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Journal articles on the topic "Agriculture – Ghana"

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Asuming-Brempong, Samuel. "Policy Initiatives and Agricultural Performance in Post-independent Ghana." Journal of Social and Development Sciences 4, no. 9 (September 20, 2013): 425–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v4i9.781.

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The central role agriculture plays in the development of Ghana’s economy has been recognized by several authors, particularly because Ghana’s economy is basically agrarian. Nevertheless, the contributions agriculture can make to economic development depend on the policy environment within which agriculture thrives. Several policies, both general and specific to agriculture, which have been pursued under various governments have either promoted or mitigated against the performance of agriculture in Ghana. This paper reviews the various policies under which Ghana's agricultural sector has operated since independence, and provides a synthesis of the major existing policies and recent changes and how these have affected the agricultural sector. The analysis shows that the socialist model of the 1960s contrasted sharply with the liberalized market approach of the 1980s and 1990s, particularly under structural adjustment. These differing policy orientations have had significant effects on agricultural performance in Ghana, and the roles of agriculture at different periods. For instance, the policy effects of agricultural activities on the environment, such as the promotion of export commodities, the exploitation of timber and forest resources, mining, and indiscriminate sale and use of agro-chemicals in Ghana have been negative. On the other hand, promotion of cash and export crops through government policy incentives have improved rural incomes for farmers that cultivate such crops, and helped to reduce poverty among this group. In general, the policy effects on agriculture in Ghana have been mixed.
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Mohan, Geetha, Hirotaka Matsuda, Samuel A. Donkoh, Victor Lolig, and Gideon Danso Abbeam. "Effects of Research and Development Expenditure and Climate Variability on Agricultural Productivity Growth in Ghana." Journal of Disaster Research 9, no. 4 (August 1, 2014): 443–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2014.p0443.

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This paper examines the effects of agricultural research expenditure and climate change on agricultural productivity growth by region in Ghana. A panel dataset is constructed for 2000-2009 from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana; and the Agriculture Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) database of the International Food Policy Research Institute. A Malmquist index was used to compute agricultural productivity growth, including decomposition components efficiency change and technical change. The determinants of productivity growth are examined using a fixed effects regression model. The results specify that significant causal factors impact positively on Ghana’s agricultural productivity growth, include climate variability, infrastructure, and agricultural research and development expenditure. The study confirms there is a need to strengthen and develop new technological progress for sustainable agricultural production in Ghana.
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Páral, Martin, and Petr Blížkovský. "Globalisation and Food Sovereignty: Impact of Foreign Direct Investments and Government Expenditure in Ghana in 2001–2010." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 67, no. 1 (2019): 325–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201967010325.

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The article looks at the globalisation effects on food availability in Ghana. The aim of the article is to analyse which of the selected macroeconomic indicators have a statistically significant impact on the increase of food availability in the country. Impacts of foreign direct investments on agriculture and government expenditures in agriculture have been tested. Correlation analyses and multiple regression analyses have been used to analyse the test results. Findings suggest that change in both foreign direct investments in agriculture and government expenditures in agriculture cause significant change in food availability in Ghana. At the same time, the impact of government expenditures on the amount of available food is in the case of Ghana more than two‑times higher than the impact of agricultural foreign direct investments, while the increase in government expenditures in agriculture does not cause a decrease in foreign direct investments in agriculture.
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Nunoo, Jacob, and Bernand Nana Acheampong. "Protecting financial investment: agriculture insurance in Ghana." Agricultural Finance Review 74, no. 2 (July 1, 2014): 236–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/afr-10-2013-0037.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present readers with information on the state of provision of agricultural insurance as a means of protecting financial investment in agricultural productivity in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews interventions in the provision of agricultural insurance in Ghana and then examines what is currently being done in this area. The paper looks at issues arising from empirical evidence on agricultural insurance provision and links them to scholarly articles on these issues. Findings – This paper shows that there has been considerable effort from the German Development Cooperation, the Ghana National Insurance Commission and government ministries and agencies, the Insurance sector in Ghana and stakeholder institutions leading to the creation of an agricultural insurance provider in Ghana. It is, however, evident from the results that the system is facing major challenges resulting primarily from the inability of the state to provide the needed policy and regulatory support that will assist the insurance sector in the development and delivery of the agricultural insurance products. Originality/value – Even though there has been some research that has touched on agricultural insurance in Ghana, none of them has actually examined the current systems of providing the insurance since its inception. The paper therefore fills the gap of providing information on the current ongoing interventions for the provision of agricultural insurance for individuals and organizations that invest in the agricultural sector in Ghana.
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Wolter, Denise. "Ghana: Agriculture is Becoming a Business." OECD Journal: General Papers 2009, no. 2 (September 22, 2009): 9–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/gen_papers-2009-5ks9zs5gt1d2.

