Built and forgotten: unveiling the defects associated with the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) jubilee house in Kumasi by Agyekum, K., Ayarkwa, J., Amoah, P.

“…This study sought to identify and examine key defects associated with the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) Regional Office building in Kumasi. …”
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Improving Support Systems for Cocoa Farmers beyond Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease Infestation by Tetteh Adesah, Collins Osei, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, John-Eudes Andivi Bakang

“…Cocoa swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD) has severely hampered the production of cocoa in Ghana since pre-colonial days. The Ghana Cocoa Board has put several measures in place to support cocoa farmers in the fight against the CSSVD. …”
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Climate change alters impacts of extreme climate events on a tropical perennial tree crop by Thomas J. Creedy, Rebecca A. Asare, Alexandra C. Morel, Mark Hirons, John Mason, Yadvinder Malhi, Constance L. McDermott, Emmanuel Opoku, Ken Norris

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MEASURING PERCEPTIONS AND THE DRIVERS OF MEMBERSHIP COMMITMENT OF COCOA FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN ATWIMA MPONUA DISTRICT, GHANA by Justice Frimpong-Manso, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, David Boansi, Fred Ankuyi, Evans Antwi, John-Eudes Andivi Bakang, Frederick Osei Tawiah, Fred Nimoh

“…The study shows the need for the Ghana Cocoa Board to improve farmers’ access to extension services so as to improve their commitment in cooperative societies. …”
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Key drivers of adoption intensity of selected improved rice technologies in rural Ghana by Monica Addison, Bless Kwadzo Anyomi, Patricia Pinamang Acheampong, Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa, Theophilus Kwarteng Amaning

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Genetic variability for vigor and yield of robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) clones in Ghana by Abraham Akpertey, Esther Anim-Kwapong, Paul Kwasi Krah Adu-Gyamfi, Atta Ofori

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Exploring Gender Inequalities and Promoting Equal Opportunities in Ghana's Cocoa Industry Using Harvard Analytical Framework by Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, Anthony Appiah, Fred Ankuyi, Gifty-Maria Sangber-Dery, Cherita Antwi, Kaakyire Opoku Acheampong, Tania Akolgo, Tetteh Adesah, John-Eudes Andivi Bakang

“…Policies and interventions that facilitate women’s access and control over essential resources such as land, inputs, and finances must be implemented by the Ghana Cocoa Board …”
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Knowledge, perception, and pesticide application practices among smallholder cocoa farmers in four Ghanaian cocoa-growing regions by Kwame Osei Boateng, Enock Dankyi, Isaac Kingsley Amponsah, Godfred Kweku Awudzi, Emmanuel Amponsah, Godfred Darko

“…About 70% of insecticides used were approved by the Ghana Cocoa Board, with neonicotinoids and pyrethroids being the most highly used insecticide classes in cocoa farms. …”
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Surveillance of ochratoxin A in cocoa beans from cocoa-growing regions of Ghana by Joel Cox Menka Banahene, Isaac Williams Ofosu, Bernard Tawiah Odai

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FARMERS' ACCESSIBILITY AND USE OF HYBRID COCOA SEEDLINGS FOR COCOA REHABILITATION: EMPIRICAL RESULTS FROM AMENFI CENTRAL DISTRICT, GHANA by Acheampong M., Appiah P., Tham-Agyekum E.K., Bakang J.-E. A., Jones E.O., Osei C., Ankuyi F.

“…The introduction of hybrid seedlings of cocoa by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) was intended to replace old and diseased trees which were less productive. …”
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Mobile agricultural extension delivery and climate-smart agricultural practices in a time of a pandemic: Evidence from southern Ghana by Ebenezer Osei Jones, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, Fred Ankuyi, Daniel Adu Ankrah, Selorm Akaba, Adinam Bahahudeen Shafiwu, Forson Nkrumah Richard

“…To reach underserved cocoa communities, the Ghana Cocoa Board must enhance the capacity of community extension agents. …”
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Assessment of knowledge and patterns of weedicide and personal protective equipment usage among farmers in some cocoa farming communities in Ghana by Kwame Owusu Ansah, Kwadwo Gyasi Santo, Remember Roger Adjei, Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo, Patrick Addo-Fordjour, Daniel Obeng-Ofori

“…Based on these health problems and other related issues, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has discouraged cocoa farmers from the use of weedicides in the cocoa ecosystem. …”
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