Factores que influyen en la voluntad y la participación en los programas de certificación del cacao entre los agricultores en Sierra Leona

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O. I. Oladele
M. P. Ngegba
A. Amara
I. B. Sannoh

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Este artículo examina los factores que influyen en la voluntad y la participación real en los programas de certificación del cacao entre agricultores en Sierra Leona. Se aplicó una encuesta transversal con diseño descriptivo a toda la población de 20000 familias productoras de cacao en el área de estudio, según el listado obtenido de la oficina agrícola. Se utilizó una técnica de muestreo por etapas para seleccionar un distrito, 15 jefaturas y 11 comunidades, de las cuales se eligieron aleatoriamente 200 agricultores de cacao como muestra. Se empleó un cuestionario estructurado para recopilar datos sobre características socioeconómicas, percepción sobre la participación en el programa de certificación y limitaciones para participar en dicho programa. El análisis de datos se realizó mediante el paquete estadístico SPSS versión 29, utilizando frecuencias, porcentajes, regresión Probit y regresión lineal múltiple. Los resultados muestran que la mayoría de los agricultores de cacao tienen menos de 40 años, son hombres, pertenecen al grupo étnico Mende, están casados, son cristianos, no tienen educación formal, poseen fincas menores de 4 hectáreas, viven en hogares con menos de 7 personas, tienen menos de 25 años de experiencia agrícola y ganan menos de 10000 Leones por temporada. La mayoría tiene una percepción positiva del programa de certificación, pero enfrentan restricciones muy severas para participar. Los factores significativos que determinan la voluntad de participar en la certificación del cacao son la etnia (p < 0,05), el estado civil (p < 0,10), la religión (p < 0,001), los ingresos (p < 0,001) y la participación en servicios de extensión (p < 0,001); mientras que los factores significativos que determinan la participación real son el nivel educativo (p < 0,001), la participación en servicios de extensión (p < 0,10), las limitaciones en los servicios de extensión (p < 0,10) y el impacto de dichas limitaciones (p < 0,001). Los resultados implican que los factores que influyen en la voluntad de participar son distintos de aquellos que determinan la participación efectiva en los programas de certificación.

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Oladele, O. I., Ngegba, M. P., Amara, A., & Sannoh, I. B. (2026). Factores que influyen en la voluntad y la participación en los programas de certificación del cacao entre los agricultores en Sierra Leona. Cultivos Tropicales, 47(2), https://cu-id.com/2050/v47n2e02. Recuperado a partir de https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/1920
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