A5030222012- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Economic Growth and Development
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- African studies and sociopolitical issues
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Firm Innovation and Growth
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
2024-2025
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2020-2023
University of Health and Allied Sciences
2023
The Forestry Commission of Ghana
2022-2023
University College Cork
2016-2022
Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences
2020-2021
Charles University
2021
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
2017-2019
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
2017-2019
University of Ibadan
2018
Abstract Many people in African countries derive their livelihoods from agriculture. Therefore, unfavourable environmental and climatic conditions render them more vulnerable to increasing food insecurity poverty rates. However, few studies have investigated how farmers’ adaptation strategies affect farm productivity household security the Sahelian region, notably Mali. We analyse factors that influence climate change impacts of on maize southern Farmers use such as organic fertilizers,...
This paper investigates the economic impacts of climate change on cereal crop production in Northern Ghana using 240 households comprising maize and sorghum farmers. The Ricardian regression approach was used to examine based data generated from a survey conducted 2013/2014 farming seasons. Forty-year time-series rainfall temperature 1974 2013, together with cross-sectional data, were for empirical analysis. estimates both showed varying degrees net revenues. results indicated that early...
Purpose This study aims to assess gender-based differences on farmers’ perception of impacts and vulnerability climate change the implementation adaptation strategies in Pra River Basin Ghana, while also providing lessons for other Sub-Saharan nations regions with similar conditions. Design/methodology/approach The used semi-structured interviews questionnaires collect data from 344 farmers, 64 participants focus group discussions 6 agriculture extension officers (key informants) 10...
<title>Abstract</title> Research on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) within agrifood chains, particularly at the downstream level, remains limited. This study contributes to expanding knowledge EO and its relationship with procurement strategy choices among retailers. paper analyses association between choice of strategies, a focus multidimensionality EO. It also examines factors influencing as well various dimensions Using cross-section data collected from market survey 320 AIV retailers in...
This study examines the effects of land tenure systems on resource-use productivity and efficiency in Upper East region Ghana with data drawn from Agricultural Production Survey. A stochastic frontier model is employed to analyse rice farms. The establishes that farms under various are technically inefficient. Technical for pooled sample was 61.80%. estimated technical efficiencies owned, rented sharecropping were 68.19%, 61.61% 45.17% respectively. production influenced by farm size,...
Agricultural programmes are implemented in sub-Saharan African countries to stimulate rural economic development. One such programme is the Presidential Cassava Initiative (PCI) Nigeria aimed at reducing poverty and food insecurity, but there a limited study on contribution of cassava output security. This estimated effects PCI security Nigeria. A three-stage multivariate linear regression model was applied empirical analysis. The results showed that has increased output; promoted supply;...
Abstract Illegal mining and inappropriate use of agrochemicals have exacerbated surface water pollution in Ghana. The quality has changed, knowledge their current condition is important for formulating policies to conserve the country's bodies. This study assessed waters Ghana's Pra River Basin. A survey 344 local farmers randomly sampled was conducted a physicochemical analysis 33 samples collected from 25 rivers basin. Boreholes are main source drinking 85% farmers, they by its appearance....
Enhancing smallholder farmers’ access to reliable, ready, and direct marketing channels is a prerequisite for sustainable food supply poverty reduction in the developing countries including Ghana. However, it great challenge farmers This paper analyzes factors that influence rice participation, intensity of using primary data from 199 three rice-growing districts Northern Region A double hurdle model was used empirical analysis. The study findings show lower percentage sold their output...
This paper analyzes the impact of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) on maize yield, yield gap and net income in northern Ghana using an inverse-probability-weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA). In this study, ISFM is restricted to adoption crop rotation (CR), inorganic fertilizer (FT), farmyard manure (MN) either isolation or combination. We find a synergy gain (86.52% increase yield) decrease (of 10.22%) with all three technologies as package (CR+FT+MN). The joint also...
