Search Results - "Ghanaian"

A data revolution for agricultural production statistics in Sub-Saharan Africa by Arndt, Channing, Dale, Amy, Hatzenbuehler, Patrick L., Kyle, Jordan, Matshe, Innocent, Schlosser, Adam, Schmidt, Emily

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The interlinked history of exotic vegetables production and urban farming in Ghana by Drechsel, Pay

“…The Ghanaian diet features a mixture of indigenous and “exotic” fruits and vegetables first cultivated by pre-colonial settlers in the 15th century. …”
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Accelerating pond aquaculture development and resilience beyond COVID: Ensuring food and jobs in Ghana by Ragasa, Catherine, Agyakwah, Seth K., Asmah, Ruby, Mensah, Emmanuel, Amewu, Sena, Oyih, Matthew

“…Farm profitability was wide-ranging, between −12.00 and 46.00 Ghanaian cedi (GHC) per square meter (m2), with an average of GHC 8.82/m2 for farmers active in 2019. …”
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Ghana: Processes and outputs associated with the UN Food Systems Summit by Asante, Felix A.

“…Various estimates of nutritional status of Ghanaian children under aged 5 years show that 19% were stunted, 5% were wasted, and 11% were underweight. …”
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GROWING Nutritious Foods, GROWING Futures. Addressing Gender Inequities to Enable the Nutritional and Financial Security of Women in Northern Ghana by Temesgen, B.B., Loriba, A.

“…Building healthier and more sustainable food systems while reducing poverty is a major goal of the Ghanaian government. The GROWING project recognizes that tackling gender inequities in Northern Ghana is the key for an integrated climate-smart agriculture-nutrition-marketing approach to truly make a difference to the nutritional and financial security of women and the households they reside in. …”
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Maximum size distributions in tropical forest communities: relationships with rainfall and disturbance by Poorter, L., Hawthorne, W., Bongers, F., Sheil, Douglas

“…Here, we compared the size distribution of tree species in 44 Ghanaian tropical forest communities, using data from 880 one‐hectare plots and over 118 000 trees belonging to more than 210 species. …”
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Ghana, Social Accounting Matrix, 2005 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The SAM estimates the structure of the Ghanaian economy in 2005 and includes detailed information on 56 production sectors, six factors of production, income and expenditures of rural and urban households, the government budget, and the balance of payments. …”
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Future prospects by Diao, Xinshen, Hazell, Peter B. R., Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Resnick, Danielle

“…It also concludes with some reflections on what the Ghanaian experience suggests for the rest of Africa.…”
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Identifying priority value chains in Ghana by Hartley, Faaiqa, Arndt, Channing

“…The Rural Investment and Policy Analysis (RIAPA) model of the Ghanaian economy is used to estimate how increasing production in different agricultural sectors leads to changes in national and household outcomes.1 RIAPA captures linkages between sectors and rural-urban economies, as well as changes throughout the agriculture-food system (AFS).…”
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Innovation intermediation in a digital age: broadening extension service delivery in Ghana by Munthali, N.

“…The study finds that of the types of technologies functioning in the Ghanaian agricultural system there are opportunities for Interactive Voice Response (IVR) outbound, Data Management (DaM) and social media messaging technology to support innovation intermediation. …”
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The national health insurance scheme in Ghana: Implementation challenges and proposed solutions by Gajate-Garrido, Gissele, Owusua, Rebecca

“…The scope of this study is to improve policies and guide support for Ghanaian DMHISs as well as to provide recommendations when implementing future NHISs in a developing-country context.…”
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Changing paradigms in Volta Basin water management: customary, national and transboundary by Lautze, Jonathan F., Barry, Boubacar, Youkhana, E.

“…This paper examines water management policies and institutions in the Ghanaian and Burkinabe portions of the Volta basin of West Africa. …”
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Food wastage in cassava sector of Ghana : winners and losers by Agyepong, Victoria

“…Thus this study assesses and compares the economic impact of a cassava prevention policy, integrated wastage management policy and a combined policy on food security, rural-urban income distribution, economic growth, output expansion, net waste generation, trade-off between cooking and work income, food wastage footprint as well as employment in a cassava export driven Ghanaian economy using a mixed methods approach; namely food wastage fixed price multiplier model, value chain analysis and documentary analysis.…”

Ghana's COCBOD incorporates CGIAR science into training materials for climate resilient cocoa production (targeting a potential 800,000 farmers) by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The Ghanaian cocoa sector made important strides towards climate-resilience under COCOBOD leadership. …”
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Report on Inception Workshop: Strengthening national capacities and policies for food systems analysis and transformation in Ghana by Asante, Felix A., Asante, Seth

“…It brought together various stakeholders and institutions in the Ghanaian food systems. The workshop facilitated valuable discussions among participants to gather insights and inputs for the project's advancement (see attached list of participants). …”
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Improving the food policy process: Lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana by Chhokar, Jagdeep S., Babu, Suresh Chandra, Kolavalli, Shashidhara

“…We traced a group of Ghanaian parliamentarians to draw lessons after their study and exposure visit to India. …”
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Inventory of water storage types in the Blue Nile and Volta River Basins by Johnston, Robyn M., McCartney, Matthew P.

“…This report provides an inventory of existing and prospective water storage in the Ghanaian Volta and the Ethiopian Blue Nile basins. …”
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Governmental and regulatory aspects of irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana and options for its institutionalization by Drechsel, Pay, Obuobie, Emmanuel, Adam-Bradford, A., Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…This chapter examines key institutional issues that are important to the recognition and sustainability of irrigated vegetable farming in Ghanaian cities. It assesses the informal nature of the business and examines current roles being played by relevant agencies directly or indirectly linked to urban vegetable farming and urban wastewater management. …”
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Ghana's transformation by Kufuor, John Agyekum

“…Hunger was cut in half and Ghanaians exercised increasing democratic freedom, making the country one of the most improved and politically stable in Africa. …”
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Measuring structural change: The case of China, Malaysia, and Ghana by Badibanga, Thaddée, Diao, Xinshen, Roe, Terry, Somwaru, Agapi

“…The structure of the Ghanaian economy, however, is stagnant over time, and the country’s production profile is dominated by primary goods of low value.…”
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