What is perhaps more surprising is that there is no difference between average yields, which is to say, that regardless of the value chain one participates in, it appears that low productivity compared to the national average, remains persistent. Translated to a per kg basis[4], this study found that FFV growers had an average yield of 63 kg per hectare, RA/org growers have an average yield of 90 kg per hectare, and conventional growers have a per hectare average of 80 kg. Compared to the national average for Ghana, which is approximately 300 kg per hectare (six 50 kg bags/hectare) (Gockowski et al., 2010; Edwins and Masters, 2005 as cited by Gockowski et al., 2008; Barrientos et al., 2008), all three VC groups appear to be lagging[5]. Low productivity for the FFV growers is perhaps expected given the pilot phase that the initiative is in and the early life-stage of the trees in production[6]. Yet, there seems to be extreme variation around the mean national productivity average. In a recent country-wide study for Cadbury, Barrientos et al. (2008), found that over 65 percent of growers had productivity averages of 125 kg (2.5 bags) per hectare. Of those growers surveyed in the 2008 survey who were from the Ashanti region, 34.5 percent reported yields of <62.5 kg per hectare (just over one bag), and 58.6 percent stated that they produced around or <125 kg per (just over two bags) per hectare[7].
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