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Gender and preferences for non-farm income diversification: A framed field experiment in Ghana by Kramer, Berber, Lambrecht, Isabel B.

“…In a framed field experiment with 1,527 men and women in Ghana, we elicit preferences for investments in crop farming versus other business activities. …”
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Gender and preferences for non-farm income diversification: A framed field experiment in Ghana by Kramer, Berber, Lambrecht, Isabel B.

“…In a framed field experiment with 1,527 participants in Ghana, we elicit preferences among both men and women for investments in crop farming versus alternative income-generating activities. …”
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Economic development and nutrition transition in Ghana: Taking stock of food consumption patterns and trends by Ecker, Olivier, Fang, Peixun

“…Along with high economic growth over a period of somewhat more than the past three decades, poverty, household food insecurity, and undernutrition have substantially declined in Ghana. Ghana was one of the first African countries that achieved the first MDG, that of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. …”
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Land cover change and welfare in north Ghana: A spatial simultaneous equations approach by Azzarri, Carlo, Guo, Zhe, Haile, Beliyou, Signorelli, Sara

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Moving in the right direction? The role of price subsidies in fertilizer use and maize productivity in Ghana by Ragasa, Catherine, Chapoto, Antony

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Structural change in a poor African country: New historical evidence from Ghana by Osei, Robert Darko, Jedwab, Rémi

“…To shed more light on the African story, a good case study is Ghana. It is one of a handful of countries in Africa that has sufficient data on sectoral productivity and employment over a long period. …”
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Review of Applications of Remote Sensing towards Sustainable Agriculture in the Northern Savannah Regions of Ghana by Moomen, Abdul-Wadood, Yevugah, Lily Lisa, Boakye, Louvis, Osei, Jeff Dacosta, Muthoni, Francis K.

“…This paper assesses evidence-based applications of Remote Sensing for Sustainable and Precision Agriculture in the Northern Savanna Regions of Ghana for three decades (1990–2023). During this period, there have been several government policy intervention schemes and pragmatic support actions from development agencies towards improving agriculture in this area with differing level of success. …”
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Is more chocolate bad for poverty? An evaluation of cocoa pricing for Ghana’s industrialization and poverty reduction by Mulangu, Francis, Miranda, Mario, Maiga, Eugenie

“…We used this model to evaluate the appropriate cocoa pricing regime for attaining Ghana’s objectives of increasing cocoa processing capacity to 40% of total cocoa produced in Ghana. …”
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Mapping gendered pest management knowledge, practices, and pesticide exposure pathways in Ghana and Mali by Christie, Maria Elisa, Van Houweling, Emily, Zseleczky, Laura

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What dimensions of women’s empowerment in agriculture matter for nutrition-related practices and outcomes in Ghana? by Malapit, Hazel J., Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…This paper investigates linkages between women’s empowerment in agriculture and the nutritional status of women and children using 2012 baseline data from the Feed the Future population-based survey in Ghana. The sample consists of 3,344 children and 3,640 women and is statistically representative of the northernmost regions of Ghana where the Feed the Future programs are operating.…”
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Assessment of agricultural research capacities in Ghana: The case of council for scientific and industrial research (CSIR) by Essegbey, George Owusu, Asare, Roland

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Demonstrating sustainable farming practices and resilience against climate change in Northern Region of Ghana by Masoud, Jalaludeen, Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley, Akpatsu, Isaac Boatey, Salifu, Fuseini, Abera, Wuletawu

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Establishing SI-MFS demonstration fields to improve livelihoods in Northern and Savanna Regions of Ghana by Masoud, Jalaludeen, Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley, Akpatsu, Isaac Boatey, Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Salif, Fuseini, Abera, Wuletawu

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Modeling the determinants of farmers’ decision on exclusive schooling and child labor in the cocoa sector of Ghana by Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo, Sarpong, Daniel Bruce, Okyere, C. Y., Mensah-Bonsu, Akwesi, Asuming-Brempong, Samuel

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Cartels and rent sharing at the farmer-trader interface: An example from Ghana's tomato sector by Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z., Ngeleza, Guyslain K.

“…Ghana's “market queens,” itinerant traders who purchase tomatoes from rural farms and bring them to the large urban markets, are accused of acting as a cartel, both driving down the price farmers receive and driving up the price urban consumers pay through restricting the volume of tomatoes entering key markets. …”
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Agricultural commercialization, land expansion, and homegrown land-scale farmers: Insights from Ghana by Chapoto, Antony, Mabiso, Athur, Bonsu, Adwinmea

“…This study, therefore, begins to analyze this group of farmers, using qualitative data from in-depth interviews and focus group discussions in Ghana. We analyze their characteristics, ingredients of farm-size expansion, and commercialization.…”
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Analyzing profitability of maize, rice, and soybean production in Ghana: Results of PAM and DEA analysis by Akramov, Kamiljon T., Malek, Mehrab

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Innovations in rural and agricultural finance: Rural banking: The case of rural and community banks in Ghana by Nair, Ajai, Fissha, Azeb

“…Before the late 1970s, rural dwellers in Ghana had almost no access to institutional credit for farm and nonfarm activities, and in many rural communities, secure, safe, and convenient savings and payment facilities hardly existed. …”
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Poverty implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economy-wide, multimarket model assessment by Diao, Xinshen, Sarpong, Daniel Bruce

“…Abstract:  An economy‐wide, multimarket model is applied for Ghana and is used to assess the aggregate economic cost of agricultural soil erosion. …”
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Ghana: estudio sobre la alimentación y la nutrición urbanas en Accra by International Food Policy Research Institute

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