R. Bannor, S. Abele, Samuel Kwabena Chaa Kyire, H. Oppong-Kyeremeh, E. Mensah
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Value chains and comparative advantage assessment of the Ghanaian cashew sector
The study investigated the value chains and comparative advantage of cashew production and marketing in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. A SWOT analysis of the Ghanaian cashew industry was also carried out and the comparative advantage of the industry estimated, using the domestic resource cost ratio concept. The results of the value chain analysis revealed that farmers earn more on the marketing channel with no retailer/wholesaler. Similarly, the end-users (exporters) also get produce at lower cost. Producer's share in end-users Ghana cedis for a channel involving retailer/wholesaler (Channel III) was 62.3% against 64.3% for channels without retailer/wholesaler (Channels I and II). The result of domestic resource cost ratio (DRCR) was less than unity in both cashew production and trade, indicating a greater comparative advantage for the cashew industry.
期刊介绍:
Today"s businesses have become extremely complex. The interplay of the three Cs, viz. consumers, competition and convergence, has thrown up new challenges for organisations all over the world. Sensitivity of economies to the external environment coupled with the turbulent process of globalisation has added the highest degree of uncertainty and unpredictability to business processes. To top it all, the effect of globalisation has shifted the balance of power in favour of the customer, though it may have opened a plethora of opportunities for all, in the form of variety and choice. For a variety of reasons, the pressures of competitive forces have enhanced product changes, supercharged by shortening product and technology development lifecycles.