July 2016

Economic benefits of biological control of cassava green mite (CGM) in Ghana

The aim of the study was to evaluate the economic impact of biological control of cassava green mite (CGM) in Ghana by using the natural enemy Typhlodromalus manihoti. Both primary and secondary data were used for analysis. In total, 714 cassava producing households were drawn from 17 districts in seven regions of Ghana by employing a combination of proportional, purposive, simple random, and systematic random sampling...

Author(s): Robert Aidoo, Enoch Adjei Osekre, Vincent Logah and John-Eudes Andivi Bakang