' Business Schools Participation and Impact to Support Livelihood Improvement Strategies in Ghana

Autor/inn/en	Bannor, Richard Kwasi; Oppong-Kyeremeh, Helena; Amfo, Bismark; Hope, Lesley; Kyire, Samuel Kwabena Chaa
Titel	The Nexus between Cocoa Farmers' Business Schools Participation and Impact to Support Livelihood Improvement Strategies in Ghana
Quelle	In: SAGE Open, 12 (2022) 2, (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bannor, Richard Kwasi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1177/21582440221108170
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Occupations; Agricultural Education; Business Administration Education; Expenditures; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Social Capital; Creativity; Problem Solving; Human Capital; Income; Credit (Finance); Recordkeeping; Outcomes of Education; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Ausbildung; Ausgaben; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Sozialkapital; Kreativität; Problemlösen; Humankapital; Einkommen; Credit; Kredit; Leistungsnachweis; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	The authors examined cocoa farmers' participation in Farmer Business Schools (FBS) in Ghana, impacts of livelihood outcomes (human, physical, financial, and social capitals) on participation, and implications of participation on productivity and per capita expenditure. We used cross-sectional data from 150 cocoa farmers. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, heteroskedastic probit, and doubly robust augmented inverse probability weighted regression adjustment model (AIPW). More than half of cocoa farmers participated in FBS. Financial capital (income and loan accessibility) and social capital (farmer group membership) positively influenced participation in FBS. Nevertheless, human capital (ability to pay medical bills) and physical capital (number of sleeping rooms) negatively influenced participation in FBS. Knowledge and skills cocoa farmers obtained from FBS are new farming methods, creativity in solving farming problems, record keeping, and managerial skills. Participation in FBS had a positive impact and a heterogeneous effect on cocoa farmers' productivity and per capita expenditure. Given that the impact of FBS was heterogeneous, the FBS curriculum and approach should be segmented for different types of farmers to the generic FBS approaches currently practiced. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01