Does Access to Market Information Determine the Choice of Marketing Channel among Smallholder Yam Farmers in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana? A Multinomial Logit Regression Analysis

摘要: Asymmetric or missing information is likely to cause market failure and greater access of farmers knowledge about markets prices, a key element in the efforts breaking cycle poverty. This study describes yam marketing distribution channel Brong-Ahafo region. It also quantifies magnitude direction effect on choice using Multinomial Logit regression analysis. The cross sectional designs. A total 250 smallholder participated survey. Data collected was analyzed StataSE 11. Results indicate that there are six main channels comprising producers, assemblers, wholesalers retailers. observes, inter alia, age household head, cell phone, farm size output price determine rural relative urban whilst gender number years formal education distance tarred road significantly influences cooperative market. Access phone interactive term (cell access*location head) most influential determinants both statistically numerically respectively. These results have implications for agricultural policy Ghana. Key words: Logit, Brong-Ahafo, Market channel, Cell Phone,