The Socio -Economic Effects of Commercial Pineapple Farming On Farm Employees and Communities in The Awutu-Effutu-Senya District
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2005-05
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University of Ghana
Abstract
This project attempts to identify the implications of commercial pineapple farming in
the Awutu-Effutu-Senya District for farm workers and communities. Primary data
were gathered using questionnaires, interviews as well as observations made in the
farms and communities. Secondary data sources included published and unpublished
official documents, new papers and the Internet. The report concludes that although
pineapple farms offer employment opportunities for both citizens and migrant youth,
most farmers tended not to make the welfare needs of employees a priority. Both
farmers and communities in the area stand to benefit substantially from each other if
farmers go beyond their usual obligations and respond to the social needs of those
settlements. Suggested approaches to ensuring maximization of mutual benefits centre
on the improvement of working conditions so as to achieve high worker productivity,
strengthening of farmer-community relationship and taking communal initiatives.
Specific recommendations include the initiation of a human resource development
programme for farm management and workers, improved employee-management
communication and the formation of a pineapple growers’ association (to team-up
with relevant stakeholders) to meet prioritised social needs of communities.
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Thesis (M.A)- University of Ghana, 2005