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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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Nchanji, Eileen. "Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Ghana: What Governance System Works?" Sustainability 9, no. 11 (November 14, 2017): 2090. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su9112090.

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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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Fernandes, Meenakshi, Rae Galloway, Aulo Gelli, Daniel Mumuni, Salha Hamdani, Josephine Kiamba, Kate Quarshie, et al. "Enhancing Linkages Between Healthy Diets, Local Agriculture, and Sustainable Food Systems." Food and Nutrition Bulletin 37, no. 4 (July 19, 2016): 571–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0379572116659156.

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Background: Interventions that enhance linkages between healthy diets and local agriculture can promote sustainable food systems. Home-grown school feeding programs present a promising entry point for such interventions, through the delivery of nutritious menus and meals. Objective: To describe the adaptation of the School Meals Planner Package to the programmatic and environmental reality in Ghana during the 2014 to 2015 school year. Methods: Guided by a conceptual framework highlighting key considerations and trade-offs in menu design, an open-source software was developed that could be easily understood by program implementers. Readily available containers from markets were calibrated into “handy measures” to support the provision of adequate quantities of food indicated by menus. Schools and communities were sensitized to the benefits of locally sourced, nutrient-rich diets. A behavior change communication campaign including posters and songs promoting healthy diets was designed and disseminated in schools and communities. Results: The School Meals Planner Package was introduced in 42 districts in Ghana, reaching more than 320 000 children. Monitoring reports and feedback on its use were positive, demonstrating how the tool can be used by planners and implementers alike to deliver nutritious, locally-sourced meals to schoolchildren. The value of the tool has been recognized at the highest levels by Ghana’s government who have adopted it as official policy. Conclusions: The School Meals Planner Package supported the design of nutritious, locally sourced menus for the school feeding program in Ghana. The tool can be similarly adapted for other countries to meet context-specific needs.

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Yidana, Sandow Mark, Duke Ophori, and Bruce Banoeng-Yakubo. "Irrigation Water Resource Management for Sustainable Agriculture—The Ankobra Basin, Ghana." Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 133, no. 6 (December 2007): 609–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9437(2007)133:6(609).

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Alare, Rahinatu Sidiki, Erasmus Henaku Owusu, and Kwadwo Owusu. "Climate Smart Agriculture Practices in Semi-arid Northern Ghana: Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods." Journal of Sustainable Development 11, no. 5 (September 18, 2018): 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v11n5p57.

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Achieving food security and livelihood development among vulnerable households in the semi-arid regions is challenged by water scarcity and climate change. To alleviate the challenges of water scarcity and climate change impacts, farmers are adopting different climate smart agriculture (CSA) practices. However, there is limited knowledge on the contribution of CSA practices to livelihoods of farmers in semi-arid northern Ghana. Therefore, this paper explored CSA practices adopted by smallholder farmers and assessed the contribution of dry season farming to livelihoods in rural semi-arid Ghana. Using data from 100 households, farm income, household food security and subjective wellbeing (SWB) were compared between dry season farmers and non-dry season ones. The findings showed that socio-economic factors hindered the utilisation of practices with high start-up cost such as rain water harvesting. Farmers also adopted other practices based on the benefits, ease of use and geographical context. Comparing dry season farmers and non-dry season ones, the results showed that dry season farming had great potentials of improving income, food security (66%) and wellbeing (P>0.01) of rural households in semi-arid Ghana. However, adopting CSA practices only without instituting programmes to address other socio-economic challenges faced by smallholder farmers will yield minimal impacts. Complementing CSA initiatives with poverty alleviation programmes will effectively contribute to improved livelihoods in resource poor communities.

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Kessler, J. J., and M. Moolhuijzen. "Low external input sustainable agriculture: expectations and realities." Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science 42, no. 3 (September 1, 1994): 181–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/njas.v42i3.596.

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Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) is receiving increased attention, both as a sustainable alternative to Green Revolution-like strategies making intensive use of external inputs, and as a strategy of sustainable agriculture in resource-poor environments where no or very few external inputs are used. The evaluation of LEISA field-experiences in the Philippines and in Ghana shows that the potential of LEISA to improve ecological and/or socioeconomic sustainability depends on site-specific factors in the first place. In areas with a high production potential, LEISA can simultaneously improve ecological sustainability and farmers' socioeconomic conditions by reduced use of external inputs. In areas with a low production potential, LEISA can stabilize and restore the carrying capacity, but generally has limited potential to improve socioeconomic conditions for growing populations, and an increased production may also result from a further depletion of natural resources, and by a limited number of farmers. Other factors that can influence the potential and the applicability of LEISA are the production dip and the rehabilitation period involved, high labour requirements, land ownership aspects, gender issues, constraints to implement a participatory technology development approach, macroeconomic aspects, government influences and information dissemination. Together with the site-specific conditions, these aspects should be considered in planning and evaluation of LEISA techniques.

