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Author Afful-Koomson, Timothy, author.

Title Economic and financial analyses of small and medium food crops agro-processing firms in Ghana / authors, Timothy Afful-Koomson, William Fonta, Stephen Frimpong, Nathaniel Amoh.

Publication Info. Accra, Ghana : United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), [2014]

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Contents Cover -- 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)
CHAPTER 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
4.3 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
5.2. 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
6.8 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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Subject Agricultural industries -- Ghana.
Agricultural industries.
Ghana.
Food industry and trade -- Ghana.
Food industry and trade.
Industrial productivity -- Ghana.
Industrial productivity.
Small business -- Ghana -- Management.
Small business.
Management.
Small business -- Management.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Fonta, William M., author.
Frimpong, Stephen (Of Institute for Natural Resources in Africa), author.
Amoh, Nathaniel, author.
Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, issuing body.
Other Form: Print version: 9789988633851 9988633858 (DLC) 2014321744 (OCoLC)910293637
ISBN 9789988633035 (electronic book)
9988633033 (electronic book)
9789988633851
9988633858