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Crop substitution behavior among food crop farmers in Ghana : an efficient adaptation to climate change or costly stagnation in traditional agricultural production system?

Issahaku, Zakaria A.; Maharjan, Keshav Lall - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 2 (2014), pp. 1-14

, maize, sorghum, rice and yam) in Ghana. Results of Multivariate Tobit Model show that yield, planting decisions and output …. This peculiar trait of food crop farmers can stifle the future development of the food crop subsector in Ghana. …

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Effects of sustainable agricultural practices on farm income and food security in northern Ghana

Setsoafia, Edinam Dope; Ma, Wanglin; Renwick, Alan - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 10 (2022), pp. 1-15

food security, using data collected from Ghana. Food security is captured by the reduced coping strategy index and …

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Economic benefits of livestock management in Ghana

Adams, Faizal; Ohene-Yankyera, Kwasi; Aidoo, Robert; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 9 (2021), pp. 1-17

wellbeing of farm households in northern Ghana. Besides serving as an important source of income, sheep and goats also offer … accounting for both market and non-market values in two agro-ecological zones (Guinea and Sudan savannah) of northern Ghana … analysis. The results show that at least 60% of the net benefits from sheep and goat production in northern Ghana are in non …

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The geography of agriculture participation and food security in a small and a mediumsized city in Ghana

Ayerakwa, Hayford Mensah; Dzanku, Fred Mawunyo; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 8 (2020) 10, pp. 1-21

-sized city in Ghana, this article contributes by disentangling urban household's participation in agriculture by geography of …

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Modeling inequality in access to agricultural productive resources and socioeconomic determinants of household food security in Ghana : a cross-sectional study

Dwomoh, Duah; Agyabeng, Kofi; Tuffour, Henry Oppong; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-21

Women in rural communities remain the most vulnerable population in accessing agricultural productive resources with dire implications for food security, malnutrition, and poverty. Effective agricultural and food-related policies should be based on a better understanding of the complex...

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Eco-innovative food in Brazil : perceptions from producers and consumers

Bossle, Marilia B.; Barcellos, Marcia Dutra de; Vieira, … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 3 (2015), pp. 1-18

The main focus of this paper is to analyse the production and consumption for eco-innovative food in Brazil. The research can be divided in two parts: the first, focusing in the supply-side, aims to identify food companies' motivation to adopt eco-innovation, and the second, in the demand-side,...

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Alternative food chains as a way to embed mountain agriculture in the urban market : the case of Trentino

Blasi, Emanuele; Cicatiello, Clara; Pancino, Barbara; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 3 (2015), pp. 1-13

Peri-urban agriculture is exposed to multiple pressures, which push to diversification and multifunctionality. However, the urban-rural link develops in different ways according to the features of the territories. A very interesting case is that of mountain areas, where the proportion among...

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Sustainability assessment of food supply chains : an application to local and global bread in Italy

Galli, Francesca; Bartolini, Fabio; Brunori, Gianluca; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 3 (2015), pp. 1-17

Over the 2000s', consumers' food purchases have been increasingly informed by supply chain-related issues, with growing concerns about the sustainability of chains differing for their geographical scope. As a result, short food supply chains and local food systems have risen to policymakers and...

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Agricultural and food economics : a new journal for a changing world

Banterle, Alessandro; Marchini, Andrea; Mathijs, Erik; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 1 (2013), pp. 1-2

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Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process : lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo

Ragasa, Catherine; Babu, Suresh Chandra; Ulimwengu, John - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 2 (2014), pp. 1-21

Attaining food security for all requires well-functioning institutions and policy process that are effective in designing and implementing food and agricultural policies and programs. This paper assesses early stages of the decentralization and institutional reforms in the policymaking processes...

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