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Opoku, Emmanuela, and Trish Glazebrook. "Gender, Agriculture, and Climate Policy in Ghana." Environmental Ethics 40, no. 4 (2018): 371–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics201840435.

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Ghana is aware of women farmers’ climate adaptation challenges in meeting the country’s food security needs and has strong intentions to support these women, but is stymied by economic limitations, poor organization in governance, persistent social gender biases, and either little or counter-productive support from international policy makers and advisory bodies. Focal issues are the global impacts of climate change on agriculture, Africa’s growing hunger crisis, and women’s contribution to food production in Ghana. Of special importance are the issues of gender-inclusiveness and gender-sensitivity of Ghana’s climate and climate-related policies, including its integration of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change policy, as well as the influence of international economic policy on Ghana’s gender development. Because women farmers provide the majority of the country’s national food-basket, Ghana (as well as other African counries) should focus on building women subsistence farmers’ adaptation needs to avert mass starvation. People should understand that starvation in Africa is not a future event but is already underway.
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Bannor, Richard Kwasi, Mohit Sharma, and Helena Oppong-Kyeremeh. "Extent of urban agriculture and food security: evidence from Ghana and India." International Journal of Social Economics 48, no. 3 (January 8, 2021): 437–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijse-08-2020-0519.

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PurposeThe study attempted to assess the food security status of urban agriculture households in Ghana and India. Also, the extent of urban agriculture participation and its effect on food security in Ghana and India were examined.Design/methodology/approachA total of 650 urban agriculture farmers were interviewed for this study in Ghana and India. Food security status of urban households was assessed by the use of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale, whereas the determinants of the extent of urban agriculture and its effect on food security were analysed by the use of the heteroskedastic linear regression and the Seemingly Unrelated Regression models, respectively.FindingsFrom the study on average, households in Ghana were mildly food insecure, but that of India was moderately food insecure. The results further revealed that various demographic, economic, institutional and health and nutrition factors differently influenced urban food security and urban agriculture. Also, the extent of urban agriculture participation positively influenced food security.Originality/valueSeveral studies in Asia (India) and Africa (Ghana) on urban food security have been geographically limited to New Delhi, Mumbai and Greater Accra, with few studies in the Middle Belt of Ghana, and Bihar in India. Besides, there is a limited, rigorous, empirical study on the effect of the extent of UA on food security in Asia (India) and Africa (Ghana) individually and together. Moreover, we extend the frontiers of the methodological approach by applying the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) model to understand if the factors that affect food-security accessibility based on two food security accessibility tools are correlated.
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G. Djokoto, Justice. "Characteristics of Foreign Direct Investment into Agriculture in Ghana." International Journal of Technology and Management Research 1, no. 1 (February 17, 2020): 19–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.47127/ijtmr.v1i1.11.

