Economics of West Africa Studies Series·Ghana (Volume 2) Agricultural Supply Chain in Ghana: Risks, Mitigation Strategies and Performance has been published by Social Sciences Academic Press(China). The contributions for this book are all from School of Management and Economics for UESTC. (edited by Ping Li and Shenrui Chen, authored by Nyamah Edmond Yeboah and Yi Feng).

Introduction:

Agricultural supply chain stakeholders operate in a complex chain and unstable environment. Recent years have witnessed the growing research interest in agricultural supply chain risks issues and agricultural supply chain performance. The book identifies the possible supply chain related risks in Ghana’s agricultural supply chain. Based on engineering judgments and historical records, the severity of risks and the ability of participants to manage them are assessed, the impact of the different categories of major supply chain risks is investigated in Ghana’s agricultural supply chain performance. The book also reveals that all global supply chain related risks indeed exist in agricultural supply chain of Ghana.

While risks such as market related risks are inevitable, participants in Ghana’s agricultural supply chain still have abilities to minimize them in the chain. Participants could also effectively reduce managerial and operational risks in the chain, in spite of the weak ability to avoid financial risks.