dc.contributor.advisor |
Fridell, Gavin |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
Ghana |
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dc.creator |
Richard, Boakye |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-09-13T14:02:56Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-09-13T14:02:56Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/29867 |
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dc.description |
1 online resource (viii, 116 pages) : colour map. |
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dc.description |
Includes abstract and appendices. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-107). |
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dc.description.abstract |
Ghanaian cocoa farmers confront many social and economic challenges and are
unable to pursue needed farm improvements because of insufficient and dwindling income. The income of farmers is too low for them to generate enough capital to invest in
improvements in productivity or even more sustainable ecological practices. While various
initiatives exist aimed at eradicating the problem of child labour, promoting better farming
methods and ensuring access to agricultural inputs like fertilizer, sustainable credit and
financing, often overlooked is the centrality of guaranteeing a viable minimum price for
cocoa farmers, their families and workers, upon which other sustainable achievements in the
cocoa industry ultimately hinge. A guaranteed minimum price can play a key role in
combating the vicious cycle of poverty and social injustice by providing farmers with a living
income. Having a guaranteed minimum price can create a more stable social and economic
environment in which cocoa farmers can have the confidence to invest in their farms,
including the necessary and costly replanting of cocoa trees. Cocoa farming cannot be
considered fair, ethical or sustainable if it cannot provide a living income to the millions of
hardworking farmers and workers in Ghana. I will argue that the decision by the Government of Ghana to initiate a guaranteed minimum price of $400 premium per tonne for cocoa is the
most efficient and simplest way to address insufficient income among cocoa farmers in the
long term. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_CA |
dc.publisher |
Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Cacao growers -- Ghana |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Ghana -- economic conditions |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Ghana -- social conditions |
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dc.title |
Politics, power and unfair market concentration in the cocoa global value chain (GVC): analysing the prospects of the living income differential (LID) for achieving a just and sustainable livelihood for cocoa farmers in Ghana |
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dc.type |
Text |
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thesis.degree.name |
Master of Arts in International Development Studies |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
International Development Studies Program |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.) |
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