Unraveling the effect of gender dimensions and wood fuel usage on household food security: evidence from Ghana

Adjei‐Mantey, Kwame; Kwakwa, Paul Adjei; Adusah‐Poku, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11268

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“…Females also have lower income levels due to the lower positions they occupy in the labour market as well as the inability to invest in their own skills and education due to caretaking responsibilities in the home (Selepe et al, 2015). This is consistent with the works of Adjei‐Mantey et al (2022), Negesse et al (2020) and Selepe et al (2015). Nonetheless, it contradicts studies by Silvestri et al (2015) and Mallick and Rafi (2010), in which no significant relationship was found which could be the case when both males and females have the freedom to participate in the labour market without any social and cultural restrictions.…”

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Revisiting the determinants of food security: Does regular remittance inflow play a role in Ghanaian households? A disaggregated analysis

Adjei‐Mantey

Awuku

Kodom

2023

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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The study investigates the factors that influence food security in Ghana, focusing on the role of remittances. Employing data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS) 7, the study found that receiving remittances reduces the probability of facing food insecurity by 0.4% to 1.2% while receiving them regularly decreases the chances of experiencing food insecurity by 1.8% to 3.9%. In addition, an analysis of the disaggregated components of remittances shows that cash and other goods (non‐food) remittances are negative and significantly associated with food insecurity. The results emphasize the importance of not only cash remittances but also remittances in the form of other non‐food goods in improving food security. Policies that will encourage the easy and regular inflow of remittances will be key to enhancing food security.

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Revisiting the determinants of food security: Does regular remittance inflow play a role in Ghanaian households? A disaggregated analysis

Adjei‐Mantey

Awuku

Kodom

2023

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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“…The influencing factors of human capital are multifaceted and there are many scholars who have pointed to the negative impact of fuelwood consumption on human capital from the perspective of energy utilization. Kyaw et al [ 21 ] and Adjei-Mantey et al [ 22 ] pointed out that excessive fuelwood consumption not only leads to forest destruction and biodiversity loss, increases ecological degradation and natural disasters, but also reduces the food security of farmers’ households, increases air pollution, which brings a greater threat to the lives and health of peasants. At the same time, fuelwood consumption takes up a lot of peasants’ time.…”

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Poverty Alleviation Relocation, Fuelwood Consumption and Gender Differences in Human Capital Improvement

Zhu

Shibasaki

Guan

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The aim of poverty alleviation relocation is to break the vicious cycle of poverty and ecological degradation. The improvement of human capital, specifically women’s human capital, is important to realize the poverty alleviation and sustainable development of relocated peasant households. Based on the survey data of 902 peasant households in southern Shaanxi in 2020, using the PSM model and the mediation effect test model, this paper explores the impact of participation in relocation on human capital from the perspective of gender differences, and the mediation effect of fuelwood consumption in the effect of participation in relocation on the human capital of peasants with different genders. The results show that firstly, in general, participation in relocation effectively improves the human capital of peasants. Secondly, there are gender differences in the improvement of the human capital of relocated peasants. Compared with male peasants, the health level of female peasants is significantly improved. Finally, fuelwood consumption plays an important mediation role in the impact of participation in relocation on human capital and the mediation role is more significant in improving the human capital of relocated female peasants.

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Who heats and cools? Access to residential heating and cooling in Northern California and implications for energy transitions

Elmallah,

Crespo Montañés,

Callaway

2024

Energy Policy

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Unraveling the effect of gender dimensions and wood fuel usage on household food security: evidence from Ghana

Cited by 5 publications

References 61 publications

Revisiting the determinants of food security: Does regular remittance inflow play a role in Ghanaian households? A disaggregated analysis

Revisiting the determinants of food security: Does regular remittance inflow play a role in Ghanaian households? A disaggregated analysis

Poverty Alleviation Relocation, Fuelwood Consumption and Gender Differences in Human Capital Improvement

Who heats and cools? Access to residential heating and cooling in Northern California and implications for energy transitions

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