Search Results - "Ghana"

Innovations in rural and agriculture finance by Kloeppinger-Todd, Renate, Sharma, Manohar

“…Innovations in rural and agriculture finance: Overview Renate Kloeppinger-Todd and Manohar Sharma; Financial literacy Monique Cohen; Community-based financial organizations: Access to Finance for the Poorest Anne Ritchie; Rural banking in Africa: The Rabobank approach Gerard van Empel; Rural banking: The case of rural and community banks in Ghana Ajai Nair and Azeb Fissha; Rural leasing: An alternative to loans in financing income-producing assets Ajai Nair; Determinants of microcredit repayment in federations of Indian self-help groups Yanyan Liu and Klaus Deininger; M-PESA: Finding new ways to serve the unbanked in Kenya Susie Lonie; Biometric technology in rural credit markets: The case of Malawi Xavier Giné; Credit risk management in financing agriculture Mark D. …”
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Old problems in the new solutions? Politically motivated allocation of program benefits and the "new" fertilizer subsidies by Banful, Afua Branoah

“…This paper studies how vouchers, which could be used towards the purchase of fertilizer, were distributed amongst districts in Ghana's 2008 fertilizer subsidy program. We find that politics played a significant role in the allocation of vouchers. …”
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Banking on the poor: unleashing the benefits of microfinance by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Insights presented here are based on a series of detailed household surveys conducted in nine countries of Africa and Asia: Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, and Pakistan.... …”
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Estimating household income to monitor and evaluate public investment programs in Sub-Saharan Africa by Benin, Samuel, Randriamamonjy, Josee

“…Looking at changes in income over time, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, Senegal, Mauritania, and Ghana (in declining order) experienced consistent positive growth. …”
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Working women in an urban setting: traders, vendors, and food security in Accra by Levin, Carol E., Maxwell, Daniel G., Armar-Klemesu, Margaret, Ruel, Marie T., Morris, Saul Sutkover, Ahiadeke, Clement

“…Data collected from a 1997 household survey carried out in Accra, Ghana, are used to look at the crucial role that women play as income earners and in securing access to food in urban areas. …”
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The role of information networks in communicating and responding to HPAI outbreaks by Schiffer, Eva, Narrod, Clare, von Grebmer, Klaus

“…Thus, researchers from IFPRI and ILRI conducted network mapping exercises with participating stakeholders from governmental agencies, the private sector, research institutions, and farmer and trader organizations during the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) inception workshops held separately in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria to answer the following questions: How does information about a suspected outbreak of avian influenza on the farm or market level reach the respective authorities? …”
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Tanzania Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) Endline Survey, 2017 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…As part of this project, IFPRI is undertaking a study of irrigating and non-irrigating households in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Ghana to investigate the connections between irrigation, gender, nutrition and health. …”
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Global summary of baseline household survey results by Kristjanson, Patricia M., Garlick, Cathy, Förch, Wiebke, Thornton, Philip K., Cramer, Laura K., Ndungu, Anthony

“…A standardised survey, guidelines and training materials were implemented across 12 countries in West Africa (Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Ghana), East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Tanzania), and South Asia (India, Nepal and Bangladesh). …”
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V3: Integrated Management of Small Reservoirs for Multiple Uses by Jamin, Jean-Yves, Cecchi, P., Poussin, Jean-Christophe, Fusillier, J.L.

“…All these studies will be carried out in targeted illustrative pilot-sites located in Burkina Faso and in Ghana, and belonging to contrasted areas of the Volta Basin.…”
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Building the Resilience of Smallholder Farmers to Climate-Induced Pests and Diseases Through Promotion of CS-IPM Innovations by Adomako, Joseph, Narveh, Ernestina, Yeboah, Stephen, Amankwa-Yeboah, Patricia, Frimpong-Anin, Kofi, Haleegoah, Joyce, Adablah, Richard

“…Yam and Sweetpotato are important value chains in Ghana's Bono East and Central regions. Issues of climate variability, pests, and disease continue to affect the productivity of the crops and deny farmers the desired yield and benefit. …”
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Effect of low-cost irrigation methods on microbial contamination of lettuce irrigated with untreated wastewater by Keraita, Bernard N., Konradsen, Flemming, Drechsel, Pay, Abaidoo, Robert C.

