Residents living adjacent to forests commonly gather non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for incom... more Residents living adjacent to forests commonly gather non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for income, nourishment, ailment treatment, firewood, religious reasons, and artefacts. This study focused on the locals’ perception of NTFP value addition in forest-adjacent communities in Ghana. To determine which NTFPs are collected, we interviewed 732 residents about their perception of value addition to the NTFPs collected and if value addition has impacted the commercialisation and quality of the products obtained from the forest. We found that 97.5% of those surveyed frequently visited the forest to gather different NTFPs. For example, mushrooms, snails, honey and others were the most collected. Also, most interviewees do not process or add value to the NTFPs collected from the forest; thus, adding value to these NTFPs could increase incomes in the future. Future research should focus on educating locals about the value addition to NTFPs, and processes for increasing the price of NTFPs by ...
Residents living adjacent to forests commonly gather non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for incom... more Residents living adjacent to forests commonly gather non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for income, nourishment, ailment treatment, firewood, religious reasons, and artefacts. This study focused on the locals’ perception of NTFP value addition in forest-adjacent communities in Ghana. To determine which NTFPs are collected, we interviewed 732 residents about their perception of value addition to the NTFPs collected and if value addition has impacted the commercialisation and quality of the products obtained from the forest. We found that 97.5% of those surveyed frequently visited the forest to gather different NTFPs. For example, mushrooms, snails, honey and others were the most collected. Also, most interviewees do not process or add value to the NTFPs collected from the forest; thus, adding value to these NTFPs could increase incomes in the future. Future research should focus on educating locals about the value addition to NTFPs, and processes for increasing the price of NTFPs by ...
This study is an attempt to assess the constraints, prospects and market competitiveness of groun... more This study is an attempt to assess the constraints, prospects and market competitiveness of groundnut products in Nigeria. Groundnut (or peanut) is an essential oilseed in the world. The crop as an industrial product, widely cultivated not only by smallholder farmers within the tropical and warm temperate areas in Africa but also large-scale farmers in America and Asia. Peanut farmers in Nigeria faced with limited farm inputs, finance, solely rely on natural rainfall with either recurrent drought or excess rains. In the era of groundnut pyramid (in the 1940s and 60s), the crop was the leading export product in Nigeria, and the country was the leading exporter of the product in the world. However, Nigeria moved from being the largest to the third largest producer in the world. The nation also lost its glory as it is no longer among the major global exporters. Using the OLS approach, the results show that area cultivated, yields, fertiliser, producer and world prices, exports, domestic consumption, and openness have effects on groundnut production in Nigeria. The findings reveal that Nigeria export is highly volatile, as it is mainly concentrated in few countries. There is a need for export promotion and market diversification for competitiveness and earnings to be accelerated and sustained in the country.
Even though global trade has fluctuated over the years, it has also rapidly increased. However, t... more Even though global trade has fluctuated over the years, it has also rapidly increased. However, the structure and pattern of trade vary significantly by-products and regions. Undoubtedly, trade has come with both benefits and daunting challenges to countries involved, especially in African nations, where primary and intermediate merchandise formed a substantial share of exports. Because advanced and newly industrialized economies have better technology and know-how, manufacturing industries, access to finance, and market than Africa, they have a greater market proportion in the world trade. Arguably, African countries have been left in the cold as they struggle to compete with advanced economies. As presented in this chapter, Africa has been struggling to be relevant in the world market. However, its global share of merchandise trade has reduced over the decades. This is partly because the continent has concentrated on the exportation of few primary commodities (i.e., mineral fuels, iron ores, gold, cocoa beans) with volatile prices and demand in the global markets. The frequent global oil crunch other raw products are a wake-up call for a rapid industrialization and diversification for competitiveness in Africa. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has to ensure that defensive trade remedies should not be the next frontier of protectionism. Finally, for trade, growth, and development to be stimulated, African countries should urgently open their markets to expand intra-African trade.
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