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100 1 _aAfful-Koomson, Timothy,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aEconomic and financial analyses of small and medium food crops agro-processing firms in Ghana
_h[electronic resource] /
_cauthors, Timothy Afful-Koomson, William Fonta, Stephen Frimpong, Nathaniel Amoh.
264 1 _aAccra, Ghana :
_bUnited Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA),
_c[2014]
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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505 0 _aCover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Executive Summary -- CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 Background and Context -- 1.2 The Role of Agro-processing in Ghana -- 1.3 Why Should Ghana focus on Food Crops Agro-processing? -- 1.4. The objectives and contents of this book -- CHAPTER TWO: GENERAL APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Theoretical Concept -- 2.3. Data Collection -- 2.4. Sampling Method -- 2.5. Limitations of the Study (Challenges with data collection)
505 8 _aCHAPTER THREE: THE FOOD CROPS AGRO-PROCESSING SECTOR IN GHANA -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Processing of horticultural products (fruits and beverage) -- 3.3. Processing of Vegetables -- 3.4. Processing of Cereal -- 3.5. Processing of Roots and Tubers -- 3.6. Processing of Oil Palm -- 3.7. Constraints facing the Agro-processing sector -- 3.8. Some interventions in Ghana's Agro-processing Sector -- 3.9. Conclusion -- CHAPTER FOUR: DISTRIBUTION AND CONCENTRATION OF FOOD CROPS AGRO-PROCESSING FIRMS IN GHANA -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Types and Classification of Agro-processing Firms
505 8 _a4.3 Distribution of Food Crop Agro-Processing Firms in Ghana -- 4.4 Measurement of Industry Concentration -- 4.5. Estimates of the concentration of Food Crops Agro-Processing Firms across Regions in Ghana by the concentration curve -- 4.6. Estimates of the concentration of Food Crop Agro-Processing Firms across Regions in Ghana by the concentration ratios -- 4.7 Concentration of Food Crop Agro-Processing Firms across Commodity-Types in Ghana -- 4.8. Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5: OWNERSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF FOOD CROPS AGRO-PROCESSING FIRMS IN GHANA -- 5.1. Introduction
505 8 _a5.2. Ownership Characteristics of agro-processing firms in Ghana -- 5.3. Building Structure of Agro processing firms in Ghana -- 5.4. Management capacity and Skill of Agro processing firms in Ghana -- 5.5. Employments in Agro-Processing Firms in Ghana -- 5.6. Conclusion -- CHAPTER SIX: FOOD CROPS AGRO-PROCESSING OPERATIONS -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Installed and Operating Capacities -- 6.3 Level of Technology Use -- 6.4 Efficiency of Conversion -- 6.5 Products and Services -- 6.6 Internal and External Linkages of Operation -- 6.7 Operations Management -Repairs and Maintenance of Fixed Assets
505 8 _a6.8 Operations Constraints -- 6.9 Business Expansion Plans -- 6.10 Conclusions -- CHAPTER SEVEN: PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF FOOD CROPS AGRO-PROCESSING FIRMS -- 7.1. Theory and Concept of Production -- 7.2 Efficiency Estimation -- 7.3 Characteristics of Data -- 7.4 Econometric estimation and statistical verification of the model -- 7.5 Efficiency of Utilization of Resources -- 7.6 Conclusion -- CHAPTER EIGHT: STANDARDIZATION AND MARKETING OF PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS -- 8.1 Standardization -- 8.2 Concept of Product Quality -- 8.3 Quality Attributes
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_zGhana.
650 0 _aFood industry and trade
_zGhana.
650 0 _aIndustrial productivity
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650 0 _aSmall business
_zGhana
_xManagement.
650 6 _aIndustries agricoles
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650 6 _aProductivit�e
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650 6 _aPetites et moyennes entreprises
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650 7 _aIndustrial productivity
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650 7 _aSmall business
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651 7 _aGhana
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700 1 _aFonta, William M.,
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700 1 _aFrimpong, Stephen
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700 1 _aAmoh, Nathaniel,
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710 2 _aInstitute for Natural Resources in Africa,
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758 _ihas work:
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