摘要：AbstractThe paper examines the effect of the extent of commercialisation and postharvest losses on the choice of marketing outlets among poultry farmers in the Bono Region of Ghana. The Commercialisation Index (CI) and the bivariate probit regression model were used to examine the extent of commercialisation and the factors influencing marketing outlet choice, respectively. The results revealed that the respective extent of commercialisation for layers and eggs were 0.974 and 1. Demographic, institutional and agribusiness factors such as expertise rate, FBO membership, access to credit, trip cost, postharvest losses, sales value and commercialisation have different influences on marketing outlet choice. From the results, it is recommended that farmers, in a bid for choosing marketing outlets, should consider the contractual agreement as it has the potential to decrease postharvest losses.
