Production and marketing of chili in the Brong-Ahafo area of Ghana

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Institute
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Development
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierJohn Agandin: 0000-0002-8183-4095
cg.creator.identifiershashi kolavalli: 0000-0002-9625-0463
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134415
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ghana Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number55
cg.placeWashington, DC
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
dc.contributor.authorVigneri, Marcella
dc.contributor.authorKolavalli, Shashidhara
dc.contributor.authorAgandin, John
dc.contributor.authorMoyo, Qondi
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:13:33Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:13:33Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143348
dc.titleProduction and marketing of chili in the Brong-Ahafo area of Ghanaen
dcterms.abstractThis paper provides an in-depth account of the chili value chain in the Brong Ahafo area of Ghana, looking at the agronomic practices of producers, marketing choices by chili type, and practices of traders along different commercial corridors. Using original survey data of producers and traders, the paper addresses two questions: Are there opportunities to increase the productivity of chilies? Does the marketing system deliver a significant share of the consumer prices to producers? Chili yields are less than 1.0 mt/ha against a yield potential in Ghana of nearly 8 mt/ha. Long chili growers in the top 10 percentile by yields harvested nearly 18 bags compared to the average of 11 bags per acre obtained by all producers. These higher chili yields resulted primarily by applying higher levels of inorganic fertilizers. Many producers have adopted improved chili varieties – nearly 70 percent of long chili producers reported having planted Legon 18, the variety which is generally used for making chili powder. Producers also reported maintaining their crop in the field for unusually long periods to extend their production into leaner production periods. Prices vary geographically by day and by marketing channel. The margins earned by traders on the sale price of their chilis range from 20 to 100 percent under different conditions. The chili value chain is short. The bulk of chilis produced reaches consumers with only one intermediary between producer and consumer. Fresh and dry chilies are marketed differently. Nearly 80 percent of dry chili producers sell at their farm gate, where they tend to obtain prices that are higher than those received by producers who take their dry chilies to markets. The reverse is true for fresh chili producers, however. It is plausible that producers choose between producing dry long or fresh round chilies depending on their marketing ability. Social networks influence the choice by producers of what traders to engage with, suggesting that producers with stronger ties to traders obtain higher prices.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationVigneri, Marcella; Kolavalli, Shashidhara; Agandin, John; and Moyo, Qondi. 2021. Production and marketing of chili in the Brong-Ahafo area of Ghana. GSSP Working Paper 55. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134415.en
dcterms.extent27 p.
dcterms.isPartOfGSSP Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2021-05-21
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/1032568216en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133698en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/134415
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen
dcterms.subjectproductionen
dcterms.subjectmarketingen
dcterms.subjectconsumer pricesen
dcterms.subjectchilliesen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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