In this era of rapidly increasing food demand, a sustainable supply is required to meet such demand. This suggests that capital investment through adequate access credit needed develop the agricultural sector in developing countries including Lesotho. Therefore, paper examined farmers' and its impact on farm income using three-stage model, namely: Probit, Tobit, propensity score matching. The study was conducted Lesotho with sample size 100 farmers. empirical results reveal increases net...
Abstract Narrowing the gender technology gap in agricultural production has become a critical policy issue sub‐Saharan Africa. A better understanding of is essential for formulation and programme planning to ensure equity resource allocation, household‐level food security low middle income countries, such as Ghana. We employ metafrontier approach analyse differences efficiency male female farmers, recognising endogeneity some variables inefficiency effects model, particular credit...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate consumers’ willingness pay (WTP) for composite flour bread produced with a blend 15-40 per cent cassava blended wheat in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach analysis based on interviews 350 consumers the Ashanti and Eastern Regions Ghana assess their awareness, perceptions WTP cassava-wheat bread. From these consumer interviews, hedonic regression model was applied various attributes Price-related health-related were investigated perception...
This paper employed the endogenous switching regression and propensity score matching methods to analyse impact of row-planting technology on rice productivity using 470 farms in Northern Ghana. The empirical findings showed that adoption exerted greater positive yields smallholder farmers. In addition, adopters non-adopters are driven by farm inputs, socioeconomic, institutional technological factors. We suggest achieving self-sufficiency rural economic transformation sub-Saharan Africa...
Improving rural farmers’ access to direct agricultural markets is required ensure sustainable supply of food. Rural farmers in the developing world account for largest share food including cassava. Globally, cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) recognised as an important source valuable semi-processed industrial raw materials such ethanol, high-quality flour and starch. However, there less empirical research on participation marketing channels sector. This study focused analysing determinants...
Abstract There is high demand for food commodities due to population growth in sub‐Saharan Africa. However, the agricultural productivity remains low making it difficult meet this increased demand. Therefore a need arose improve productivity, including of rice industry Ghana. This study analysed factors influencing efficiency Ghana's using stochastic metafrontier model. A total 470 smallholder producers from two districts Upper East region were selected study. The empirical results reveal...
Sustainable agricultural development requires capital investment. However, farmers in Africa are constrained by inadequate access to microcredit. Therefore, this article examines the extent which gender influences The empirical results showed that women less likely be able microcredit, compared men. study also found separate sets of factors including assets endowment, socio-economic, institutional, and technological significantly affected women's men's suggests promote sustainable...
Achieving a sustainable food supply is crucial to meet the ever-increasing demand emanating from high population growth, rising consumer incomes, and rates of urbanisation in developing countries including Ghana. The adoption farm innovations these has proven be quintessential attainment self-sufficiency rice. Nonetheless, been challenging. This paper, therefore, analyses factors that influence number adopted by rice farmers two districts Upper East Region Ghana using Poisson model. result...
The promotion of farm innovations, such as mineral fertiliser, is one the strategies for attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) zero hunger and poverty alleviation in developing countries. However, adoption fertilisers has been low Africa, particularly Ghana. present study not only analyses impact fertiliser on land productivity rice farmers northern Ghana but also determines factors that are associated with using a primary dataset from 470 farmers. employs endogenous switching...
Global sustainable development goals call for universal access to safely managed sanitation by 2030. Here, we demonstrate methods estimate the financial requirements meeting this commitment in urban settings of low-income countries. Our considered two requirements: (i) subsidies needed bridge gap between willingness-to-pay households and actual market prices toilets emptying services (ii) amounts expand municipal waste management infrastructure unserved populations. We applied our five...
There are growing number of empirical studies on the baobab value chain in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most focus nutritional composition, traditional uses, distribution trees, and collection. However, there few marketing fruit pulp, especially consumer behavior, attitudes, beliefs regarding pulp. In this context, our study aims to explore attitudes We also evaluate market development potential pulp selected markets El Obeid Khartoum Sudan. The employs a mixed methods approach that includes survey (...