@article{Aneani:230548,
      recid = {230548},
      author = {Aneani, F. and Ofori-Frimpong, K.},
      title = {An Analysis of Yield Gap and Some Factors of Cocoa  (Theobroma cacao) Yields in Ghana},
      journal = {Sustainable Agriculture Research},
      address = {2013},
      number = {526-2016-37857},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {Although cocoa productivity has recently been increasing  in Ghana, it is still low compared with that of other  countries such as Cote d’Ivoire and Malaysia. This  situation has been attributed to the low adoption of cocoa  production technologies. The study was aimed at analysing  the yield gap as well as some cocoa yield factors.  Cross-sectional socio-economic survey was conducted in six  (6) cocoa growing districts: Nkawie, Goaso, Enchi, Oda,  Twifo Praso/Assin Fosu and Hohoe. A structured  questionnaire was employed in the collection of data from  300 respondents who were randomly chosen with multi-stage  cluster sampling technique. The yield gaps and their  proportion to yield potentials were estimated using data  from the survey and on-station trials. The findings  indicated an experimental yield gap of 1 553.4 kg ha-1,  accounting for 82.1% of the experimental yield potential  whereas farmer-based yield gap was 1 537.2 kg ha-1, also  accounting for 82.0% of the farmer (survey) yield  potential. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression  analysis indicated that frequency of spraying fungicides  against black pod disease, spraying insecticides against  capsids, weeding of cocoa farms, cocoa variety planted by  farmer, area of cocoa farm and total cocoa production  variables had a significant impact on cocoa yield. It is  recommended that the Government should encourage cocoa  farmers, through pragmatic measures, to adopt improved  technologies for enhancing productivity instead of focusing  on excessive land expansion which eventually leads to low  productivity.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/230548},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.230548},
}