Adoption and income effects of agricultural extension in northern Ghana

Anang, Benjamin Tetteh; Bäckman, Stefan; Sipiläinen, Timo

doi:10.1016/j.sciaf.2019.e00219

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“…Human capital has also been identified as contributing beneficially to several pathways between agricultural productivity and improved nutrition, while also playing significant role in improving agricultural productivity. Enhancing farmers' knowledge and their exposure to technological innovations through training is a key input to improving agricultural productivity (Asfaw and Admassie 2004;Reimers and Klasen 2012;Danso-Abbeam et al 2018;Mariyono 2019;Anang et al 2020). Education may not only influence the decision of farmers to adopt new agricultural technology, but also affect their farming creativeness, innovative ability, and technical efficiency.…”

Section: Linkages Between Agricultural Productivity Change and Nutritmentioning

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The role of agriculture in reducing child undernutrition in Nigeria

Amare¹,

Balana²,

Ogunniyi³

2020

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This study examines the effect of agricultural productivity change on child nutritional outcomes in Nigeria. Using several waves of micro-level panel data from Nigeria, we first show that high temperature (heat stress) reduces agricultural productivity change. A one percent increase in high temperatures during the crop growth period result in a 4 percent decrease in agricultural productivity. More importantly, our analysis provides several important insights on the implications of agricultural productivity change for reducing child undernutrition. The results show that agricultural productivity growth has a positive effect on child nutritional outcomes, measured by child height-forage and weight-forage. The main channel through which agricultural productivity growth affects child nutritional outcomes is by increasing food production for own household consumption. This suggests that productivity-enhancing investments in the agricultural sector could have a direct impact on child nutritional outcomes among smallholder households in Nigeria. The results also show that agricultural productivity change has higher impact for households who have better access to markets and a higher educational level. Interventions and policies geared towards intensification of agricultural production need to be complemented with strategies for widening educational programs and improving farmers' access to markets. to induce incentives for increased production.

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Section: Linkages Between Agricultural Productivity Change and Nutritmentioning

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The role of agriculture in reducing child undernutrition in Nigeria

Amare¹,

Balana²,

Ogunniyi³

2020

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“…A major factor necessary to improve agricultural production in developing countries is access to extension services (Anang et al, 2020). In a recent study in Ghana, Anang et al (2020) showed that access to agricultural extension enhanced technology adoption and farm income of peasant farmers. Access to agricultural extension improved technology adoption by farm households (Wossen et al, 2017;Ghimire et al, 2015;Asfaw et al, 2012) as well as household income (Danso-Abbeam et al, 2018;Gebrehiwot, 2015;Davis et al, 2012).…”

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“…A major factor necessary to improve agricultural production in developing countries is access to extension services ( Anang et al., 2020 ). In a recent study in Ghana, Anang et al.…”

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“…Most of the earlier studies on access to agricultural services have focused on access to agricultural extension services ( Anang et al., 2020 ; Danso-Abbeam et al., 2018 ; Wossen et al., 2017 ; Ghimire et al., 2015 ), access to irrigation ( Anang et al., 2017 ; Xie et al., 2014 ; You et al., 2014 ; Kuwornu and Owusu, 2012 ), access to credit ( Nkegbe, 2018 ; Abdallah, 2016 ; Anang et al., 2016 ), access to subsidy ( Jayne et al., 2013 ; Dorward and Chirwa, 2011 ), and access to farm mechanization ( Anang, 2018 ; Mehta et al., 2014 ; Obi and Chisango, 2011 ). These studies did not involve access to multiple services and thus, do not provide a comprehensive discussion of the rate or degree of access to these services.…”

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Farm household access to agricultural services in northern Ghana

Anang

Asante

2020

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Access to agricultural services promotes agricultural production and livelihoods of smallholders in most developing countries. This study explores the factors affecting smallholders' access to agricultural services in northern Ghana. The study relied on survey data for the analysis. We estimated a multivariate probit model to assess the factors influencing access to agricultural services and a generalized Poisson regression model to evaluate the factors affecting the degree of access to these services. The results indicated that farmers had varying degree of access to different agricultural services. The most accessed service was agricultural extension (63% access) while the least was farm credit (40% access). Access to services and the degree of access (number of services accessed) were both influenced by household size, farming experience, household income, farmer group membership, and geographical location. In addition, the number of services accessed by farmers was influenced by participation in off-farm work. The paper proposed measures to enhance smallholders' access to agricultural services to promote agricultural production, food security and rural livelihoods.

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Barriers confronting smallholder cassava farmers in the adoption and utilization of climate‐smart agriculture in the Afigya Kwabre South District, Ghana

Baffour‐Ata,

Boakye,

Acquah

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Climate‐smart agriculture (CSA) is key to addressing climate change threats faced by smallholder farmers in Ghana. Nonetheless, evidence of the barriers challenging smallholder farmers in the implementation of CSA practices remains limited in Ghana. This study, therefore, investigated the barriers opposing smallholder cassava farmers in implementing CSA practices in the Afigya Kwabre South District, Ghana. The study used descriptive statistics and content analysis to analyze primary data collected through 200 household surveys and 10 key informant interviews from four selected communities (Aboabogya, Aduamoa, Aduman Old Town, and Aduman New Town) in the district. Results revealed that the smallholder cassava farmers implemented key CSA practices including mulching (89%), mixed farming (86%), crop diversification (84%), and crop rotation (81%) to build their resilience in food systems. Furthermore, the results showed that the critical enablers to the farmers’ utilization of CSA practices were access to weather and climate services (82%), a secured land tenure system (75%), and knowledge of the effects of climate change (68%). Also, the results indicated that the key barriers challenging smallholder cassava farmers in the implementation of CSA practices were inadequate technological assistance (91%), the incidence of pests and diseases (90%), and a lack of knowledge and understanding of CSA (90%). We recommend that smallholder cassava farmers adopt improved varieties of cassava that are resistant to pests and diseases, drought tolerant, high yielding, and possessing desirable quality traits. Smallholder cassava farmers can also participate in contract farming schemes that link them to agribusinesses that can offer them access to quality inputs, credit, training, and guaranteed markets for their produce.

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Adoption and income effects of agricultural extension in northern Ghana

Cited by 92 publications

References 16 publications

The role of agriculture in reducing child undernutrition in Nigeria

The role of agriculture in reducing child undernutrition in Nigeria

Farm household access to agricultural services in northern Ghana

Barriers confronting smallholder cassava farmers in the adoption and utilization of climate‐smart agriculture in the Afigya Kwabre South District, Ghana

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