The study analyzes the effects of the determinants of farmer�s adoption of and investment in\nagrochemicals by collecting primary data from 156 sampled cocoa farmers in the\nSefwi-Wiawso Municipality of Ghana. Descriptive statistical technique was employed to\nanalyze demographic and farm-specific characteristics as well as the adoption rate and\nexpenditure on agrochemicals. The findings highlighted the fact that, though a large\nproportion of farmers in the study area use agrochemicals, the intensity and amount spent to\npurchase these inputs are quite low. The Tobit regression model was used to identify and\nquantify the effects of the determinants of farmer�s investment in agrochemicals. The results\ngenerally indicate that the sex of the farmer, age of the farmer, household size, educational\nattainment, mean age of cocoa farms, farm size and farmers previous output are all important\nvariables in explaining farmers decision to invest in agrochemicals. The paper concludes by\nrecommending that strategic policies orienting towards improving the adoption rate as well as\ntargeting farmers who are less likely to invest in agrochemicals is a pressing issue.
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