Explaining the performance of contract farming in Ghana: The role of self-efficacy and social capital

David Wuepper and Johannes Sauer

Food Policy, 2016, vol. 62, issue C, 11-27

Abstract: Self-efficacy is the belief of an individual to have the ability to be successful in a given domain. Social capital is the economic value of a person’s relationships. In the context of this study, self-efficacy is the belief of a farmer to be able to improve her income with contract farming, which increases her actual ability. Social capital increases the ability of the farmers through social support.

Keywords: Self-efficacy; Social capital; Cultural evolution; Cocoa cooperatives; Christian missions; Contract farming; Rural development; Gold Coast; Ghana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N57 N87 O13 Q12 Q13 Q17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.05.003

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