| Autor: |
Amos Kojo Quaye, Ph.D, Eric Kofi Doe, Frederick Amon-Armah, Alfred Arthur, Jerome Agbesi Dogbatse, Sampson Konlan |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Vol 5, Iss , Pp 100174- (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2666-1543 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jafr.2021.100174 |
| Popis: |
This study defines and estimates the proportion of organic and inorganic crop-land husbandry practices in the composite of Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) by cocoa farmers in Ghana using their socioeconomic and ecological attributes. A binary logistic regression was used to determine how these factors predict the proportion of organic materials in the composite. The results showed that only 13% of farmers use pure organic-based ISFM while 87% use different combinations of organic-based and inorganic ISFM. The estimates revealed that frequency of access to ISFM information and awareness, level of education and age of farmers below 30 years significantly influenced various degrees of organic-based ISFM. Among the significant ecological predictors were locations of cocoa agroforests, and intercropping cocoa with food crops and other tree crops at establishment phase (0–5 years) of cocoa plantations. These results imply that during the establishment phase, farmers are more likely to use low ( |
| Databáze: |
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