Climate change, soil water conservation, and productivity: Evidence from cocoa farmers in Ghana

Bismark Amfo, Ernest Ali and David Atinga

Agricultural Systems, 2021, vol. 191, issue C

Abstract: The impacts of climate change on soil water content and the resultant effects on agricultural productivity have raised a lot of concerns among cocoa farmers. This has rendered cocoa production a risky business. This makes soil water conservation practices crucial in cocoa production. Nonetheless, its adoption as a means to mitigate the adverse corollaries of climate change might be low in developing countries like Ghana.

Keywords: Climate change; Cocoa; Productivity; Soil water conservation; Three-stage least-squares regression; Two-step tobit with endogenous regressors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103172

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