Abstract
Ghana is currently experiencing aged population among cocoa farmers, posing a danger to the future of the commodity. In this study, we examined the determinants of youth migration and its effect on youth participation in cocoa farming in rural Ghana using 2278 data points from the Next Generation Cocoa Youth Programme (i.e. MASO), generated by Solidaridad and partner organizations. By estimating a Seemingly Unrelated Bivariate regression model, the study found that youth migration reduced their probability of participation in cocoa farming. The factors that jointly influenced youth migration and participation in cocoa farming were sex, educational level, MASO effect, and mobile phone usage. While training received after the MASO programme positively and significantly influenced youth migration; age, marital status, farm size, and savings influenced youth participation in cocoa farming. The study recommends that gender-sensitive advocacy programmes should be introduced by stakeholders in cocoa farming communities to minimise youth migration. Interventions like the MASO programme should broaden their geographic scope to train the youth on agribusiness and entrepreneurship skills development as these have the tendency of reducing migration of youth from cocoa producing communities in rural Ghana.
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