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Lee, Joan. "Reviewer Acknowledgements for Sustainable Agriculture Research, Vol. 9, No. 2." Sustainable Agriculture Research 9, no. 2 (April 26, 2020): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/sar.v9n2p129.

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Sustainable Agriculture Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated. Sustainable Agriculture Research is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please contact us for the application form at: sar@ccsenet.org   Reviewers for Volume 9, Number 2 Adel Khashaveh, Islamic Azad University, Iran Darwin Pangaribuan, Lampung University, Indonesia Dietrich Darr, Hochschule Rhein-Waal, Germany Entessar Mohammad Al JBawi, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Syria Francesco Sunseri, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy Gema Parra, Universidad de Jaén, Spain Giuseppina Migliore, University of Palermo, Italy Gunnar Bengtsson, Sweden Inder Pal Singh, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University (GADVASU), India Isaac Danso, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Oil Palm Research Institute, Ghana Kassim Adekunle Akanni, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria Katarzyna Panasiewicz, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland Manuel Teles Oliveira, University Tras os Montes Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal Maren Langhof, Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany Murtazain Raza, Subsidiary of Habib Bank AG Zurich, Pakistan Nehemie T. Donfagsiteli, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies, Cameroon Nicusor-Flavius Sima, University of Agricultural Studies and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania Sait Engindeniz, Ege University Faculty of Agriculture, Turkey Stefano Marino, University of Molise, Italy Subhash Chand, Central Agricultural Research Institute CARI Port Blair, India Suheb Mohammed, University of Virginia, United States Tenaw Workayehu, Hawassa Research Center, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia

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Ampim, Peter A. Y., Michael Ogbe, Eric Obeng, Edwin K. Akley, and Dilys S. MacCarthy. "Land Cover Changes in Ghana over the Past 24 Years." Sustainability 13, no. 9 (April 28, 2021): 4951. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13094951.

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Changes in land cover (LC) can lead to environmental challenges, but few studies have investigated LC changes at a country wide scale in Ghana. Tracking LC changes at such a scale overtime is relevant for devising solutions to emerging issues. This study examined LC changes in Ghana for the past almost two and half decades covering 1995–2019 to highlight significant changes and opportunities for sustainable development. The study used land cover data for six selected years (1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2019) obtained from the European Space Agency. The data was analyzed using R, ArcGIS Pro and Microsoft Excel 365 ProPlus. The original data was reclassified into eight LC categories, namely: agriculture, bare area, built-up, forest, grassland, other vegetation, waterbody, and wetland. On average, the results revealed 0.7%, 131.7%, 23.3%, 46.9%, and 11.2% increases for agriculture, built-up, forest, waterbody, and wetland, respectively, across the nation. However, losses were observed for bare area (92.8%), grassland (51.1%), and other vegetation (41%) LCs overall. Notably, agricultural land use increased up to 2015 and decreased subsequently but this did not affect production of the major staple foods. These findings reveal the importance of LC monitoring and the need for strategic efforts to address the causes of undesirable change.

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Jonas, Kannyiri Naaderi, and Dogkubong Dinye Romanus. "Private initiatives in rural irrigated agriculture towards sustainable livelihoods in Nadowli-Kaleo District, Ghana." African Journal of Agricultural Research 12, no. 46 (November 16, 2017): 3315–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/ajar2017.12588.

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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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Bugri, John Tiah. "Land tenure and sustainable livelihoods in north-east Ghana." Thesis, University of Greenwich, 2005. http://gala.gre.ac.uk/6120/.

