摘要
This study examined the effect of farmer business, technical training and input provision through a government intervention programme on productivity and crop incomes among Farmer Based Organizations （FBO） in Ghana. Farm level data were collected from 2,900 farmers over 11,000 farm plots. The difference-in-difference estimator is employed to test the impact of this intervention on crop yields and incomes. Farmers were randomly put into two distinct groups： the treatment （early training） and control （late training）. After the collection of baseline data, the treatment group received crop husbandry training and a starter pack which included inputs and cash both worth about US$230. The control group received the intervention after a year. The main findings of this study are that the intervention does not have any significant impact on crop yields and crop incomes. However the authors do find some evidences that as a result of the intervention, the value of chemicals used by farmers decreased by about GH^25 The study concludes by noting that although some changes do occur over the period, and it is not possible to attribute these changes to the MiDA training programme for all the indicators of interest except chemical costs.
