Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program
Use of mechanization in African agriculture has returned strongly to the development agenda, particularly following the recent high food prices crisis. Many developing country governments—including Ghana, the case study of this paper—have resumed support for agricultural mechanization, typically in...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Benin, Samuel |
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| description | Use of mechanization in African agriculture has returned strongly to the development agenda, particularly following the recent high food prices crisis. Many developing country governments—including Ghana, the case study of this paper—have resumed support for agricultural mechanization, typically in the form of providing subsidies for tractor purchase and establishment of private-sector-run agricultural mechanization service centers (AMSECs). The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of Ghana’s AMSEC program on various outcomes, using data from household surveys that were conducted with 270 farmers, some of them located in areas with the AMSEC program (treatment) and others located in areas without the program (control). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1495592025-11-06T06:29:07Z Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program Benin, Samuel agricultural policies propensity score matching productivity agricultural development mechanization Use of mechanization in African agriculture has returned strongly to the development agenda, particularly following the recent high food prices crisis. Many developing country governments—including Ghana, the case study of this paper—have resumed support for agricultural mechanization, typically in the form of providing subsidies for tractor purchase and establishment of private-sector-run agricultural mechanization service centers (AMSECs). The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of Ghana’s AMSEC program on various outcomes, using data from household surveys that were conducted with 270 farmers, some of them located in areas with the AMSEC program (treatment) and others located in areas without the program (control). 2014 2024-08-01T02:49:32Z 2024-08-01T02:49:32Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149559 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153645 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154138 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153471 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162402 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154498 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Benin, Samuel. 2014. Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1330. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149559 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural policies propensity score matching productivity agricultural development mechanization Benin, Samuel Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program |
| title | Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program |
| title_full | Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program |
| title_short | Impact of Ghana’s agricultural mechanization services center program |
| title_sort | impact of ghana s agricultural mechanization services center program |
| topic | agricultural policies propensity score matching productivity agricultural development mechanization |
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