Resultados de búsqueda - "Ghana"

Flood recession agriculture for food security in Northern Ghana: Literature review on extent, challenges, and opportunities por Sidibe, Yoro, Williams, Timothy O., Kolavalli, Shashidhara

“…This detailed study will provide recommendations on the technical, economic, institutional and policy measures needed to achieve sustainable intensification of flood recession agriculture in northern Ghana, while complementing efforts undertaken to promote other types of water management systems. …”
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Food and nutrition security in transforming Ghana: A descriptive analysis of national trends and regional patterns por Ecker, Olivier, van Asselt, Joanna

“…In recent decades, Ghana has experienced high economic growth and transformation, which contributed to the nation achieving the Millennium Development Goal targets on reducing extreme poverty and hunger. …”
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Human and institutional capacity for climate resilient agriculture: Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana, India and Vietnam por Babu, Suresh Chandra, De Pinto, Alessandro

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Organizational and institutional barriers to the effectiveness of public expenditures: The case of agricultural research investments in Nigeria and Ghana por Ragasa, Catherine

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Where to focus post-harvest loss efforts? A review of recent evidence, with application to Ghana por Hoffmann, Vivian, Ridolfi, Carlotta, Nwafor, Manson

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The biophysical potential for urea deep placement technology in lowland rice production systems of Ghana and Senegal por Cox, Cindy M., Kwon, Ho Young, Koo, Jawoo

“…There is a growing interest to scale up UDP adoption in West African countries, such as Ghana and Senegal, but a limited number of studies have been published from the region to support developing strategies. …”
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The changing landscape of agriculture in Ghana: Drivers of farm mechanization and its impacts on cropland expansion and intensification por Houssou, Nazaire, Chapoto, Antony

“…This study assesses whether the recent public and private efforts to improve farmers’ access to mechanical power in Ghana have had the intended effects on the country’s agricultural sector. …”
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Sustainable intensification of smallholder maize production in northern Ghana: the case of cowpea living mulch technology por Abdul Rahman, N., Larbi, A., Kizito, F., Kotu, B.H., Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.

“…Several agricultural technologies have been promoted to intensify smallholder farming systems in Ghana, but there is limited literature on sustainability assessment of these technologies. …”
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The impact of avian flu on livelihood outcomes in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria por Birol, Ekin, Asare-Marfo, Dorene, Ayele, Gezahegn, Mensah-Bonsu, Akwesi, Ndirangu, Lydia, Okpukpara, Benjamin, Roy, Devesh, Yakhshilikov, Yorbol

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Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialized agricultural mechanization service provision a viable business model? por Houssou, Nazaire, Diao, Xinshen, Cossar, Frances, Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Jimah, Kipo, Aboagye, Patrick Ohene

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Using elicitation mechanisms to estimate the demand for nutritious maize: Evidence from experiments in rural Ghana por Chowdhury, Shyamal, De Groote, Hugo, Meenakshi, Jonnalagadda V., Haleegoah, Joyce, Ewool, Manfred, Banerji, Abhijit

“…In this paper we assess (a) consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a recently developed variety of maize that is high in provitamin A in the context of a public health intervention and (b) the performance of three elicitation mechanisms in estimating WTP in a field experiment in Ghana. The mechanisms that we used for elicitation are the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) mechanism, kth price auction, and choice experiment. …”
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The partially liberalized cocoa sector in Ghana: Producer price determination, quality control, and service provision por Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Vigneri, Marcella, Maamah, Haruna, Poku, John

“…The cocoa sector in Ghana is one of few examples of an export commodity sector in an African country that has withstood the pressure to fully liberalize. …”
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Cropping practices and labor requirements in field operations for major crops in Ghana: What needs to be mechanized? por Ngeleza, Guyslain K., Owusua, Rebecca, Jimah, Kipo, Kolavalli, Shashidhara

“…This study is to examine the labor requirements associated with different cropping systems in Ghana in order to guide the prioritization of investments in mechanization in the country. …”
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Do CAADP processes make a difference to country commitments to develop agriculture? The case of Ghana por Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Flaherty, Kathleen, Al-Hassan, Ramatu M., Baah, Kwaku Owusu

“…Further, it reviews how the processes for implementation of CAADP have evolved and how they have influenced implementation in Ghana. It evaluates what impact CAADP may have on the content of agricultural policies in Ghana. …”
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Local impacts of a global crisis: Food price transmission, consumer welfare and poverty in Ghana por Cudjoe, Godsway, Breisinger, Clemens, Diao, Xinshen

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Systematic client consultation in development: the case of food policy research in Ghana, India, Kenya and Mali por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Brown, Lynn R., McClafferty, Bonnie

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Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for the management of tree resources in Western Ghana por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Payongayong, Ellen, Aidoo, J. B., Otsuka, Keijiro

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Linking policy research to policy reform: social science and food security research in Uganda and Ghana por Maxwell, Daniel G.

“…This paper discusses requirements for effective policy research incorporating broad participation and ownership of the research process and presents this approach in the context of IFPRI's research on urban farming in Uganda and food insecurity awareness generation in Ghana. The benefits and implications for using this approach are highlighted.…”
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AquaCrop modelling for irrigated rice in Ghana: a methodological approach - preliminary inception report por Kanda, E., Zemadim, Birhanu, Oke, Adebayo, Cofie, Olufunke O.

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Designing gender- and youth-responsive agronomic solutions: Ghana CerLeg GAIP use case por Akpatsu, Isaac Boatey, Ma, Ning, Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Abera, Wuletawu

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