Biochar is a carbon-rich solid obtained from the heating of biomass in the (near) absence of oxygen in a process called … biochar from a wide variety of feedstocks – together with the use of the pyrolysis by-products (liquids and gases) as …

Biochar is a carbon-rich solid obtained from the heating of biomass in the (near) absence of oxygen in a process called … feedstock management, we calculate the technical greenhouse-gas mitigation potentials of slow-pyrolysis biochar in 2015, 2030 … and 2050 when the biochar is incorporated into agricultural soils in Germany and when the by-products from biochar …

innovation is lacking. We address this issue by analyzing the effect of farmer innovation on household welfare, measured by … income, consumption expenditure, and food security. Using household survey data from northern Ghana and applying endogenous … nutritious diet, measured by household dietary diversity. Overall, our results show positive welfare effects of farmer innovation …

changes in food expenditures and prices and simulate the welfare losses from food price changes across poverty definitions. We … according to poverty status. On average, the percentage of total income needed to avoid a loss in economic welfare of poor … poverty, objective and subjective. We evaluate the differential responses of poor households vs. non-poor households to …

Using a nationally representative household survey data set from Ghana, this paper provides empirical evidence … regarding the role of financial inclusion or financial exclusion in household welfare. We first compute a multidimensional index … of financial inclusion, and then we examine the effect of financial inclusion on household welfare. The study finds that …

This paper analyses changes in income portfolios of rural households and its determinants for the case of Ghana in the … 1990s. Our analysis shows that, contrary to common beliefs, rural Ghana has seen major economic transformation, as …. -- income diversification ; non-agricultural activities ; remittances ; migration ; inequality ; poverty ; sub-Saharan Africa …

Global poverty rates have declined considerably, but the number of people living in extreme poverty remains high. Many …-oriented farming - can play a central role in improving smallholder welfare. Previous studies evaluated the impact of agricultural … commercialization on income poverty, but whether income gains from commercialization are really used for satisfying basic needs was …

, and increasingly rich, population are to be met. This requires the further expansion of modern agriculture, but modern … agriculture rests on a small number of highly productive crops and its expansion has led to a significant loss of global … agriculture, with a focus on how the loss of biodiversity affects food production. We employ a quantitative, structurally …

have affected progress in the agriculture sector suggests the need for concerted reorientation in existing strategies … of agriculture in Mozambique within a long-term perspective, focusing on the adoption and stabilization of an …

development of the agricultural sector. We refer to the need to think about the future of agriculture in Mozambique from a long …