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The paper investigated the characteristics of foreign direct investment( FDI) to Ghana's agriculture by examining the flow of funds, projects, employment and possible pre-independence legacies in FDI inflows from Ghana's former partners in colonial relationships and the slave trade. Using moving averages, percentages, cross tabulations and chi-squares tests, to data from 1994-2010, the following conclusions were drawn; a) FDI flows, measured by estimated cost of projects remained stable and low for most part of 1994-2010. However, huge jumps were witnessed after 2008, coinciding with Ghana's second time of successful and peaceful transfer of political power to another government; b) Clustering of agricultural projects in Greater Accra Region, c) a strong attraction of large FDI firms for the crops subsector; d) 75% of the FDI projects are SMEs; e) Among European countries, Ghana's former slave and colonial masters, Britain, Netherlands and Denmark contribute most FDI projects to Ghana's agriculture. Volta Region has strong attraction for projects from Germany. Strategies need to be designed to attract projects beyond Greater Accra, where poverty reduction may be better felt. Keywords: FDI;Agriculture;Employment;Distribution;Projects.
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Moari, S. I., A. M. Akudugu, and J. S. Dittoh. "Determinants of Adoption of Ecosystem-Friendly Farming Practices for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Ghana." International Journal of Irrigation and Agricultural Development (IJIRAD) 1, no. 1 (January 24, 2018): 68–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.47762/2017.964x.17.

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Agriculture plays a key role in economic growth, enhancing food security, poverty reduction and rural development. Future food security and economic independence of developing countries would depend on resilient ecosystems for a sustainable agricultural development. Intensive agriculture with high inputs has resulted in rapid crop production in Ghana, accompanied by negative environmental effects. The adoption of ecosystem-friendly farming technologies, which do not destroy nature, would ensure these negative effects are addressed. However, the rate of adoption of these practices has remained low in Ghana. This paper explores the determinants of adoption of ecosystem-friendly farming practices (EFFPs) in Northern region of Ghana with a sample of 300 farmers. The results revealed that sex, age, educational level, household size, production system, credit access, previous income, market access, and expected benefits from the adoption influenced EFFPs adoption. The adoption of EFFPs should be made a precondition for farmers to gain access to desirable opportunities such as input subsidies, good pricing among others.
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Awunyo-Vitor, Dadson, Ramatu Mahama Al-Hassan, Daniel Bruce Sarpong, and Irene Egyir. "Agricultural credit rationing in Ghana: what do formal lenders look for?" Agricultural Finance Review 74, no. 3 (August 26, 2014): 364–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/afr-01-2013-0004.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of agricultural credit rationing by formal lenders in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach – This study employed descriptive statistics, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Heckman's two-stage regression model to identify types of rationing faced by farmers and investigate factors that influence agricultural credit rationing by formal financial institutions. Data used in this study are gathered through a survey of 595 farmers in seven districts within Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Findings – The result reveals that farmers face three types of rationing. Evidence from the Heckman two-stage models shows that engagement in off farm income generating activities, increase in farm size, positive balances on accounts and commercial orientation of the farmers has the potential to reduce rationing of credit applicants by formal lenders. Practical implications – The results provide information on the factors that need to be considered as important in an attempt to reduce agricultural credit rationing by formal lenders. Originality/value – The value of this study is that farmers would use the results of this study to improve access to required amount of agricultural credit from formal financial institutions. The information would also benefit stakeholders in the agricultural sector, particularly youth in agriculture program organized by Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana as how to improve access to credit and reduce rationing of program participants by formal financial institutions.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Agriculture – Ghana"

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Puplampu, Peter K. "The state and agriculture, the social dynamics of agricultural policy in Ghana, 1900-1994." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq29094.pdf.

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Scott, Ashley M. "Overcoming the Obstacles to Sustainability in Ghana." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/206.

