Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model?
Even though the intention of the government is to promote private sector-led mechanization, findings suggest that the AMSEC model is unlikely to be a profitable business model attractive to private investors even with the current level of subsidy. The low tractor utilization rate as a result of low...
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| author | Houssou, Nazaire Diao, Xinshen Cossar, Frances Kolavalli, Shashidhara Jimah, Kipo Aboagye, Patrick Ohene |
| author_browse | Aboagye, Patrick Ohene Cossar, Frances Diao, Xinshen Houssou, Nazaire Jimah, Kipo Kolavalli, Shashidhara |
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| description | Even though the intention of the government is to promote private sector-led mechanization, findings suggest that the AMSEC model is unlikely to be a profitable business model attractive to private investors even with the current level of subsidy. The low tractor utilization rate as a result of low operational scale is the most important constraint to the intertemporal profitability of tractor-hire services. The government can play an important role in facilitating the development of a tractor service market; however, the successful development of such a market depends on the incentive and innovation of the private sector, including farmers who want to own tractors as part of their business portfolio, traders who know how to bring in affordable tractors and expand the market, and manufacturers in exporting countries who want to seek a long-term potential market opportunity in Ghana and in other west African countries. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1534712025-11-06T07:24:02Z Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model? Houssou, Nazaire Diao, Xinshen Cossar, Frances Kolavalli, Shashidhara Jimah, Kipo Aboagye, Patrick Ohene agricultural transformation mechanization agricultural mechanization rent investment policies subsidies private ownership economic development private sector Even though the intention of the government is to promote private sector-led mechanization, findings suggest that the AMSEC model is unlikely to be a profitable business model attractive to private investors even with the current level of subsidy. The low tractor utilization rate as a result of low operational scale is the most important constraint to the intertemporal profitability of tractor-hire services. The government can play an important role in facilitating the development of a tractor service market; however, the successful development of such a market depends on the incentive and innovation of the private sector, including farmers who want to own tractors as part of their business portfolio, traders who know how to bring in affordable tractors and expand the market, and manufacturers in exporting countries who want to seek a long-term potential market opportunity in Ghana and in other west African countries. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:19Z 2024-10-01T13:56:19Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153471 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Houssou, Nazaire; Diao, Xinshen; Cossar, Frances; Kolavalli, Shashidhara; Jimah, Kipo and Aboagye, Patrick. 2013. Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1255. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153471 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural transformation mechanization agricultural mechanization rent investment policies subsidies private ownership economic development private sector Houssou, Nazaire Diao, Xinshen Cossar, Frances Kolavalli, Shashidhara Jimah, Kipo Aboagye, Patrick Ohene Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model? |
| title | Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model? |
| title_full | Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model? |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model? |
| title_short | Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model? |
| title_sort | agricultural mechanization in ghana is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model |
| topic | agricultural transformation mechanization agricultural mechanization rent investment policies subsidies private ownership economic development private sector |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153471 |
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