Following the renewed effort at achieving a new green revolution for Africa, emphasis has been placed on modernizing smallholder agriculture through deployment of improved inputs especially mechanized technologies. In Ghana, government in last decade emphasized provision subsidized ploughing services to farmers alongside rapidly growing private sector tractor service market. While technology adoption rates have increased rapidly, these technologies without critical analysis impacts...

Addressing human and social values is a core element of agroecology, including questions equity justice in food systems, supporting autonomy well-being producers, fostering meaningful, dignified forms systems work, reshaping ways interacting with nonhuman species ecosystems. In this article, we review peer-reviewed literature related to agroecology. We identified growing science on agroecology theory. organized summarized our around the following themes: well-being, livelihoods, meaningful...

The pivotal role of social capital in smallholder agriculture is widely acknowledged. growth effect manifests how networks and trust facilitate access to productive resources knowledge sharing among farmers. While sub-Saharan Africa considered a storehouse rich capital, recent literature indicates its rapid depletion due mainly the rise capitalist concomitant reorganization relations production that characterize agriculture. Agroecology an alternative approach aimed at addressing adverse...

Breast cancer accounts for 23% of all cases among women in Kenya. Although breast screening is important, we know little about the factors associated with women's utilization Using Andersen's behavioural model health care utilization, aim to address this void literature.We draw data on Kenya Demographic and Health Survey employ univariate, bivariate, multivariate analyses.We find that geographic location, specifically, living a rural area (OR = 0.89; p < 0.001) North Eastern Province lower...

Abstract This paper draws theoretical insights from political ecology to examine the environmental and livelihood impacts of smallholder agricultural mechanization in Ghana context ongoing pursuit a new Green Revolution for Africa. Our findings highlight complex linkages between development, degradation, rural livelihoods. Despite associated increased returns‐to‐scale productivity enhanced speed land preparation with tractor‐based mechanization, clearing major trees on farmlands as...

Abstract With increasing human-induced environmental degradation, women's nature-based livelihood activities are threatened. In semi-arid northern Ghana, shea processing (i.e., butter, a derivative of nut from the tree), vital women-dominated economic activity, is at risk as naturally occurring trees continue to decline in numbers and productivity. The tree's number productivity ensuing biodiversity loss have sparked conservation efforts by governments local communities. This includes...

At COP27, the United Nations made a clarion call for addressing food system inefficiencies, specifically highlighting need innovative research into sustainable cold storage technologies postharvest loss reduction. Consistent with this call, we explore smallholder farmers' willingness to adopt off-grid solar-powered in Ghana using surveys small scale vegetable growers ( n = 1,001). We put conversation one another multiple adoption theories—economic constraints, innovation diffusion, adopter...

This paper examines the role of social capital in smallholder agriculture mechanization Ghana under ongoing agenda for transformation African through new green revolution. It contributes to debate on potential explaining socioeconomic activity over time and space. Drawing experiences farmers (n = 30) from Navrongo using qualitative interviews focus group discussions, explores how networks shape mechanized service access utilization among highlights historical background tractor-based farming...

Although previous studies have explored the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana, very little attention is paid to influence of mass media exposure on NHIS enrolment. Yet, understanding this linkage important, particularly due critical role disseminating health information and shaping people's perceptions choices. Using data from 2014 Ghana Demographic Survey, we employed logistic regression analysis understand relationship between enrolment print media, radio, television. Our...

Although agricultural mechanization is central to the renewed agenda for achieving an African Green Revolution, increased deployment of mechanized technologies has been without critical analysis impacts on traditional agrarian labor division practices. Drawing experiences smallholder farmers (n = 60) in northern Ghana using in-depth interviews, we examined gendered implications and how women men may be responding evolving on-farm dynamics. Our findings reveal a skewed favor culturally...

Abstract Despite increasing land degradation in sub-Saharan Africa, investment sustainable management (SLM) remains low. Empirical evidence show that smallholder farmers tend to prioritize investing SLM practices with short-term turnover—e.g., composting and crop residue integration—in order improve soil fertility yields the neglect of like agroforestry whose benefits materialize a relatively longer period. While it is crucial for both long-term maintenance overall ecosystem health, factors...

While Rwanda's progress towards achieving the maternal health care targets of Sustainable Development Goals is impressive, evidence women's limited utilization antenatal (ANC) services in context an improved system provides opportunity for exploring other essential but less highlighted factors that may shape ANC service utilization. In this study, we examined association between knowledge pregnancy complications and services.We employed logistic regression analysis using 2015 Rwanda...

Household agricultural decision-making is crucial in navigating household food insecurity amid increasing climate change and variability. In smallholder farming contexts Ghana other parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), often the culturally ascribed role male family head. Yet joint has potential to leverage diverse knowledge capacities members meet nutritional dietary needs households. Using a cross-sectional survey involving 1100 farmer households, we examined association between...

While media campaigns are documented to be useful for increasing the uptake of family planning, very little is known about population prevalence and correlates exposure mass planning messages among post-delivery women in Nigeria. We aimed address this void by exploring underlying factors that explain disparities Nigeria.Our study was a secondary analysis Nigeria Demographic Health Survey, nationally representative dataset men women. Using logistic regression techniques drawing on structural...