“…Objective  To assess the effectiveness of simple irrigation methods such as drip irrigation kits, furrow irrigation and use of watering cans in reducing contamination of lettuce irrigated with polluted water in urban farming in Ghana.Methods  Trials on drip kits, furrow irrigation and watering cans were conducted with urban vegetable farmers. …”
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Climate services bundles preferences of smallholder farmers in West Africa: a stated choice modelling by Ouedraogo, Adama, Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Egyir, Irene S., Läderach, Peter, Mensah-Bonsu, Akwasi, Jatoe, John Baptist D.

“…Using a Choice Experiment and Mixed Logit model, data was collected from 1,212 farmers across four West African countries (Ghana, Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso). The findings reveal that the most preferred service bundle (Bundle 4), which includes daily weather forecasts, seed advisories, and drought insurance, garnered a preference of 45%. …”
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Bundled Innovations for Sustainable Technology Adoption Among Smallholder Farmers by Jizorkuwie, Abdul, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Amankwaa-Yeboah, Particia, Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley, Worku, Wuletawu Abera

“…Low adoption of agricultural innovations remains a major barrier to productivity and sustainability among smallholder farmers in Ghana. This report presents the establishment of on-farm demonstrations that bundled several innovations into a single practical package as Improved Technology Package. …”
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Strengthening Soil Health Systems in West Africa: Development of Appropriate Fertilizer Nutrient Requirements for Specific Crop and Soil Combinations within Prioritized Target Area... by Kadja, Lionel Axel, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Mkuhlani, Siyabusa, Shehu, Bello, Sinha, Surajit, Sehou, Romaric;, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Ampadu Boakye, Theresa

“…This is being undertaken with focus on Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mali and Senegal in geographies where strategic scaling projects such as FSRP and Soil values are working in. …”
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Progress with the delivery of Intermediary Performance Indicator IPI 1.3 of AICCRA-AF: New soil mapping generated by the West african Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil Health by Kadja, Lionel Axel, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Mkuhlani, Siyabusa, Shehu, Bello, Sinha, Surajit, Sehou, Romaric;, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Ampadu Boakye, Theresa

“…Seven countries were selected Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mali, and Senegal based on expressed demand, institutional readiness, and the presence of active scaling programs. …”
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A review of global cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) production trends, post-harvest physiological deterioration (PPD) challenge, and control strategies by Dankwa, Kwame Obeng, Gimode, Winnie Riziki Adu, Olasanmi, Bunmi

“…Africa stands out as the leading producer with three of the top five cassava-producing countries (Nigeria, DR Congo, Ghana) located on the continent, highlighting the crop’s vital role in African agriculture. …”
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Solar irrigation for adapting to climate change in cocoa farming: a choice experiment approach identifying Ghanaian farmers’ preferences by Gbodji, Kekeli Kofi, Quarmine, William, Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Mitra, Archisman, Schmitter, Petra

“…For cocoa production, adapting to climate change will require securing water application and soil moisture by investing in irrigation infrastructure. In Ghana, government and private sector organizations have introduced solar-powered groundwater irrigation solutions to address the challenges. …”
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Nutrient dynamics and recovery efficiencies in a decentralised faecal sludge and food waste treatment system by Nartey, Eric Gbenatey, Sakrabani, R., Tyrrel, S., Dapaah, E., Adamtey, Noah

“…Raw FS, FW, compost, and effluent samples were collected at each treatment stage over three treatment cycles from August 2021 – 2022 in Somanya, Ghana. A total of 108 composite samples were collected and analysed for N,P & K using standard procedures. …”
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Participatory forest management, equity and local governance – keynote address by Colfer, C.J.P., Komarudin, Heru, German, L., Nyangas, S., Siagian, Y., Tanui, J.

“…This paper briefly reviews CIFOR’s experience using participatory action research working with communities, user groups within communities, and with governments at various levels, in Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Philippines, and Zimbabwe. …”
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A comparative socio-economic analysis of water storage schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa. by Xenarios, Stefanos, Eguavoen, I., McCartney, Matthew P.

“…The method was tested in six case studies in Ethiopia and Ghana where representative small and large water storage types of Sub-Saharan Africa (small dams, large dams, wells, river diversion, ponds and soil moisture) were assessed in comparison to each other and then evaluated with the help of ethnographic findings.…”
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