Search Results - "Ghana"

Predicting groundwater recharge in Ghana by estimating evapotranspiration by Anayah, F. M., Kaluarachchi, J. J., Pavelic, Paul, Smakhtin, V.

“…This study uses a modified Granger and Gray model to estimate evapotranspiration and then groundwater recharge in Ghana. The overall results show that the model is capable of reliably predicting regional evapotranspiration using a small number of monitoring stations with meteorological data only. …”
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Ghana’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation by Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia, Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James

“…Ghana experienced rapid economic growth with an annual GDP growth rate of 6.6 percent between 2009 and 2019 (GSS 2023). …”
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Ghana’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation by Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James, Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia

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Enhancing agricultural resilience in smallholder farmers in Ghana by Baamonyor, Abdul-latif, Abera, Wuletawu, Mponela, Powell, Akpatsu, Isaac Boatey, Masoud, Jalaludeen

“…The Excellence in Agronomy Ghana GAIP use case aims to fortify agricultural sustainability and resilience, placing a strong emphasis on improving livelihoods of smallholder farmers. …”
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Interview guide for focus groups in Northern Ghana by Snyder, K.

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Ghana: Availability of data on nutrition intervention coverage by Transform Nutrition West Africa

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Farmers' manual on tilapia hatchery operation in Ghana by Agyakwah, Seth K., Asmah, Ruby, Mensah, Emmanuel Tetteh-Doku, Ragasa, Catherine, Amewu, Sena, Tran, Nhuong, Oyih, Mathew, Ziddah, Peter

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Policy atlas on food and nutrition security: Ghana by Marivoet, Wim, Ulimwengu, John M., Sall, Leysa Maty

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Ghana Decentralization and Agricultural Services Household Survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This data is from a study conducted with 960 Ghanaian households to gather citizen perspectives on decentralization in general and specifically on the impacts of Ghana’s devolution of agricultural services, which began in 2012. …”
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Ghana Keta Groundwater Games for Resource Governance by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The games and surveys were conducted in 10 villages within 2 districts of the coastal Keta basin of Ghana (located in the Volta Region of Ghana).…”
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Ghana: Agricultural R&D Indicators Factsheet by Beintema, Nienke M., Essegbey, George Owusu, Asare, Roland, Rahija, Michael

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Strategic public spending: Scenarios and lessons for Ghana by Aragie, Emerta A., Artavia, Marco, Pauw, Karl

“…Growth in Ghana during the last decade has not translated into meaningful benefits for rural households who experienced an increase in poverty in recent years. …”
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Urbanization and its impact on Ghana’s rural transformation by Diao, Xinshen, Magalhaes, Eduardo, Silver, Jed

“…First, are patterns of rural employment in Ghana changing with urbanization and are those changes related in any systematic way with proximity to urban centers of different sizes? …”
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Agricultural intensification, technology adoption, and institutions in Ghana by Houssou, Nazaire, Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Silver, Jed

“…Agricultural intensification has only taken off to a very limited extent in Ghana. Adoption of land productivity-enhancing technology is low, even in areas with proximity to urban markets. …”
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Boserupian pressure and agricultural mechanization in modern Ghana by Cossar, Frances

“…However, recent survey data have revealed high levels of machinery use in localized areas of cereal production in northern Ghana. A survey conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute, in partnership with the Savannah Agriculture Research Institute, found that in some areas more than 80 percent of farmers were using machinery for at least one operation. …”
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Determinants of agricultural machinery adoption intensities in Ghana by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Liu, Yanyan

“…We do so using the three rounds of repeated cross-sectional, nationally rep-resentative data (Ghana Living Standard Surveys (GLSS) 2006, 2013, 2017), as well as unique tractor-use data in Ghana collected by IFPRI and Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (IFPRI-SARI data), and multi-dimensional indicators of agroclimatic similarity with plant-breeding locations.…”
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Democracy, decentralization, and district proliferation: The case of Ghana by Resnick, Danielle

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Exploring the agriculture-nutrition linkage in northern Ghana by Signorelli, Sara, Haile, Beliyou, Kotu, Bekele

“…This study contributes to the literature by examining the agriculture‒nutrition linkage using data from northern Ghana. Specifically, we assess the relative importance of productivity and production diversity in improving household dietary diversity, while at the same time assessing the role of market access. …”
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Food processing in Ghana: Trends, constraints, and opportunities by Andam, Kwaw S., Silver, Jed

“…As a rapidly-urbanizing, lower middle-income country, Ghana is experiencing diet changes that are spurring a growing demand for processed foods. …”
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Ghana: Landscape analysis of anemia and anemia programming by Wun, Jolene, Namaste, Sorrel, Sununtnasuk, Celeste, Fisseha, Teemar, Forfoe, Wilfred, Bonku, Edward, Moorthy, Denish

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