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For several decades following its independence from Great Britain, Ghana’s policies continued to promote over-extraction of natural resources to the detriment of its economy and rural communities. Agricultural and forestry policy has gradually evolved to foster more sustainable and equitable practices, as in building partnerships with the private sector to fund infrastructure improvements. Policy has recently recognized the dire need to adopt agricultural practices and means of forest resource extraction that are compatible with ecological stewardship. However, many shortcomings are still apparent. Large logging operations completely disregard forestry regulations with impunity, whereas rural sustenance extractors are severely punished in the rare event that policy is actually enforced. Although the severe disadvantages that agricultural policies had imposed in the 1960s have been partially alleviated, much improvement is still needed. Recent agricultural policy has recognized the lack of funding available to invest in more efficient and higher-yielding agricultural practices, but partnerships with the actual lending institutions do not exist. The scarcity of crucial inputs, such as fertilizer and technical assistance remains a major problem in the agricultural sector, as the soils are becoming rapidly depleted, leading to declining crop yields and further encroachment on the 20 percent of forests remaining. Overly ambitious targets and unrealistic policies require more careful and detailed formulation so that Ghana’s resources can be managed effectively before famine sweeps the food-insecure country once more.
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Gana, Bertha Kweley. "Effects of agriculture on soil quality in northeastern Ghana." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0035/NQ63870.pdf.

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Afari-Sefa, Victor. "Agricultural export diversification, food security and living conditions of farmers in Southern Ghana : a microeconomic and household modelling approach /." Weikersheim Margraf, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2866175&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Baah, Amos Kwame Egyir. "Subsistence Farmers' Perceptions of Pluralistic Agriculture Extension in Northern Ghana." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3335.

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In 2013, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture of the Republic of Ghana implemented a reformed food and agriculture sector development policy (FASDEP II) to reduce poverty among the poorest subsistence farmers in the nation. These extension efforts have been unsuccessful. The purpose of this ethnographic case study was to understand the perceptions of subsistence farmers in the Savelugu-Nanton District (SND) who participated in FASDEP II on how the program had affected their ability to meet their subsistence needs. The theoretical framework of collaborative advantage was used to analyze farmers' opinions of how the decentralized, pluralistic extension policy did or did not result in effective collaborations to benefit both farmers and support organizations. Data from unstructured interviews with 12 male farmers, selected through purposeful sampling, were analyzed by inductive coding and thematic analysis. Farmers' perspectives were confirmed through observations at a public farmers' meeting and a review of operations documents of Busaka, a FASDEP II agribusiness partner. Key findings indicated that the current pluralistic extension lacked the characteristics of collaborative advantage and farmers continued to face challenges in access to farming inputs, credit, climate change effects, and cronyism. Farmers perceived the system was more beneficial to large-scale farmers. Positive social change implications of this study include identifying factors to improve effective pluralistic extension for subsistence farmers, the poorest persons in SND; improving the financial conditions of these subsistence farmers through more sustained and equitable partner collaboration; and contributing to the economic development of SND.
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Ababio-Twi, Faith S. "Funding Strategies for Smallholder Rice Farmers in Afadzato South District, Ghana." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7849.

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Agriculture revenue contributions to Ghana's gross domestic product have declined because of limited farm funding, which has constrained some smallholder rice farmers access credit to acquire necessary inputs, and to secure a stable market for their harvests. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore successful strategies some smallholder rice farmers in the Afadzato South District of Ghana used in obtaining farm funding. Data collection included semistructured, face-to-face interviews with 9 smallholder rice farmers who successfully obtained farm funding. Previous research, reports, and policies of the Ghana Ministry of Food and Agriculture served as additional data collection sources. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis and resulted in three major themes: the smallholder farmer's strategy of belonging to cooperative association membership, the smallholder farmer's strategy for satisfying lender collateral requirements, and smallholder farmer's strategies for developing a repayment rating history. The implications for positive social change include the potential to guide the smallholder farmers to successful strategies to access farm funding for their farming activities and increase their farm sizes. The increase in farm sizes may result in more rice production that can help mitigate hunger and reduce poverty in the Afadzato South District of Ghana.
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Marston, Jasmin [Verfasser], Rüdiger [Akademischer Betreuer] Glaser, and Tim [Akademischer Betreuer] Freytag. "Aid and agriculture : : a constructivist approach to a political economy analysis of sustainable agriculture in Ghana." Freiburg : Universität, 2017. http://d-nb.info/116284017X/34.

