Supply-Side Practices and Constraints of the Kola Nut (Cola nitida (Vent) Schott. and Endl.) Value Chain in Ghana: A Descriptive Evidence

Table 13

Marketing of kola nuts in Ghana.

How nuts are measured for sale	Percentage (N = 400)
Use of “size 34 bucket” (18 litres)	76.3
Counting of nuts (100 pieces of nuts)	4
Use of basket	3.3
Use of sack (“bag 4”)	0.5
Use of “paint rubber”	2.5
Use of basin/rubber bowl	10.3
Use of both “size 34 bucket” and counting of nuts	1.5
Use of “olonka” (4 litres)	1.8
Main buyers of the nuts	Percentage (N = 379)
Trader within village/community	43.3
Trader from district capital	31.4
Trader outside district capital but in the region	1.3
Trader from another region	6.1
Trader in another country (across the border, e.g., Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast)	3.4
Other (more than one trader/agent)	14.5