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Linking smallholders to markets

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  • Al-Hassan, Ramatu M.
  • Sarpong, Daniel Bruce
  • Mensah-Bonsu, Akwasi
  • Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana, Legon

Abstract

""Access to guaranteed markets for produce and for the acquisition of inputs is a major problem confronting smallholders... The questions addressed by this research are: (a) how can agricultural contracts be enforced in the face of Ghana’s weak legal system; (b) what approaches can be used to certify smallholders for international markets, and (c) what policies are needed to provide infrastructure for export crop development."" from Author's Abstract

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  • Al-Hassan, Ramatu M. & Sarpong, Daniel Bruce & Mensah-Bonsu, Akwasi & Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana, Legon, 2007. "Linking smallholders to markets," GSSP working papers 1, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    1. Glover, David J., 1987. "Increasing the benefits to smallholders from contract farming: Problems for farmers' organizations and policy makers," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 441-448, April.
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