Resultados de búsqueda - "Ghana"

Does training strengthen capacity?: Lessons from capacity development in Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Mensah, Raymond, Kolavalli, Shashidhara

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Reaching middle-income status in Ghana by 2015: What are the constraints and opportunities for raising agriculture productivity? por Benin, Samuel, Randriamamonjy, Josee

“…The Government of Ghana has identified accelerated growth in agriculture as the source of its overall Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II) and reaching middle-income status by 2015. …”
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Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets? por Chamberlin, Jordan

“…Smallholders in Ghana, as elsewhere, are widely considered to be the largest as well as the most vulnerable component of the rural sector. …”
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Assessing the potential economic impact of genetically modified crops in Ghana: Insect-resistant garden egg por Horna, Daniela, Smale, Melinda, Falck-Zepeda, José B.

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Modeling growth options and structural change to reach middle income country status: The case of Ghana por Breisinger, Clemens, Diao, Xinshen, Thurlow, James

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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

“…Case studies utilizing client consultation in Ghana, India, Kenya, and Mali illustrate the hypothesis that integration of all client groups, including policy decisionmakers and in-country researchers, beginning at the priority-setting stage of the research process, may best influence ultimate policy decisions.…”
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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

“…This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women's land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in Western Ghana. We find that customary land tenure institutions have evolved toward individualized systems to provide incentives to invest in tree planting. …”
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Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for tree resource management in Western Ghana por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Payongayong, Ellen, Aidoo, J. B., Otsuka, Keijiro

“…Based on a survey of 60 villages in Western Ghana, where cocoa is the dominant crop, this study explores evolutionary changes in land tenure institutions on women's land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management....With increasing population pressure, customary land tenure institutions in Western Ghana have evolved toward individualized systems in order to provide appropriate incentives to invest in tree planting and management. …”
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Gendered roles drive innovation bundling: a case of mechanized cowpea-living mulch in Ghana por Abdul Rahman, Nurudeen, Ziblila, Rashida Chantima, Sseguya, Haroon, Bekunde, Mateete

“…Maize yields for smallholder farmers in Ghana are low. These farmers operate under a rain-fed cropping system, with declining soil fertility, weed infestation and drought as key challenges.…”
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Ghana Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) Endline Survey, 2017 por 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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Ghana Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) Baseline Survey, 2015 por 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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Quantitative probabalistic assessment of the risk of listeriosis from the consumption of milk from informal markets in Ghana por Appiah, J., Tano-Debrah, K., Annor, G.A., Alpha, M.M., Makita, K., Grace, Delia

“…The disease has the highest case-fatality ratio of all food-borne diseases and it is considered as an emerging food-borne disease globally. In Ghana, the consumption of unpasteurized daily products is widely practiced in some milk producing communities. …”
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Report on the monitoring, evaluation, learning and impact assessment (MELIA) of the circular bioeconomy innovation hub in Ghana por Amoah, P, Drechsel, Pay

“…The report provides a first MELIA assessment of the ongoing setup of the Hub in Ghana with special reference to its first major activity, a school awareness program for so far over 12500 students. …”
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Validation workshop on tailoring the digital agro-climate advisory (HingaSmart) platform for Ghana’s context por Mvuyibwami, Patrick, Kagabo, Desire M., Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Yeboah, Stephen, Dalaa, Mustapha, Damba, Osman T., Byandaga, Livingstone, Muhigirwa, Mireille U.

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Climate solutions dissemination for adaptive decision making – building climate resilience of smallholder farmers in Ghana por Obeng Adomaa, Faustina, Kyere, Reginald Ofori, Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain

“…Developing and deploying climate solutions is critical to building resilience of Ghana's crop production system. This infographic presents AICCRA Ghana's framework for developing and deploying climate smart innovations to smallholder crop farmers in Ghana. …”
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Building women’s climate resilience through smart groundnut socio-technical innovation bundle in Ghana por Obeng Adomaa, Faustina

“…Building of learnings from 2021-2023, this InfoNote presents a social technical innovation bundle for smart groundnut production that brings together technical solutions and institutional arrangements to address the primary challenges that women groundnut farmers in northern Ghana face. The Info Note also presents pathway for scaling this smart groundnut socio-technical innovation bundle.…”
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Randomized controlled trial (RCT) study on climate digital advisory tools, credit and insurance in Ghana por Arouna, A., Aboudou, R., Gbede, T.R., Yergo, W.G.

“…This report presents a baseline survey of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) focusing on the efficacy of digital climate advisory tools, credit, and insurance among smallholder farmers in Ghana. In response to climate change challenges, these interventions aim to bolster agricultural resilience and mitigate risks. …”
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Low-cost measures for reducing health risks in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana por Keraita, Bernard N.

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Water use and productivity of two small reservoir irrigation schemes in Ghanas upper east region por Faulkner, J.W., Steenhuis, Tammo S., Giesen, Nick van de, Andreini, Marc, Liebe, J.

“…To examine the impact of small reservoir irrigation development in Africa, the performance and productivity of two small reservoirs and irrigation schemes in the Upper East Region of Ghana were investigated in this study. Hydrologic data measured included daily irrigation volumes and daily evaporation. …”
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Water use productivity and profitability of small scale irrigation schemes in Ghana's Upper East Region por Faulkner, J.

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