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Constraints to pineapple production in Ghana.

Donkoh, F.; Agboka, D.;

Acta Horticulturae Year: 1997 Issue: No. 425 Pages: 83-88

1997

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Constraints to pineapple production in Ghana.

Production and economic constraints to pineapple production in Ghana are discussed. Financial incentives were given to growers producing pineapples for export as part of the 1993 Economic Recovery Programme, aimed at reducing dependence on cocoa as the country's principal export crop. Production expanded rapidly over the period 1985-88 and was estimated to reach 15 000 t/year in 1994. However, production constraints expected to affect future production are: pests and diseases (mealybug wilt disease, Phytophthora, soil pests), weeds, soil fertility, harvesting and postharvest handling methods, and environmental degradation. Economic constraints comprise credit and price fluctuations and, in the current shift from air- to sea-freighting, several infrastructural problems confine production areas to within a 40 km radius of seaports. However, governmental and private-sector programmes are in place, including collaboration on R&D with CIRAD-FLHOR, that should ensure Ghana becomes a top-quality produc

er of pineapples in the future.