Assessing crop production and input use patterns in Ghana: What can we learn from the Ghana living standards survey

Agriculture in Ghana accounts for about 40 percent of national economy, three quarters of export earnings, and employs 60 percent of the labor force. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy (McKay and Aryeetey, 2004) and the sector has served as the main driver for the growth over the last two de...

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Main Authors: Quiñones, Esteban J., Diao, Xinshen
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152792
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description Agriculture in Ghana accounts for about 40 percent of national economy, three quarters of export earnings, and employs 60 percent of the labor force. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy (McKay and Aryeetey, 2004) and the sector has served as the main driver for the growth over the last two decades (World Bank, 2007). Moreover, agriculture is the most important sector for poverty reduction and has helped the country become the first Sub-Saharan African country to achieve the first objective of Millennium Development Goals (MDG1) by halving the country's 1990 poverty rate before the 2015 target year.
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spelling CGSpace1527922025-11-06T05:56:20Z Assessing crop production and input use patterns in Ghana: What can we learn from the Ghana living standards survey Quiñones, Esteban J. Diao, Xinshen agriculture productivity inputs agricultural transformation Agriculture in Ghana accounts for about 40 percent of national economy, three quarters of export earnings, and employs 60 percent of the labor force. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy (McKay and Aryeetey, 2004) and the sector has served as the main driver for the growth over the last two decades (World Bank, 2007). Moreover, agriculture is the most important sector for poverty reduction and has helped the country become the first Sub-Saharan African country to achieve the first objective of Millennium Development Goals (MDG1) by halving the country's 1990 poverty rate before the 2015 target year. 2011 2024-10-01T13:55:12Z 2024-10-01T13:55:12Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152792 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Quiñones, Esteban J.; Diao, Xinshen. 2011. Assessing crop production and input use patterns in Ghana: What can we learn from the Ghana living standards survey. GSSP Working Paper 24. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152792
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agricultural transformation
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Diao, Xinshen
Assessing crop production and input use patterns in Ghana: What can we learn from the Ghana living standards survey
title Assessing crop production and input use patterns in Ghana: What can we learn from the Ghana living standards survey
title_full Assessing crop production and input use patterns in Ghana: What can we learn from the Ghana living standards survey
title_fullStr Assessing crop production and input use patterns in Ghana: What can we learn from the Ghana living standards survey
title_full_unstemmed Assessing crop production and input use patterns in Ghana: What can we learn from the Ghana living standards survey
title_short Assessing crop production and input use patterns in Ghana: What can we learn from the Ghana living standards survey
title_sort assessing crop production and input use patterns in ghana what can we learn from the ghana living standards survey
topic agriculture
productivity
inputs
agricultural transformation
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