Characterisation and typology of the rubber-based farming systems in Ghana : Mission to Ghana Rubber Estates Limited (GREL) from 15 to 22 February 2004

Chambon Bénédicte. 2004. Characterisation and typology of the rubber-based farming systems in Ghana : Mission to Ghana Rubber Estates Limited (GREL) from 15 to 22 February 2004. Montpellier : CIRAD-CP, 118 p. N° de rapport : CP_SIC 1473

Résumé : In 1995, the Ghanaian government supported by the Agence française de développement and the World Bank launched a programme to develop rubber smallholder plantations: the Rubber Outgrower Plantation Project (ROPP). In order to gain a better knowledge of these rubber farmers, within the framework of the cooperation between CIRAD and the ROPP, an agro-economic survey was conducted in 2003 to identify the socio-economic characteristics of the farms and to characterise outgrower practices and the costs involved in setting up and maintaining the rubber plantations during the immature period. The objective of the mission was to analyse the data collected through the survey. The results of this analysis show the heterogeneity of the farms (although farmers were selected among the educated ones and those who maintained their plantations well) as regards material and financial conditions, farming systems, practices and the management of labour for the setting up and upkeep of rubber plantations, which have important consequences for the costs incurred by farmers. A typology of the farms is therefore proposed, based on the structure of the farms and the farming systems. Five different groups were identified. At the end of the report, various prospects are discussed for continuing the analysis of the smallholder sector, particularly by linking the socio-economic results to the agronomic performances of the plantations and by setting in place some monitoring of production and incomes on the farms once the rubber plantations start producing. This is to highlight the impact on Ghanaian farmers of the project and of the introduction of rubber in their farming systems.

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• Chambon Bénédicte, CIRAD-CP-HEVEA (CMR) ORCID: 0000-0002-2436-4058

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