To diversify or not to diversify, that is the question. Pursuing agricultural development for smallholder farmers in marginal areas of Ghana

MR Bellon, BH Kotu, C Azzarri, F Caracciolo - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Many smallholder farmers in developing countries grow multiple crop species on their farms,
maintaining de facto crop diversity. Rarely do agricultural development strategies consider …

Smallholder farmers' preferences for sustainable intensification attributes in maize production: Evidence from Ghana

BH Kotu, O Oyinbo, I Hoeschle-Zeledon… - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
While sustainable intensification has been aggressively promoted as an agricultural
development strategy among smallholder farmers since the beginning of the last decade …

Factors affecting food security among households in Nigeria: the role of crop diversity

IO Amao, AI Ogunniyi, G Mavrotas, AO Omotayo - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Agriculture is central in order to achieve nutrition goals through the provision of food, energy
and essential micronutrients for the physical and mental development of humans. Dietary …

Meta-evaluation of the one health implication on food systems of agrochemical use

EA Kosoe, GTW Achana, MC Ogwu - One Health Implications of …, 2023 - Springer
Agrochemicals, especially in the form of fertilizers and pesticides, dominate contemporary
agricultural processes. They are used not only for the prospects of ensuring high crop yields …

Putting consumers first in food systems analysis: identifying interventions to improve diets in rural Ghana

NL Aberman, A Gelli, J Agandin, D Kufoalor… - Food Security, 2022 - Springer
A critical, yet underexplored, dimension of food systems is how consumer food preferences
and beliefs interact with the food environment. We present a consumer-centered approach …

Rural–urban analysis of parental time poverty and child over-nutrition in ghana

E Martey, PM Etwire, DA Ankrah… - Journal of Development …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the link between parental time poverty and child body mass index,
prevalence of overweight and obsesity. The study relied on data from the seventh round of …

[图书][B] Irrigation and agricultural transformation in Ethiopia

DK Mekonnen, GT Abate, S Yimam - 2023 - books.google.com
Climate change forecasts for Ethiopia predict higher temperature and rainfall and increased
variability in rainfall with periodic severe droughts and floods. The increased weather …

Grow and eat healthy: Mediating effect of food poverty and dietary diversity with evidence from Tanzania

F Rashid, R Lihawa - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Agriculture and health are linked through natural environment, food production, nutrition and
production of medicinal plants. The existing literature on the effect of food poverty and …

Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science Journal/Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science/Vol. 14 No. 1 (2023)/Articles Open Access

BL Lartey, GK Sarfo, AS Anim-Jnr, SA Osei - ajol.info
A 12-week study investigated the effects of processed false yam (Icacina oliviformis) tuber
meals on the productive and reproductive performance of breeder layers. Unboiled-sundried …

[PDF][PDF] Are smallholder farmers interested in practicing sustainable intensification? A choice experiment on farmers' preferences for sustainability attributes of maize …

BH Kotu, O Oyinbo, I Hoeschle-Zeledon, AR Nurudeen… - 2021 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
While sustainable intensification has been aggressively promoted as an agricultural
development strategy among smallholder farmers since the beginning of the last decade …