TAILIEUCHUNG - The Impacts of Farmer Cooperatives on the Standard of Living Of Cocoa Producing Villages in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

World cocoa price has fallen by some 48% over the past three years, with direct impacts on the incomes, health and nutrition of cocoa producers and their family in the two major producing countries: Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, with some 41% and 22% of world output, respectively. The impact of the price drop has been far different in the two countries because of the greater age of plantations, market liberalisation, presence of free agents in the marketing channel, and much greater socio-political instability in one country: Côte d’Ivoire. A final differentiating factor is the impact of cocoa producer cooperatives, which. | The Impacts of Farmer Cooperatives on the Standard of Living Of Cocoa Producing Villages in Côte d Ivoire and Ghana Peter Calkins and Anh-Thu Ngo gOCODEVI Société de coopératlon pour le développemenl International Quebec Canada November 30 2005 HxK Agence canadienne de Canadian International Produced with the financial contribution of Oéveioppemeor irnernetitmal development agency 2 of 88 Calkins and Ngo Impacts of Cocoa Cooperatives on Well-being ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We cordially thank the following partners in research who contributed logistically and scientifically to the realisation of the present study SOCODEVI Quebec Mario Boivin Expert in Farmer Organisations Maxime Prudhomme Programme Officer Africa Côte d Ivoire team Principal Counterpart Amoakon Mian MBA Sociologist and Head of Office SOCODEVI Abidjan Village enumerators Amoakon Mian MBA Sociologist and Head of Office SOCODEVI Abidjan Bonhoro Douama Economic cooperation SOCODEVI Abidjan Zouza Zahiri Alexandre Agricultural economist Kodjo Ambroise Accountant and economic analyst Sadia Tao Agronomist and pesticide specialist Koffi Kouadio Financial and information specialist Ghana team Principal Counterpart Isaac Gyamfi Director IITA Ghana General Supervisor of Sampling and Data Collection Christopher Asamoah . candidate Regional Supervisors of Questionnaire Quality Alexander Tano Appiah Research and Development Officer Kuapa Kokoo Mabel Addy Tagoe Research and Development Officer Kuapa Kokoo Patrick Kobbiah Research and Development Officer Kuapa Kokoo Village enumerators Francis Annoi BSc. agriculture Matilda Annor student Rita Abrokwah student Paul Tandor student Marnix Amofa student Samuel Kwadje student Most of all we thank the villagers and leaders in the villages surrounding Tiassale Adzopé and Abengourou in Côte d Ivoire and Tepah Konongo and New Edabiase in Ghana as well as pilot-test villagers in Petit Yapo near Abidjan Côte d Ivoire and Bipoah near Kumasi Ghana. Without the patience and .

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• Farmer Cooperatives
• Standard of Living
• Cocoa Producing Villages
• Conceptual framework
• Description of the study area
• Quantitative analysis
• Agricultural cooperatives
• Cooperative types
• Farmers’ participation
• Multinomial logit
• Multinomial logistic regression model
• Quantitative analysis for management
• Probability concepts
• Decision analysis
• Regression models
• Linear programming models
• Linear programming applications
• Nonlinear programming
• Markov analysis
• Statistical quality control
• Integer programming
• Path analysis
• Path analysis for quantitative traits in garlic
• Quantitative traits in garlic
• Character association
• Path analysis in 156 genotypes
• G x E interactions
• Quantitative traits
• Sugarcane (Saccharam officinarum)
• Quantitative traits in sugarcane
• Stability analysis for quantitative traits
• Quantitative Investment Analysis
• Investment process
• Quantitative methods
• Cash flow
• Time series analysis
• Trend analysis
• Goal programming
• Simulation modeling
• Inventory control models
• Multiple regression
• Regression analysis
• Mean variance analysis
• Efficient portfolios
• Network models
• A quantitative analysis
• Learning object repositories
• Knowledge management systems
• Educational communities
• Knowledge management
• BMC Bioinformatics
• Protein sequence analysis
• Python package
• Quantitative properties
• Quantitative recurrence analysis
• Chemometric Techniques
• Preparation Techniques
• Analytical Chemistry
• chemical analysis
• the overall chemical analysis
• chemical analysis of materials
• FOOD PROTEIN ANALYSIS Quantitative Effects on Processing
• Interest rates
• Annuity due values
• Discounted cash flow applications
• Net present value
• Statistical concepts
• Market returns
• Candom variable
• Probability distributions
• Random variable
• Simple random sampling
• Point estimate
• Hypothesis testing
• Test statistic
• Sample covariance
• Correlation coefficient
• Quantitative content analysis
• Farm magazines
• Quantitative content analysis of farm magazines
• Content in three farm magazines
• Sampled issues of selected farm magazines
• Qualitative traits in tomato
• Path analysis studies
• Path analysis studies of quantitative
• Fruit yield per plant
• Marketing research
• Essentials of marketing research
• Qualitative data analysis
• Preparing data for quantitative analysis
• Basic data analysis
• Quantitative research