Across Africa, governments, development practitioners and private companies have
rediscovered agricultural mechanization as a top priority. In the literature, however …

Farm input subsidies are widely used in Sub-Saharan African countries as a response to low
adoption of fertilizers and seeds. While subsidy programs traditionally focused on helping …

My intention is to explain how rapid agricultural growth accelerates the economic
transformation to a modern economy and most important why it is the prime instrument for …

This study estimates the impacts of the adoption of different mechanized farming strategies
(ie no-mechanized farming, semi-mechanized farming, and full-mechanized farming) on …

After decades of neglect, agricultural mechanisation is back on the development agenda in
Africa. Taking the mechanisation efforts of Ghana as an example, this paper analyses the …

Historically, agricultural transformation has often accompanied the increase in the returns to
scale. Little direct evidence exists, however, on what actually causes such increase, despite …

Once again, agricultural mechanization is top on the policy, research, and development
agendas in sub-Saharan Africa. However, whether labor is limiting in this region—and …

Instability in smallholder farmers' income in developing countries due to unstable farm prices
has been a challenge for farmers and agricultural policymakers over the years. Sustained …

Despite Ghana's strong democratic track record in recent decades, the economy remains
underdeveloped. Industrial policies are necessary to transform the colonial trading economy …

Agricultural input subsidy programs have once again become a major plank of policies in
Africa, aimed at productivity improvements and poverty reduction among farmers. In Ghana …