Emmanuel Wisgtos Inkoom

• Doctor of Philosophy
• University of Cape Coast

Smallholder farmers contribute to aggregate food production. However, their yields are low in Botswana, despite government subsidies for tractor-hire services and seeds to improve productivity and food security. In semi-arid areas, the onset of rains is variable, making access to inputs around the onset of rains critical for smallholders’ crop prod...

Governments budget cuts to free agricultural extension services in developing countries have led to advocacy for development and implementation of cost-effective extension services to be partly paid for by beneficiary farmers. Accordingly, understanding farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay is essential for successful implementation of any su...

Climate change and variability pose significant challenges to cocoa production in many sub-Saharan African countries, and Ghana is no exception. Therefore, knowledge of how farmers react to climate change and its variability effects is crucial in developing policies and programs to guide the design and implementation of effective climate-smart adap...

This study examined the pesticide use behavior of farmers along the White Volta Basin in the Upper East Region of Ghana, using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to explore the underlying factors. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select 300 food crop farmers, from whom data was collected and analyzed using the frequency, percentage, me...

The intention of farmers to adopt integrated pest management (IPM) for the control of fall armyworm (FAW) in the Upper East region of Ghana was studied using an extended version of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), with past behaviour as an additional construct to the original model. Questionnaires were used to collect data from 266 respondent...

In Ghana, cocoa production is a major economic activity among rural farmers. Its production contributes significantly to the GDP and further, livelihood security enhancement among rural folks. However, recent development has unveiled a situation of persistent low farm-level productivity among cocoa farmers which threatens their livelihood security....

Background Theoretically, social climate and social networking which may affect attitudes, motivations, and readiness towards quality improvement and rewards, influence the adoption decision process by possibly modifying the risk behaviour/attitudes of individuals. Thus for effective promotion of agricultural technologies among farmers in Africa, i...

The Root and Tuber crop value chain is an important avenue for ending persistent poverty and food insecurity among farm households in most developing countries. Accordingly, several African countries, including Ghana has developed and implemented Root and Tuber crops improvement programme to promote the expansive production, processing and consumpt...

Purpose The consequences of extreme climatic events that threaten food security have created the urgent need to properly adopt climate-smart adaptation techniques to improve productivity. The study examined the sustainability responses to climate-smart adaptation and the implication it has for explaining the food security situations among farm hous...

Our study provides empirical answer that verifies increase in productivity, if any, through promotion of improved agricultural technologies among smallholder food crop farmers in Africa. We specifically examined Root and Tuber Improvement and Marketing Programme (RTIMP) technology effect on improving the production efficiency of cassava farmers in...

There is low vegetable productivity due to the underutilization of improved production techniques in the Gomoa West District of Ghana. Technologies in irrigation and transplanting are not well understood by farmers, and this tends to affect the production output in the long term. There is a need for relevant research and extension of these methods...

In Ghana, Mango production is the major cash crop activity in the Yilo Krobo Municipality. However, the productivity of the crop has been persistently low over the past years. Studies have suggested that one key factor of productivity growth is efficiency in resource and technology use. This study estimated the economic efficiency of mango producti...

Mango production in the YiloKrobo Municipality is generally characterized by low yield and productivity due to certain pertinent constraints facing mango farmers in their production activities. The productivity of the crop has been persistently low despite various private and public sector interventions. Studies have suggested that one challenge to...