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Many authors have blamed African land tenure systems for the poor agricultural production and environmental degradation in sub-Saharan Africa, and therefore the resulting hunger, environmental refugees and the lack of socio-economic progress. The aim of this investigation was to investigate the customary and statutory tenure practices in north-east Ghana and their implications for agricultural production and environmental degradation and recommend ways of improving tenurial practices. The study revealed that contrary to the mainstream view that lack of security of customary land tenure is the main cause of the poor agricultural production and environmental degradation, stakeholders’ perceptions of their security of tenure was generally high. Stakeholders’ religious background, gender, levels of education, age, occupation and community membership status were important factors influencing their perceptions and attitudes to land tenure, and land and environmental management practices. Yet poor agricultural production and environmental degradation characterised the study area. Interviewees perceived the main causes to be due to non-tenurial factors including lack of finance, poor soil fertility, inadequate and unreliable rainfall, pests and diseases, inadequate farmlands, bush burning and excessive tree cutting. It was also shown in the study that women and strangers generally had little or no power and control over land use decision-making and management under customary land tenure. These findings have negative implications for tenurial conditions, environmental and livelihood sustainability in north-east Ghana since most women are involved in food production. Results of the investigation were used to develop a participatory and holistic approach to land use and management and developed an integrated framework of customary and statutory tenure as a way forward in sustainable land management and the provision of sustainable livelihoods in north-east Ghana in particular, and sub-Saharan Africa generally. The study has contributed to an understanding of the political ecology of north-east Ghana and concludes that the emerging changes in land resource access and use have conflicts as an inevitable element of the process, which broad-based stakeholder participation provides a useful solution.

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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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Salifu, Walata Yakub. "Sustainable agriculture and rural livelihood : a case study of agropastoral households in Northern Ghana." Thesis, London South Bank University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.618690.

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Hladíková, Lucie. "Úloha Fair Trade v ekonomickém rozvoji Ghany." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-10104.

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This thesis is concerned with both positive and negative economic aspects of Fair Trade and addresses the influence of Fair Trade production of cocoa in Ghana on its economic development. The objective is to find out, if Fair Trade is the propriate tool to eradicate poverty in this country.

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Thorn, Jessica Paula Rose. "Ecosystem services, biodiversity and human wellbeing along climatic gradients in smallholder agro-ecosystems in the Terai Plains of Nepal and northern Ghana." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3319dafc-5b0c-436a-b653-a623fc3e8de4.

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Increasingly unpredictable, extreme and erratic rainfall with higher temperatures threatens to undermine the adaptive capacity of food systems and ecological resilience of smallholder landscapes. Despite growing concern, land managers still lack quantitative techniques to collect empirical data about the potential impact of climatic variability and change. This thesis aims to assess how ecosystem services and function and how this links with biodiversity and human wellbeing in smallholder agro-ecosystems in a changing climate. To this end, rather than relying on scenarios or probabilistic modelling, space was used as a proxy for time to compare states in disparate climatic conditions. Furthermore, an integrated methodological framework to assess ecosystem services at the field and landscape level was developed and operationalised, the results of which can be modelled with measures of wellbeing. Various multidisciplinary analytical tools were utilised, including ecological and socio-economic surveys, biological assessments, participatory open enquiry, and documenting ethnobotanical knowledge. The study was located within monsoon rice farms in the Terai Plains of Nepal, and dry season vegetable farms in Northern Ghana. Sites were selected that are climatically and culturally diverse to enable comparative analysis, with application to broad areas of adaptive planning. The linkages that bring about biophysical and human changes are complex and operate through social, political, economic and demographic drivers, making attribution extremely challenging. Nevertheless, it was demonstrated that within hotter and drier conditions in Ghana long-tongued pollinators and granivores, important for decomposition processes and pollination services, are more abundant in farms. Results further indicated that in cooler and drier conditions in Nepal, the taxonomic diversity of indigenous and close relative plant species growing in and around farms, important for the provisioning of ecosystem services, decreases. All other things equal, in both Nepal and Ghana findings indicate that overall human wellbeing may be adversely effected in hotter conditions, with a potentially significantly lower yields, fewer months of the year in which food is available, higher exposure to natural hazards and crop loss, unemployment, and psychological anxiety. Yet, surveys indicate smallholders continue to maintain a fair diversity of species in and around farms, which may allow them to secure basic necessities from provisioning ecosystem services. Moreover, farmers may employ adaptive strategies such as pooling labour and food sharing more frequently, and may have greater access to communication, technology, and infrastructure. Novel methodological and empirical contributions of this research offer predictive insights that could inform innovations in climate-smart agricultural practice and planning.

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Gebremariam, Gebrelibanos [Verfasser]. "Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAPs) in Northern Ghana : impacts on welfare, environmental reliance, and agricultural land expansion / Gebrelibanos Gebremariam." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1170872298/34.

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Preuss, David. "The Impact of Directive 2009/28/EC on Energy Security and Agricultural Development in Ghana." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-188716.

