Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets?
Smallholders in Ghana, as elsewhere, are widely considered to be the largest as well as the most vulnerable component of the rural sector. Ghana professes national development objectives of reducing rural poverty through the increased productivity and commercialization of smallholder agriculture.......
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| description | Smallholders in Ghana, as elsewhere, are widely considered to be the largest as well as the most vulnerable component of the rural sector. Ghana professes national development objectives of reducing rural poverty through the increased productivity and commercialization of smallholder agriculture.... This work uses household survey data, district-level production data and a variety of mapped infrastructural and biophysical data to characterize the production environments and characteristics of smallholder agriculture. This paper explores the relevance of geographically-differentiated characteristics. Several key issues are highlighted: the less prevalent use of inputs, lower commercialization, and lower welfare rates of producers with smaller landholdings. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1601772025-11-06T07:14:54Z Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets? Chamberlin, Jordan smallholders rural poverty commercialization Smallholders in Ghana, as elsewhere, are widely considered to be the largest as well as the most vulnerable component of the rural sector. Ghana professes national development objectives of reducing rural poverty through the increased productivity and commercialization of smallholder agriculture.... This work uses household survey data, district-level production data and a variety of mapped infrastructural and biophysical data to characterize the production environments and characteristics of smallholder agriculture. This paper explores the relevance of geographically-differentiated characteristics. Several key issues are highlighted: the less prevalent use of inputs, lower commercialization, and lower welfare rates of producers with smaller landholdings. 2007 2024-11-21T09:50:12Z 2024-11-21T09:50:12Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160177 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Chamberlin, Jordan. Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets? GSSP Working Paper. 6. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160177 |
| spellingShingle | smallholders rural poverty commercialization Chamberlin, Jordan Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets? |
| title | Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets? |
| title_full | Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets? |
| title_fullStr | Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets? |
| title_short | Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets? |
| title_sort | defining smallholder agriculture in ghana who are smallholders what do they do and how are they linked with markets |
| topic | smallholders rural poverty commercialization |
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