Prospects of Using Improved Intermediate Means of Transport in Ghanaian Agriculture: A Survey

Anchirinah, Vincent; Addison, Monica; Dapaah, H. K.; Yiridoe, Emmanuel K.

doi:10.1300/j064v17n02_13

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“…Garden operators who cultivated land that was away from the homestead were from the two savannah regions only. This is consistent with the hypothesis that land that is suitable for garden production and located away from the homestead is more critical in the savannah regions than in the moist forest region 22 . On the other hand, no producers in the Sudan savannah reported siting their gardens near irrigation water sources, away from home.…”

Section: Location Of Garden Fieldssupporting

confidence: 90%

“…The national illiteracy rate (i.e., for 15 years and older) averaged for 1990-1995 was 40% 21 . Farm labor demand in northern Ghana typically results in withdrawal of students from school to help in family farms, especially during peak farming seasons 22 . This observation explains, at least in part, the high illiteracy rate in the region as a whole.…”

Section: Characteristics Of Survey Respondentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Knowledge of the role of gender in garden production has implications not only for national agricultural policy, particularly for technology development and extension delivery, but also for economic/development planning and poverty alleviation. Previous studies for Ghana suggest that most food crops cannot be classified as exclusively men's crops or women's crops, based on the proportion of women and men who manage specific crops 22,27 . Culturally, gender responsibilities within Ghanaian farm households are linked more to specific farm activities than to particular crops.…”

Section: Role Of Gender In Garden Production Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Garden production systems and food security in Ghana: Characteristics of traditional knowledge and management systems

Yiridoe¹,

Anchirinah²

2005

Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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There is limited documented scientific information on garden production systems managed in developing countries, partly because both researchers and research administrators have, until recently, ignored them as legitimate areas of study, and because such production systems have been regarded as informal production activities, managed outside conventional market and economic channels. Yet in a developing country such as Ghana, these production systems are potentially able to contribute substantially to the food security and health needs of households. This study was aimed primarily at providing critical scientific information for understanding the complex web of production and management factors associated with garden production systems. A total of 300 survey responses, representing the Sudan savannah, Guinea savannah and moist deciduous forest agro-ecological zones of Ghana, were analyzed (27% of respondents were females and 73% were males). Several hypotheses from the field agriculture literature were tested to determine their relevance in garden production systems. Although, for the country as a whole, a variety of garden crops are cultivated, each agro-ecological zone concentrated on a set of four major crops, with the actual food crops differing across agro-ecological zones. The type of protective fencing used was not statistically associated with land tenure (i.e., own versus rented land) status of the gardener (χ2=3.285, P=0.4501). Gender responsibilities in garden production and management tended to be more equally shared in the forest agro-ecology, where garden crops are cultivated for household consumption and for generating family income. In contrast, in the two savannah zones, adult males undertook a disproportionate share of activities to produce garden crops that were primarily for marketing. Valuable information on production and management exist within the traditional garden production systems studied, and range from socio-economic, agronomic and medicinal considerations in selecting garden crops and fruit trees, to ecological monitoring systems and strategies for garden management.

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Section: Location Of Garden Fieldssupporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Characteristics Of Survey Respondentsmentioning

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Section: Role Of Gender In Garden Production Systemsmentioning

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Garden production systems and food security in Ghana: Characteristics of traditional knowledge and management systems

Yiridoe¹,

Anchirinah²

2005

Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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“…Also, speargrass becomes a problem after continuous cropping for over 3 years. Speargrass is suppressed and loses its status as a major weed when cultivated lands are put under long natural fallows (> 10 years) This study and others (Owusu-Bennoah, 1997; Anchirinah et al, 2000) give a strong evidence of accelerated change in land use systems which is preventing the re-establishment of the forest vegetation as a result of increased population growth with its subsequent development.…”

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confidence: 55%

The Speargrass (Imperata cylindrica (L) Beauv.) menace in Ghana: Incidence, farmer perceptions and control practices in the forest and forest-Savanna transition Agro-ecological Zones of Ghana

Bolfrey-Arku¹,

Onokpise²,

Carson³

et al. 2009

West African Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…IMT is an essential transportation mode, which can be provided for the basic accessibility to the rural inhabitants. IMT comprised of bicycles, rickshaws, wheelbarrows, animal-driven vehicles (carts and wagons), motorcycles, motorized threewheelers and two-wheel tractors[31]. This mode can augment inter and intra sub-regional traffic flows between urban and rural areas, together with the increase in transportation demand.…”

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Transportation Planning Studies for Socio-Economic Development of Depressed Sub-Regions: A Review

Talpur¹,

Ali²,

Chandio³

et al. 2018

Mehran Univ. res. j. eng. technol.

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Transport sector can be considered as a backbone of the national and regional economies. Well-arranged transportation facilities are essential for the movement of people and goods, which can make nations agile and strong to face ever-increasing global and local socioeconomic problems. However, most of the developing countries were facing acute transport-related problems, i.e. absence of transport policies, inaccessibility, the proper road network hierarchy and unavailability of low-cost transportation services, especially for rural dwellers. Hence, the aim of this research is to propose policy implications by reviewing suitable literature associated with regional transportation planning, which can be essential to upsurge accessibility standards and abolish the transport-related problems of the rural sub-regions of developing countries. This research article is intended for the planned development and socioeconomic well-being of depressed sub-regions, which are struggling with the problem of transportation inaccessibility over the years. It was found that accessibility is a dominant element of transportation studies in rural subregions, if addressed by the concerned authorities or planning agencies; the deprived sub-regions can flourish and prosper with the passage of time.

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Prospects of Using Improved Intermediate Means of Transport in Ghanaian Agriculture: A Survey

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Garden production systems and food security in Ghana: Characteristics of traditional knowledge and management systems

Garden production systems and food security in Ghana: Characteristics of traditional knowledge and management systems

The Speargrass (Imperata cylindrica (L) Beauv.) menace in Ghana: Incidence, farmer perceptions and control practices in the forest and forest-Savanna transition Agro-ecological Zones of Ghana

Transportation Planning Studies for Socio-Economic Development of Depressed Sub-Regions: A Review

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