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The growing demand for biofuels in the European Union is expected to have a significant impact on rural environments in sub-Saharan Africa. In the wake of Directive 2009/28/EC, Ghana experienced a rapid rise in foreign land acquisitions and direct investments to its agricultural sector. The potential implications of this development are multi-fold: While proponents of the EU biofuels policy stress the potential for agricultural development and improved energy security in the region, its opponents criticise the lack of binding rules and regulations concerning social sustainability and indirect land use changes. As a means of assessing the validity of these opposing views, this research paper provides an analysis of the directive's impact on Ghanaian energy security and agricultural development in the country. The analysis is based on key informant interviews and a comprehensive literature reviews. It is concluded that the potential of host countries to generate benefits from the cultivation of energy crops largely rests on their institutional framework. In Ghana, foreign biofuel investments appear to have at least partially resulted in negative socio-economic impacts on local rural communities. Formal and informal land rights, as well as land acquisition procedures present significant obstacles. Civil action and the proposal for a new national biofuels policy indicate, however, that the country could eventually emerge as a beneficiary of the global trend towards biofuels.

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Sumani, John Bosco Baguri. "Exploring Perceptions of the Potential of Agricultural Insurance for Crop Risks Management Among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1529494821429119.

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Books on the topic "Sustainable 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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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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Land rights, sustainable natural resource use, and agricultural productivity in Ghana. Legon, Ghana: Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, 2008.

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Dzanku, Fred M. Land rights, sustainable natural resource use, and agricultural productivity in Ghana. Legon, Ghana: Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, 2008.

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Dzanku, Fred M. Land rights, sustainable natural resource use, and agricultural productivity in Ghana. Legon, Ghana: Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, 2008.

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Maharjan, Keshav Lall. Communities and Livelihood Strategies in Developing Countries. Springer, 2014.

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Maharjan, Keshav Lall. Communities and Livelihood Strategies in Developing Countries. Springer, 2014.

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Chris, Gordon, Amatekpor Julius K, and Volta Basin Research Project, eds. The sustainable integrated development of the Volta Basin in Ghana. Legon, Accra: Volta Basin Research Project, University of Ghana, 1999.

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1956-, Sparr Pamela, ed. Mortgaging women's lives: Feminist critiques of structural adjustment. London: Zed Books, 1994.

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Book chapters on the topic "Sustainable agriculture – Ghana"

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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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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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Kemeze, Lauretta S., Akwasi Mensah-Bonsu, Irene S. Egyir, D. P. K. Amegashie, and Jean Hugues Nlom. "Impact of Bioenergy Crop Adoption on Total Crop Incomes of Farmers in Northern Ghana: The Case of Jatropha Curcas." In Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, 97–119. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76222-7_6.

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Kemeze, Francis Hypolite. "The Impact of Agricultural Insurance on the Demand for Supplemental Irrigation: A Randomized Controlled Trial Experimental Evidence in Northern Ghana." In Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, 181–206. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76222-7_9.

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Heerink, N., P. Atsma, and K. Y. Fosu. "Farmers’ Transport Costs and Agricultural Production in Ghana." In Sustainable Food Security in West Africa, 234–51. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6105-7_10.

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Fosu, K. Y., N. Heerink, K. E. Ilboudo, M. Kuiper, and A. Kuyvenhoven. "Agricultural Supply Response and Structural Adjustment in Ghana and Burkina Faso — Estimates from Macro-Level Time-Series Data." In Sustainable Food Security in West Africa, 153–85. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6105-7_7.

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Quan-Baffour, Kofi. "Indigenous Food Preservation and Management of Postharvest Losses Among the Akan of Ghana." In Urban Agriculture and Food Systems, 323–34. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8063-8.ch016.

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The rapid population increase has consequences on food security in Africa. The policies of the colonialists protected European markets and discouraged the growth of indigenous agro- industries in Africa. In Ghana much food is produced during the harvest seasons but greater part of it gets rotten due to lack of preservation or storage facilities. Despite the negative attitude of the colonialists towards local products indigenous food preservation continued unabated although limited to the aging population in the rural areas. The purpose of this chapter is to share the Akan heritage of indigenous food preservation as a strategy to manage postharvest losses and ensure food security and sustainable livelihoods. The chapter which emanated from an ethnographic study used interviews and observations for data collection. The study found that the Akan communities without agro-industries use their indigenous knowledge and skills to preserve food and create jobs. The chapter concluded that in this era of Africa's rebirth its people should utilize indigenous food processing skills to reduce postharvest losses and ensure food security. It was recommended that the government of Ghana should provide financial support to make indigenous agro-industries sustainable.

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J. T., Bugri. "An Analysis of Rural-Urban Differences in Stakeholders’ Perceptions and Attitudes towards some Tenurial, Agricultural and Environmental Issues in North-East Ghana." In Managing Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future, 217–24. WASD, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.47556/b.outlook2008.6.22.

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Conference papers on the topic "Sustainable agriculture – Ghana"

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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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