@article{Afishata:198318,
      recid = {198318},
      author = {Afishata, Mohammed Abujaja and Hamza, Adam and Hudu,  Zakaria},
      title = {Effects of Development Interventions on the Productivity  and Profitability of Women Shea Butter Processors in the  West Gonja District of Northern Ghana},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development},
      address = {2013-12},
      number = {393-2016-23801},
      series = {5-350-AJARD-3(12)2013-914-923},
      pages = {10},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {This paper examines the effects of development agencies’  interventions on productivity and profitability of women  shea butter processors in contributing to the development  of the shea nut industry in Northern Ghana.  A survey of  114 women shea butter processors, comprising of 57 each of  both beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of development  interventions in the West Gonja District were sampled and  interviewed with a semi structured questionnaire. Focus  group discussions were also held to obtain qualitative  data. Results of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) conducted at  5% level of significance found that labour productivity of  beneficiaries of development interventions by way of  training, equipment and machinery provisions do not differ  significantly from that of respondents who had never  benefited from such interventions. Similar results were  found with regard to average monthly profit made by  beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. Market sourcing was  identified as a major problem affecting women shea butter  processors in the district. The study therefore recommends  that development agencies programs should highlight  follow-up trainings, monitoring and supervisions to ensure  the sustainability of projects so that they can continue to  yield expected impacts. Also, development agents should  include market sourcing opportunities in rural enterprise  improvement interventions since that remains a challenge to  the realization of development interventions.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/198318},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.198318},
}