A5065143441- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Insurance and Financial Risk Management
- Agricultural Development and Management
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
University of Ghana
2015-2024
Climate change poses significant threats to agricultural productivity in Africa particularly regions that are dependent on rainfed agriculture. Despite the critical role of climate Information Services (CIS) promoting adaptive practices, there is limited understanding their impact investment Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). This study addresses this knowledge gap by examining how different sources CIS influence smallholder maize farmers’ decisions invest CSA practices. Using a...
Street foods are one of the highest contributors to foodborne illness in most developing economies around world. In Ghana, diarrhoeal diseases, which usually food or waterborne, among top ten causes death. Most street safety risks avoidable when all regulations complied with. This paper identified and examined barriers implementation Ghana. A qualitative research approach was adopted by collecting data from nine focus group discussion sessions involving a total 94 participants five key...
There is a strong linkage between agricultural performance and economic growth in developing countries. However, the gain from agriculture disproportionately trickles down to poor which can be partly reduced by addressing gender differences production. Historically, validity of statistics has been questioned as way researchers policymakers describe also affects how they perceive address them. Amid these antecedents, we apply meta-stochastic frontier pooled cross-sectional population-based...
Migration has been linked with the rapid population growth in urban areas Ghana. This paper examines how rural-urban migration affects agricultural production at origin of migration. Again, it accounts for net effect different strategies (temporary and permanent migration) on production. Sample data two hundred households from fifteen villages were used Ghana Living Standards Survey 5 (GLSS 5) to examine socioeconomic characteristics which have no migrants, those temporary migrants migrants....
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding what motivates farmers participate in inter-organizational relationships with farm product buyers. Interest the Ghanaian agri-food sector has been stimulated recent years by policies seeking reduce farmers’ market risks while improving buyers’ access commodity inputs. decision how sell produce economic imperative for farmer; therefore, coexistence spot markets and suggests that who use them must be having some gains from them....
The unprecedented impact of the pandemic on both activities and profit actors draws out various areas value chain that need to be strengthened ensure resilience in face global shock. This study fills gap by assessing extent at which COVID-19 impacted mango southern Ghana. It also analyzed governance structure existing linkages dissemination market information relation actors. A two-year panel survey 240 respondents was conducted 2020 through a multi-stage sampling technique Greater Accra,...
This study explored inter-organizational relationships (IOR) between farmers and agri-food processors in Ghana their relative effect on participating farmers’ performance. The IOR were organized into three broad types: governance (formal/informal); orientation (price/quality/quantity); structure (direct-to-buyer/farmer-based organization (FBO)/agent). showed that about 44% of participated IOR, 72% them use direct-to-buyer compared to 25% 5% who FBO agent. total exceeds 100% because some used...