@article{Gockowski:155531,
      recid = {155531},
      author = {Gockowski, James and Afari-Sefa, Victor and Sarpong,  Daniel Bruce and Osei-Asare, Yaw B. and Dziwornu, Ambrose  K.},
      title = {Increasing Income of Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers: Is  Introduction of Fine Flavour Cocoa a Viable Alternative},
      journal = {Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture},
      address = {2011},
      number = {892-2016-65197},
      series = {Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 50 (2011)},
      pages = {26},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Consumers’ taste and preference for differentiated cocoa  based on darkness and
flavour quality has been rising over  the years. Added value of such specialty cocoa is
expressed  by consumers’ willingness to pay more than the standard  commodity price for the attributes and associations such as  augmented health benefits that differentiate
the product.  Conventional cocoa production systems often planted with  local landraces
and to some extent hybrids often have low  yields that cannot match farmers’
investment decisions. An  ex ante analysis of fine flavour cocoa was investigated  for
Ghana vis-à-vis existing farming conditions, using  economic decision criteria. Fine
flavour cocoa is  differentiated on the basis of clonal planting material as  opposed to
regular pods and by its superior flavour  qualities at during post-harvest handling.
Results of  hypothetical fine flavour systems are compared with  business-as-usual systems with high input fine flavour  system emerging as clear winner in terms of profitability.  Sensitivity analysis shows that increasing percentage of  producer price with fertiliser subsidies dramatically  improves farmers’ income.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/155531},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.155531},
}