Seaport efficiency, trade policy, and agricultural export capacity
The project has the following objectives:
- to assess the administrative costs of exportation from Ghana to the EU for tropical fruits and fish,
- to understand demand and supply-side constraints in the market for certification and proper handling of agricultural products, and
- to identify and estimate the investment costs to promote higher exportation of tropical fruits and fish from Ghana to the EU.
Contact
Dr. Lukas Kornher
Phone.: +49-228-73-6188
Keywords
Agricultural trade, export capacity, EU trade policy
Countries
Ghana, ECOWAS
Duration
Nov 20 - Oct 21
Methodology
The information needed to address the research questions above will be collected through a structured questionnaire, that includes a states choice experiment, administered to 200 horticultural exporters and 150 fish exporters in Ghana. The exporters will be contacted through the various exporter associations.
Partners
Main Cooperation Partners
Main Funding Partner
- Dr. Daniel Sakyi (KNUST)
- Dr. Linus Linneaus Tannor
- Volkswagen Foundation
Team
- Dr. Lukas Kornher