Poverty implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economy-wide, multimarket model assessment
Abstract: An economy‐wide, multimarket model is applied for Ghana and is used to assess the aggregate economic cost of agricultural soil erosion. To fill a gap in the literature regarding economic cost analysis of soil erosion, this paper also analyzes the poverty implications of land degradation....
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| author | Diao, Xinshen Sarpong, Daniel Bruce |
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| description | Abstract: An economy‐wide, multimarket model is applied for Ghana and is used to assess the aggregate economic cost of agricultural soil erosion. To fill a gap in the literature regarding economic cost analysis of soil erosion, this paper also analyzes the poverty implications of land degradation. The model predicts that land degradation reduces agricultural income in Ghana by a total of US$4.2 billion over the period 2006–2015 and the national poverty rate will increase in 2015 by 5.4 percentage points. Moreover, soil loss causes a slowing of poverty reduction over time in the three northern regions, which currently have the highest poverty rates in the country. Sustainable land management (SLM) is the key to reducing agricultural soil loss. The present findings indicate that through the adoption of conventional SLM practices, the declining trend in land productivity can be reversed, and that use of a combination of conventional and modern SLM practices would generate an aggregate economic benefit of US$6.4 billion over the period 2006–2015. SLM practices would therefore substantially reduce poverty in Ghana, particularly in the three northern regions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1547852025-02-24T06:45:26Z Poverty implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economy-wide, multimarket model assessment Diao, Xinshen Sarpong, Daniel Bruce crop yield soil degradation staple foods costs sustainable land management poverty reduction land degradation agricultural soils modelling Abstract: An economy‐wide, multimarket model is applied for Ghana and is used to assess the aggregate economic cost of agricultural soil erosion. To fill a gap in the literature regarding economic cost analysis of soil erosion, this paper also analyzes the poverty implications of land degradation. The model predicts that land degradation reduces agricultural income in Ghana by a total of US$4.2 billion over the period 2006–2015 and the national poverty rate will increase in 2015 by 5.4 percentage points. Moreover, soil loss causes a slowing of poverty reduction over time in the three northern regions, which currently have the highest poverty rates in the country. Sustainable land management (SLM) is the key to reducing agricultural soil loss. The present findings indicate that through the adoption of conventional SLM practices, the declining trend in land productivity can be reversed, and that use of a combination of conventional and modern SLM practices would generate an aggregate economic benefit of US$6.4 billion over the period 2006–2015. SLM practices would therefore substantially reduce poverty in Ghana, particularly in the three northern regions. 2011-09 2024-10-01T14:03:50Z 2024-10-01T14:03:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154785 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160173 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160196 Limited Access Wiley Diao, Xinshen; Sarpong, Daniel Bruce. 2011. Poverty implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economy-wide, multimarket model assessment. African Development Review 23(3): 263-275. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8268.2011.00285.x |
| spellingShingle | crop yield soil degradation staple foods costs sustainable land management poverty reduction land degradation agricultural soils modelling Diao, Xinshen Sarpong, Daniel Bruce Poverty implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economy-wide, multimarket model assessment |
| title | Poverty implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economy-wide, multimarket model assessment |
| title_full | Poverty implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economy-wide, multimarket model assessment |
| title_fullStr | Poverty implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economy-wide, multimarket model assessment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Poverty implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economy-wide, multimarket model assessment |
| title_short | Poverty implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economy-wide, multimarket model assessment |
| title_sort | poverty implications of agricultural land degradation in ghana an economy wide multimarket model assessment |
| topic | crop yield soil degradation staple foods costs sustainable land management poverty reduction land degradation agricultural soils modelling |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154785 |
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