Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economywide, multimarket model assessment
An economywide, multimarket model is constructed for Ghana and the effects of agricultural soil erosion on crop yields are explicitly modeled at the subnational regional level for eight main staple crops. The model is used to evaluate the aggregate economic costs of soil erosion by taking into accou...
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2007
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| author | Diao, Xinshen Sarpong, Daniel Bruce |
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| description | An economywide, multimarket model is constructed for Ghana and the effects of agricultural soil erosion on crop yields are explicitly modeled at the subnational regional level for eight main staple crops. The model is used to evaluate the aggregate economic costs of soil erosion by taking into account economywide linkages between production and consumption, across sectors and agricultural subsectors... 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 significantly reduce poverty in Ghana, particularly in the three northern regions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1601732025-11-06T06:54:58Z Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economywide, multimarket model assessment Diao, Xinshen Sarpong, Daniel Bruce soil degradation crops sustainable land management poverty reduction An economywide, multimarket model is constructed for Ghana and the effects of agricultural soil erosion on crop yields are explicitly modeled at the subnational regional level for eight main staple crops. The model is used to evaluate the aggregate economic costs of soil erosion by taking into account economywide linkages between production and consumption, across sectors and agricultural subsectors... 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 significantly reduce poverty in Ghana, particularly in the three northern regions. 2007 2024-11-21T09:50:12Z 2024-11-21T09:50:12Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160173 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Diao, Xinshen; Sarpong, Daniel Bruce. Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economywide, multimarket model assessment. GSSP Working Paper. 3. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160173 |
| spellingShingle | soil degradation crops sustainable land management poverty reduction Diao, Xinshen Sarpong, Daniel Bruce Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economywide, multimarket model assessment |
| title | Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economywide, multimarket model assessment |
| title_full | Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economywide, multimarket model assessment |
| title_fullStr | Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economywide, multimarket model assessment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economywide, multimarket model assessment |
| title_short | Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economywide, multimarket model assessment |
| title_sort | cost implications of agricultural land degradation in ghana an economywide multimarket model assessment |
| topic | soil degradation crops sustainable land management poverty reduction |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160173 |
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