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Aboagye, Dickson Danso. "Impacts of climate change on food security in southern Ghana : a community perspective." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020166.

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This study will examine the impacts of climate change on food security in Southern Ghana. Southern Ghana reveals that the district suffers post- harvest losses of about 8 percent of all cereals which hinders Ghana’s food security. Ghana still faces food insecurity due to high temperatures and low rainfall. This research therefore seeks to investigate what local communities of Southern Ghana are doing to address food insecurity problems with the advent of climate change. Several objectives to achieve this goal involves to identify factors hindering food security in Southern Ghana and to evaluate the extent that climate change has affected food security. A qualitative research approach was used by the researcher to come up with community strategies which this research seeks to address. Various conclusions such as community demand for support from the local government, sustainable irrigation programs, availability of pipe-borne water and environmental education were put in place, as possible solutions to the persisting food security problems in Southern Ghana.
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Wampah, Henry Akpenamawu Kofi. "Agricultural pricing policies in developing countries : the case of cocoa pricing in Ghana." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=72803.

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Salin-Maradeix, Maxime. "Factors affecting fertilizer use: the evidence from northern Ghana." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/20401.

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Master of Science
Agricultural Economics
Vincent R. Amanor-Boadu
Ghana is the first Sub-Saharan African country to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of halving extreme poverty by 2015 and has made great improvement in four of the total eight MDG. Supporting by several aid programs, Ghana is right in the middle of an economic boom through agriculture with the stock exchange listing of the Ghanaian Agricultural Development Bank the 3rd of July 2015. However, many Ghanaian producers, specifically in the northern part, cannot take full advantage of this “boom” as they are dealing with poor soil quality and suboptimal levels fertilizer use. By increasing fertilizer use, producers can improve their field’s soil quality and achieve higher crop yields. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of factors influencing the fertilizer use decision among smallholder producers in northern Ghana. A two-part model is estimated and takes into account number of important demographic, production and marking factors affecting producer’s decision on fertilizer adoption and amount used. Findings from this study have implication for designing private initiatives and public policies on improving smallholder producers’ agricultural productivity through the adoption of fertilizer.
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Books on the topic "Agriculture – Ghana"

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Network, African Conservation Tillage, CIRAD (Organization), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, eds. Conservation agriculture as practised in Ghana. Nairobi: African Conservation Tillage Network, 2007.

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Women in agriculture in Ghana. Accra: Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 1997.

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Duncan, Beatrice Akua. Women in agriculture in Ghana. 2nd ed. Accra: FIDA-Ghana, 2004.

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K, Nyanteng V., ed. Agricultural market access in Ghana. Legon, Ghana: Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon, 2006.

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Ghana, Agricultural and Rural Development Association of. Agricultural and Rural Development Association of Ghana. München, Germany: Agricultural and Rural Development Association of Ghana, 2004.

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Seini, Wayo. Environmental services provided by selected farming systems in Ghana. Legon, Ghana: Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon, 2004.

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George, Botchie, Damnyag Lawrence, and University of Ghana. Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research., eds. Environmental services provided by selected farming systems in Ghana. Legon, Ghana: Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon, 2004.

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Coast, University of Cape, ed. Building an effective agricultural knowledge information system in Ghana. Accra: Ghana Universities Press, 2007.

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T, Ghartey Nana K., Agbesinyale Patrick K, and Ghana Trades Union Congress, eds. Organizing labour in the informal sector: The conditions of rural agriculture in Ghana : a TUC Ghana-University of Cape Coast, APADEP case study. Accra: Ghana Universities Press, 2006.

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Osei, Simon K. Directory of agricultural databases developed in Ghana. [Accra]: GAINS, 2002.

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Book chapters on the topic "Agriculture – Ghana"

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Huq, M. M. "Agriculture." In The Economy of Ghana, 81–107. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19749-1_5.

