Agricultural transformation in the savannah: Perspectives from the village
Most of the evidence presented in this book about changes in the agricultural sector draws on secondary data and nationally representative household surveys like the GLSS. This chapter seeks to ground the truth of some of the key findings by providing village and farmer perspectives on important cha...
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| author | Johnson, Michael E. Houssou, Nazaire Kolavalli, Shashidhara Hazell, Peter B. R. |
| author_browse | Hazell, Peter B. R. Houssou, Nazaire Johnson, Michael E. Kolavalli, Shashidhara |
| author_facet | Johnson, Michael E. Houssou, Nazaire Kolavalli, Shashidhara Hazell, Peter B. R. |
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| description | Most of the evidence presented in this book about changes in the agricultural sector draws on secondary data and nationally representative household surveys like the GLSS. This chapter seeks to ground the truth of some of the key findings by providing village and farmer perspectives on important changes that have impacted on their livelihoods since the 1980s, and how they have adapted their farming systems and practices. The chapter also addresses several key questions. What were the key factors driving farmers’ adaptation decisions, including the roles of changes in population density and the availability of additional land for cultivation, improved access to markets, changing market demands, increased competition for labor from the rural nonfarm economy, and higher wages? Why, despite continuing rural population growth, have farmers generally chosen to adopt technologies and farming practices that increase labor productivity relative to land productivity? Finally, what happens once options for bringing more land into production become exhausted? |
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| spelling | CGSpace1454662025-11-06T03:57:15Z Agricultural transformation in the savannah: Perspectives from the village Johnson, Michael E. Houssou, Nazaire Kolavalli, Shashidhara Hazell, Peter B. R. supply chains economic development agricultural transformation agricultural development governance Most of the evidence presented in this book about changes in the agricultural sector draws on secondary data and nationally representative household surveys like the GLSS. This chapter seeks to ground the truth of some of the key findings by providing village and farmer perspectives on important changes that have impacted on their livelihoods since the 1980s, and how they have adapted their farming systems and practices. The chapter also addresses several key questions. What were the key factors driving farmers’ adaptation decisions, including the roles of changes in population density and the availability of additional land for cultivation, improved access to markets, changing market demands, increased competition for labor from the rural nonfarm economy, and higher wages? Why, despite continuing rural population growth, have farmers generally chosen to adopt technologies and farming practices that increase labor productivity relative to land productivity? Finally, what happens once options for bringing more land into production become exhausted? 2019-08-10 2024-06-21T09:04:32Z 2024-06-21T09:04:32Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145466 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Oxford University Press Johnson, Michael E.; Houssou, Nazaire; Kolavalli, Shashidhara; and Hazell, Peter B.R. 2019. Agricultural transformation in the savannah: Perspectives from the village. In Ghana’s economic and agricultural transformation: Past performance and future prospects. Diao, Xinshen; Hazell, Peter B.R.; Kolavalli, Shashidhara; and Resnick, Danielle (Eds.). Chapter 6 Pp. 142-169. New York, NY: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Oxford University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145466 |
| spellingShingle | supply chains economic development agricultural transformation agricultural development governance Johnson, Michael E. Houssou, Nazaire Kolavalli, Shashidhara Hazell, Peter B. R. Agricultural transformation in the savannah: Perspectives from the village |
| title | Agricultural transformation in the savannah: Perspectives from the village |
| title_full | Agricultural transformation in the savannah: Perspectives from the village |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural transformation in the savannah: Perspectives from the village |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural transformation in the savannah: Perspectives from the village |
| title_short | Agricultural transformation in the savannah: Perspectives from the village |
| title_sort | agricultural transformation in the savannah perspectives from the village |
| topic | supply chains economic development agricultural transformation agricultural development governance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145466 |
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