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Factors influencing the accessibility of yam planting materials in the techiman district of Ghana

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dc.contributor.author Okorley, Ernest L.
dc.contributor.author Addai, Evans O.
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-11T14:06:54Z
dc.date.available 2020-12-11T14:06:54Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.issn 23105496
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4311
dc.description 6p:, ill. en_US
dc.description.abstract Yam is a major economic crop that plays a significant role in food security and poverty alleviation in Ghana. Despite this role of yam in Ghana, farmers have incessant difficulty in accessing adequate planting materials for cultivation. In order to understand this problem, this research was conducted to determine the various factors that can influence the accessibility of yam planting materials to farmers in the Techiman District of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Quantitative and qualitative research techniques including semi-structured interviews and observations were employed for this study. The research identified six main factors as critical to accessing yam planting materials in the study area. These included the cultivar of yam that farmers want to grow, access to capital to purchase planting materials, and availability and cost of transportation to convey planting materials to store at farmer homes. The others were pests and diseases infestation of planting materials in storage, farmers’ membership in co-operatives that assist members with acquisition of credit and/or planting materials, and the adoption of minisett and microsett techniques by farmers. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Cape Coast en_US
dc.subject Yam en_US
dc.subject Planting materials en_US
dc.subject Seed yam en_US
dc.subject Accessibility en_US
dc.subject Minisett and microsett en_US
dc.title Factors influencing the accessibility of yam planting materials in the techiman district of Ghana en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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