Voluntary Sustainability Standard

David Yakubu Anambam

Added Value of Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Non-Traditional Export Products in the Agricultural Sector of Ghana

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Ghana just like most developing countries is facing the challenge of how to deal with high poverty rates coupled with declining prices of traditional export products. The export of non-traditional export products in the agricultural sector is considered as one of the strategies to address poverty. However, concerns are been raised about the free trade policy, stating that free trade may not necessarily be benefiting all participants equally. […]

Eric Asoh

Assessing the Impact of Sustainability Standards as a Strategy for Livelihood Sustainability in the Cocoa Industry

in the South West Region of Cameroon

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This study assesses the impact of Fairtrade on the livelihood sustainability of smallholder cocoa producers in the South West region of Cameroon. In Cameroon just like in many other developing countries, the smallholder farmers have deficient strategies with limited production and productivity resulting in vulnerability such as poverty, low resilient level etc. Though there are other factors that might limit production and productivity of the […]