SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE INTENSITY OF MUSHROOM COMMERCIALISATION IN GREATER ACCRA REGION, GHANA

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dc.contributor.authorMensah, Emmanuel Anobir
dc.contributor.authorAcheampong, Lawrence
dc.contributor.authorTham-Agyekum, Enoch Kwame
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-14T12:00:02Z
dc.date.available2026-01-14T12:00:02Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-30
dc.description.abstractFungi, such as mushrooms, have the unique ability to decompose and convert obstinate organic substances into protein, thereby improving nutrition, increasing food security, fostering sustainable agricultural production, and generating income for farmers. Since the 1990s, the Ghanaian government, through the Mushroom Unit of the Food Research Institute of Ghana, has promoted the cultivation and commercialization of (oyster) mushrooms in Ghana as an additional source of income for the urban poor. This study used a cross-sectional survey design, questionnaires, and validated structured interview schedule instruments to collect data from 153 mushroom farmers in the Ga East and Adentan Municipalities of the Greater Accra Region to determine the intensity, degree, characterisation, and factors that influence the intensity of oyster mushroom. The Crop Commercialization Index, frequency, mean, standard deviation, Two Stage Least Square regression and Ordinary Least Square regression were used to analyze the data. The results showed a low intensity (GHC 10202.20) but a high degree (75%)of oyster mushroom commercialization in the study area. The vast majority of oyster mushroom farmers (95%) were highly commercialized, selling more than half of their oyster mushroom output. Except for age, farmers' level of formal education, land ownership, and production volume of oyster mushroom all positively influenced the intensity of oyster mushroom commercialization. The Food Research Institute, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and development organizations should step up efforts to increase oyster mushroom production and attract educated, young, and unemployed people to oyster mushroom ventures.en
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dc.identifier.citationApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol. 18 No. 1 (2024): APSTRACT ,
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.19041/APSTRACT/2024/1/4
dc.identifier.eissn1789-7874
dc.identifier.issn1789-221X
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.jatitleAPSTRACT
dc.identifier.jtitleApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/402090
dc.identifier.volume18
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/13000
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerEmmanuel Anobir Mensah, Lawrence Acheampong, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum
dc.subjectoyster mushroom commercializationen
dc.subjectcrop commercialization indexen
dc.subjectoyster mushroom productionen
dc.subjectols regressionen
dc.subjectintensityen
dc.titleSOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE INTENSITY OF MUSHROOM COMMERCIALISATION IN GREATER ACCRA REGION, GHANAen
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