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Huq, Mozammel, and Michael Tribe. "Agriculture." In The Economy of Ghana, 83–107. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60243-5_5.

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Hope, Lesley, Olufunke Cofie, Bernard Keraita, and Pay Drechsel. "Gender and urban agriculture: the case of Accra, Ghana." In Women Feeding Cities, 65–78. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780440460.004.

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Pickett, James. "Agriculture, Liberalisation and Economic Growth in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire." In Economic Reform, Trade and Agricultural Development, 49–90. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23103-4_3.

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Asare-Nuamah, Peter, and Athanasius Fonteh Amungwa. "Climate Change Adaptation Among Smallholder Farmers in Rural Ghana." In African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, 1–17. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42091-8_279-1.

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AbstractClimate change has the potential to disrupt sustainable development initiatives, particularly in developing economies. A substantial body of literature reveals that developing economies are vulnerable to climate change, due to high dependency on climate-sensitive sectors, such as agriculture. In Ghana, a growing body of literature has revealed multiple adaptation strategies adopted by smallholder farmers to respond to and reduce climate change impacts. However, there is a dearth of literature on the effectiveness of adaptation strategies. This chapter explores the adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers and analyzed the predictors of effective adaptation. Through the technique of simple random sampling, 378 smallholder farmers were selected, and data was collected using a questionnaire survey. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using the SPSS software. The findings indicate that smallholder farmers adopt multiple adaptation strategies to reduce the impact of climate change. In addition, it is revealed that marital status, years of farming experience, knowledge of climate change, and education are significant predictors of adaptation. Moreover, the chapter found that marital status, weedicide application, change in staple food consumption, and planting of early-maturing crops are good predictors of effective adaptation. The chapter recommends the need to intensify adaptation strategies through agricultural extension programs and interventions that improve rural food security and livelihood. In addition, the chapter recommends strengthening the capacity of farmer organizations and rural institutions, particularly agricultural extension and advisory services.
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Asare-Nuamah, Peter, and Athanasius Fonteh Amungwa. "Climate Change Adaptation Among Smallholder Farmers in Rural Ghana." In African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, 1497–513. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_279.

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AbstractClimate change has the potential to disrupt sustainable development initiatives, particularly in developing economies. A substantial body of literature reveals that developing economies are vulnerable to climate change, due to high dependency on climate-sensitive sectors, such as agriculture. In Ghana, a growing body of literature has revealed multiple adaptation strategies adopted by smallholder farmers to respond to and reduce climate change impacts. However, there is a dearth of literature on the effectiveness of adaptation strategies. This chapter explores the adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers and analyzed the predictors of effective adaptation. Through the technique of simple random sampling, 378 smallholder farmers were selected, and data was collected using a questionnaire survey. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using the SPSS software. The findings indicate that smallholder farmers adopt multiple adaptation strategies to reduce the impact of climate change. In addition, it is revealed that marital status, years of farming experience, knowledge of climate change, and education are significant predictors of adaptation. Moreover, the chapter found that marital status, weedicide application, change in staple food consumption, and planting of early-maturing crops are good predictors of effective adaptation. The chapter recommends the need to intensify adaptation strategies through agricultural extension programs and interventions that improve rural food security and livelihood. In addition, the chapter recommends strengthening the capacity of farmer organizations and rural institutions, particularly agricultural extension and advisory services.
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Sarku, Rebecca, Divine Odame Appiah, Prosper Adiku, Rahinatu Sidiki Alare, and Senyo Dotsey. "Digital Platforms in Climate Information Service Delivery for Farming in Ghana." In African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation, 1247–77. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_44.

