Profitability and constraints to urban exotic vegetable production systems in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana: a recipe for job creation

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dc.contributor.authorWongnaa, C. A.
dc.contributor.authorAkuriba, Margaret Atosina
dc.contributor.authorEbenezer, Amissah
dc.contributor.authorDanquah, Karen Sakyibea
dc.contributor.authorOfosu, Danso Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-05T14:27:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-19T02:38:24Z
dc.date.available2021-01-05T14:27:48Z
dc.date.available2023-04-19T02:38:24Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionThis article is published in Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research and also available at https://doi.org/10.1186/s40497-019-0158-2en_US
dc.description.abstractSome vegetable producers perceive their venture to be unprofitable owing to cheating at the farm gate. This study sought to determine profitability of production of exotic vegetables which are not native of Ghana. The study used data collected from 80 urban exotic vegetable farmers. Descriptive statistics, gross margin analysis, multiple linear regression, and the Garrett ranking scale were the methods of analysis. The most profitable system from the results of the net margin ratio was the production of lettuce as a sole crop with net margin ratio of 71% which explains the popularity of lettuce among exotic vegetable producers in the metropolis. Household size, experience, and access to credit positively affected profitability while farm size as well as costs of labor and fertilizer had negative effects. Farmers ranked high input cost, land tenure insecurity, and high cost of irrigation as challenges to urban exotic vegetable production. We recommend that urban exotic vegetable production should be considered as a source of employment. Government and financial institutions should improve farmer access to credit to enable them to hire adequate labor and acquire technologies and production inputs.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKNUSTen_US
dc.identifier.uri10.1186/s40497-019-0158-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/13303
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Global Entrepreneurship Researchen_US
dc.subjectCabbageen_US
dc.subjectCosten_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectLettuceen_US
dc.subjectProduction systemsen_US
dc.subjectRevenueen_US
dc.subjectSpring onionen_US
dc.titleProfitability and constraints to urban exotic vegetable production systems in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana: a recipe for job creationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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