Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on agri-food systems in West Africa

H El Bilali, L Dambo, J Nanema, SRF Tietiambou… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
A growing body of evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic affected not only the
functioning of food supply chains but also the performance and outcomes of agri-food …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile agricultural extension delivery and climate-smart agricultural practices in a time of a pandemic: Evidence from southern Ghana

EO Jones, EK Tham-Agyekum, F Ankuyi… - Environmental and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Covid-19 era, Ghana's cocoa sector relied heavily on mobile phone
agriculture for extension delivery services, aiming to enhance climate-smart agricultural …

A review of global research trends on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security

K Darwis, M Salam, M Munizu, P Diansari - Agriculture & Food Security, 2024 - Springer
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, tens of thousands of scientific
articles have been published. Researchers are enthusiastic to uncover the effects of COVID …

Sustainable cereal production: A spatial analytical approach using the Ghana living standards survey

DA Ankrah, NA Kwapong, SA Manteaw, FF Agyarko - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Ghana as one of the countries south of the Sahara, depends solely on cereals as a major
staple food. Ironically, Ghana's economy depends on large importation from the global north …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of COVID-19 on food security: Ghana in review

M Tibiru, E Kwaw, R Osae, N Alolga… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - academia.edu
The COVID-19 pandemic, which began at the end of December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and
was caused by a new strain of virus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome …

The political economy of income diversification and food security in Northern Ghana

GAN Salifu, Z Salifu - Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the clear synergy between food security and politics, economic policy frameworks
have not given adequate attention to the political economy of income diversification as a …

Fall armyworm infestation and development: screening tropical maize genotypes for resistance in Zambia

C Kasoma, H Shimelis, MD Laing, B Mekonnen - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The fall armyworm (FAW)(Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith) is now a
widespread and resident pest in Africa, where it is causing substantial yield losses to maize …

COVID-19, agriculture and food security in Ghana; the way forward

JT Afele, EG Ansah, E Nimo, SS Blankson… - Ghana Journal of …, 2022 - ajol.info
Food production, its availability, and accessibility will continue to be key contributors to
human existence. The world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in the year 2020 and its …

A Transition Towards a Circular Food Economy in Ghana: An Institutional and Policy Analysis

M Abubakari, DAO Mensah, IA Amponsah… - … Economy Strategies and …, 2023 - Springer
Food economic systems in sub-Saharan African countries offer three choices; take, produce,
and discard. In Ghana, a significant proportion of all food produced in this linear system …

Review of food system research

J He, Y Chen, S Wu - International Journal of Social Sciences and …, 2024 - wepub.org
In recent years, under the trend of domestic carbon peak, carbon neutral as the
environmental goal and global sustainable development, food system, as an important issue …