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AbstractPhone-based applications, Internet connectivity, and big data are enabling climate change adaptations. From ICT for development and agriculture perspectives, great interest exists in how digital platforms support climate information provision for smallholder farmers in Africa. The vast majority of these platforms both private and public are for delivering climate information services and for data collection. The sheer number of digital platforms in the climate information sector has created a complex information landscape for potential information users, with platforms differing in information type, technology, geographic coverage, and financing structures and infrastructure. This chapter mapped the existing climate information services and examined their impact on policy and practices in smallholder farming development in Africa, with a focus on Ghana. Specifically, the chapter provides highlights of digital platforms available to smallholder farmers and agricultural extension agents, analyzes the public and/or private governance arrangements that underpin the implementation of digital climate information delivery, and assesses the potential of these platforms in scaling up the use of climate information. The chapter contributes to understanding the dynamics of climate information delivery with digital tools in Africa, and suggests a future research agenda.
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Gyasi, Edwin A. "Traditional forms of conserving biodiversity within agriculture: their changing character in Ghana." In Cultivating Biodiversity, 245–55. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780441092.024.

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Yirenya-Tawiah, Dzidzo, Ted Annang, Benjamin Dankyira Ofori, Benedicta Yayra Fosu-Mensah, Elaine Tweneboah Lawson, Richard Yeboah, Kwaku Owusu-Afriyie, et al. "Urban Waste as a Resource: The Case of the Utilisation of Organic Waste to Improve Agriculture Productivity Project in Accra, Ghana." In Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking, 123–45. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36283-6_6.

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AbstractPoor municipal solid waste management continues to be a daunting issue for municipal authorities in Ghana. Major cities generate 2000 tonnes of mixed municipal waste per day, of which about 80% is collected and disposed of at open dump sites and/or at the limited number of landfills available. About 60% of this waste is organic. The Utilization of Organic Waste to Improve Agricultural Productivity (UOWIAP) project sought to co-create knowledge through a private-public engagement for the development of organic waste value chain opportunities to sustainably manage municipal organic waste and, at the same time, improve urban farm soils and increase food productivity in the Ga-West Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Through the project, identified key stakeholders in the waste and agricultural sectors, such as market traders, informal waste collectors, unemployed persons, farmers, landscapers, media, agricultural extension officers, Municipal Assembly officers and the general public, were engaged and made aware of sustainable organic waste management processes, including organic waste segregation from source, collection and compost production. Four formal markets were selected for the piloting of organic waste segregation from source. Interested persons were trained in organic waste collection, compost production and entrepreneurship. The lessons learned draw attention to the need for a massive effort to generate demand for compost use as this will invariably drive removal of organic waste from the unsorted waste stream.
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Shepherd, Andrew, and Gideon Onumah. "Ghana." In Developing Agricultural Trade, 65–76. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781403990211_5.

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Conference papers on the topic "Agriculture – Ghana"

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"AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN GHANA." In 2016 ASABE International Meeting. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/aim.20162460507.

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Onyeiwu, S., E. Pallant, and M. Hanlon. "Sustainable and unsustainable agriculture in Ghana and Nigeria: 1960–2009." In ECOSUD 2011. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/eco110191.

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Moomen, Abdul-Wadood, Michela Bertolotto, Pierre Lacroix, and David Jensen. "Exploring Spatial Symbiosis of Agriculture and Mining for Sustainable Development in Northwest Ghana." In 2019 8th International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics (Agro-Geoinformatics). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/agro-geoinformatics.2019.8820500.

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Oforiwaa, Priscilla Obeng, Liang Manchun, Su Guofeng, and Li Ke. "Scenario Development for Nuclear Emergency Decision Deduction Training Platform for Radiographers in Developing Countries: Case Study, Ghana." In 2020 International Conference on Nuclear Engineering collocated with the ASME 2020 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone2020-16016.

