The changing landscape of agriculture in Ghana: Drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification
This study assesses whether the recent public and private efforts to improve farmers’ access to mechanical power in Ghana have had the intended effects on the country’s agricultural sector. Using panel survey data, this paper analyses the drivers of farm mechanization and its net impacts on cropland...
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| author | Houssou, Nazaire Chapoto, Antony |
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| description | This study assesses whether the recent public and private efforts to improve farmers’ access to mechanical power in Ghana have had the intended effects on the country’s agricultural sector. Using panel survey data, this paper analyses the drivers of farm mechanization and its net impacts on cropland expansion and farming system intensification in northern Ghana. Several factors explain the use and use intensity of agricultural mechanization, including landholding size, total labor and fertilizer use per hectare, chemical use, and amount of land left fallow. More importantly, the results suggest that farm mechanization did have a positive impact on cropland expansion during the survey period. The results presented here support the existence of a labor substitution effect resulting from tractor use. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1503042025-11-06T05:52:03Z The changing landscape of agriculture in Ghana: Drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification Houssou, Nazaire Chapoto, Antony animal power tractors agricultural policies farmland farm inputs land use intensification draught animals mechanization This study assesses whether the recent public and private efforts to improve farmers’ access to mechanical power in Ghana have had the intended effects on the country’s agricultural sector. Using panel survey data, this paper analyses the drivers of farm mechanization and its net impacts on cropland expansion and farming system intensification in northern Ghana. Several factors explain the use and use intensity of agricultural mechanization, including landholding size, total labor and fertilizer use per hectare, chemical use, and amount of land left fallow. More importantly, the results suggest that farm mechanization did have a positive impact on cropland expansion during the survey period. The results presented here support the existence of a labor substitution effect resulting from tractor use. 2014 2024-08-01T02:51:22Z 2024-08-01T02:51:22Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150304 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151392 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151160 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149559 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Houssou, Nazaire; Chapoto, Antony. The changing landscape of agriculture in Ghana: Drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1392. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150304 |
| spellingShingle | animal power tractors agricultural policies farmland farm inputs land use intensification draught animals mechanization Houssou, Nazaire Chapoto, Antony The changing landscape of agriculture in Ghana: Drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification |
| title | The changing landscape of agriculture in Ghana: Drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification |
| title_full | The changing landscape of agriculture in Ghana: Drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification |
| title_fullStr | The changing landscape of agriculture in Ghana: Drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification |
| title_full_unstemmed | The changing landscape of agriculture in Ghana: Drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification |
| title_short | The changing landscape of agriculture in Ghana: Drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification |
| title_sort | changing landscape of agriculture in ghana drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification |
| topic | animal power tractors agricultural policies farmland farm inputs land use intensification draught animals mechanization |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150304 |
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