Background To reduce financial barriers to access, and improve access to and use of skilled
maternal and newborn healthcare services, the government of Ghana, in 2003, implemented …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze determinants of farmers' participation and
credit rationing in microcredit programs using survey data from Ghana. Design/methodology …

Aflatoxin contamination in maize and groundnut is perennial in Ghana with substantial
health and economic burden on the population. The present study examined for the first time …

Agricultural production in Ghana should more than double to fulfil the estimated food
demand in 2050, but this is a challenge as the productivity of food crops has been low …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major nitrogen consuming crop, as nitrogen is considered as an
important determinant of its grain yield. Though inorganic fertilizer is widely recommended …

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) efficient use of nitrogen (NUE) determines its growth and yield.
We assessed the interaction effect of N fertilizer and biochar of different particle sizes and …

Purpose There is a huge gap between actual and achievable yields of maize which
threatens household food security in Ghana. Low adoption of improved maize production …

Studies have been conducted to assess the effect of Leucaena leucocephala biomass on
various crops but none has compared the effect of L. leucocephala biomass and its biochar …

This study tested the effect of four improved fallow legumes; Leucaena leucophala, Cajanus
cajan, Albizia lebbeck and Moringa oleifera (for 1 and 2 year period) on soil nitrogen …

Maize streak disease (MSD) is one of the most destructive diseases of maize (Zea mays L.)
estimated to cause a yield loss of about 20% in Ghana. Field experiment was conducted at …