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Abstract Nuclear Radiological accident is of great threat to the Nuclear Agency aside nuclear terrorism. In countries with little or no major nuclear infrastructural facilities, it is of great importance to educate stakeholders and employees in the handling and emergency decision involved in the usage of these radionuclides, thus training on this platform gives the maximum and technical know-how in cases where it is difficult to procure types of equipment needed for such educational exercise in real life. Ghana is a country that seeks to increase the use of nuclear technological applications. Sealed Radioactive Sources are used in Ghana for research, Agriculture, mining exploration and brachytherapy. Operators need to train immensely in the handling of these sources. The NEDDTP is a software system to help conduct training and emergency exercises simulation. The NEDDTP is developed by the China Nuclear Security center of excellence with the aim of performing the simulation and training of radiographers and emergency workers in the nuclear industry. This training platform gives a 3D real-life training scenarios, emergency simulation, command and dispatch, Process record and evaluation in exercise with virtual reality display for radiological worker. This paper elaborates on the process for scenario design, types of scenario development for different types of radiological accidents and the stages involved in training with these scenarios.
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"Research on Urban Low Income Housing Policy Delivery in Tamale, Ghana." In 4th International Conference on Advances in Agricultural, Biological & Ecological Sciences. International Institute of Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.15242/iicbe.dir1216420.

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Kidido, Joseph. "YOUTH ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL UNDER THE CUSTOMARY TRANSFER MECHANISMS IN THE TECHIMAN TRADITIONAL AREA IN GHANA; PRELIMINARY FINDINGS." In 15th African Real Estate Society Conference. African Real Estate Society, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15396/afres2015_122.

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Banson, Kwamina E., Nam C. Nguyen, and Ockie J. H. Bosch. "Systemic intervention to tackle the constraints and challenges facing stakeholders and the performance of the agricultural sector in Ghana." In 2014 9th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SOSE). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/sysose.2014.6892459.

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"Simulating agricultural land-use adaptation decisions under changing climate using multi-agent system model in the Upper East Region of Ghana." In 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2015). Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.36334/modsim.2015.k6.amadou.

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Reports on the topic "Agriculture – Ghana"

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Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy. Landownership and the gender gap in agriculture: Disappointing insights from Northern Ghana. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133281.

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Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy. Trends and composition of government expenditures on agriculture in Ghana, 1960-2015. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133318.

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Ambler, Kate, Alan de Brauw, and Mike Murphy. Increasing the adoption of conservation agriculture: A framed field experiment in Northern Ghana. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133739.

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Ambler, Kate, Alan de Brauw, Nicole Gargano, Mike Murphy, and Usamatu Salifu. Conservation Agriculture Evaluation Project in Northern Ghana: a formative evaluation using a framed field experiment. International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.23846/tw4fe14.

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Hidrobo, Melissa, Giordano Palloni, Jenny C. Aker, Daniel O. Gilligan, and Natasha Ledlie. Paying for digital information: Assessing farmers’ willingness to pay for a digital agriculture and nutrition service in Ghana. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133591.

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Bellwood-Howard, I., V. Haring, Hanna Karg, R. Roessler, J. Schlesinger, and M. Shakya. Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). International Water Management Institute (IWMI)., 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2015.214.

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Lambon-Quayefio, Monica P. The Challenges of Child Labour Research: Data Challenges and Opportunities. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/acha.2021.006.

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his Rapid Review is an attempt to instigate a broader discussion on child labour by considering the various dimensions and angles associated with the phenomenon beyond the straitjacket definitions provided in most reports. Its objectives are threefold. First, it aims to determine whether re-analysis of existing data sets is likely to yield new insights into the forms, prevalence and drivers of children’s work in agriculture in Ghana. Second, it aims to provide specific guidance on how these re-analyses might be undertaken and framed. And third, it aims to determine whether any of the available data sets might be used to map the number or density of children to the main agro-ecological zones or agricultural systems. In doing this, the review describes the nature of child work in the agricultural sector, highlighting areas that have often been ignored in the literature. The conclusion offers suggestions for future research on child labour based on our renewed understanding of the broad concept of child work.
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Takeshima, Hiroyuki, and Yanyan Liu. Determinants of agricultural machinery adoption intensities in Ghana. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133387.

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Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy. Public agricultural spending and growth in Ghana: Spending more, smarter. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133333.

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Diao, Xinshen, and Hiroyuki Takeshima. Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Alternative supply models for tractor hiring services. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896293809_11.

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