• Medientyp: E-Book; Hochschulschrift
  • Titel: Performance of the fruit crop industry in Ghana : empirical results and policy implications
  • Beteiligte: Mensah, Amos [VerfasserIn]; Brümmer, Bernhard [Betreuer]; Brümmer, Bernhard [Gutachter]; Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan [Gutachter]; Qaim, Matin [Gutachter]
  • Erschienen: 2014
  • Umfang: Online-Ressource (XV, 157 S.); graph. Darst., Kt
  • Sprache: Englisch
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  • Schlagwörter: Obstbau ; Anbausystem ; Technologiewahl ; Agrarproduktion ; Technische Effizienz ; Ghana ; Hochschulschrift
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  • Hochschulschrift: Göttingen, Univ., Diss., 2014
  • Anmerkungen: Systemvoraussetzung: Acrobat Reader
  • Beschreibung: This study investigates the causes of declining output performance in the Ghanaian fruit pro-duction industry. Average industrial output level is lagging far behind that of competing na-tions (for instance, the productivity of Ghana pineapple farms is 60 T/Ha compared to 120 T/Ha for Cost Rica (Gatune et al, 2013) despite Ghana’s excellent relative comparative ad-vantage (i.e. labour, climate, location) for fruit production. The inability of the industry to meet both local and export demand-volumes has caused some major processing and exporting companies struggling to get raw materials to c...
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