Abstract Communities across the United States are reconsidering the public safety benefits
of prosecuting nonviolent misdemeanor offenses, yet there is little empirical evidence to …

Monoculture and simplified two-crop rotation systems compromise the ecosystem services
essential to crop production, diminish agricultural productivity, and cause detrimental effects …

Contract farming has been shown to increase agricultural productivity and thus welfare of
farmers in developing countries. However, studies that look at the potential environmental …

Agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa faces a multitude of challenges arising from
land degradation, climate change, and limited access to improved technology. In this …

This paper analyses smallholder farmers' willingness to participate in crop insurance
programs, using recent data from cocoa farmers in Ghana. Given the significance of output …

The contributions of climate-smart agriculture to the transformation of agri-food systems as
well as reducing the vulnerability of smallholder agriculture production to climate change in …

These days, aquatic (fish) welfare is a major issue and a significant component that affects
fish output. Although numerous factors can be involved, climate-induced floods are one of …

Cowpea covers the largest area of any grain legume in Africa and is especially important in
West Africa where Nigeria and Niger alone account for over 75% of the total cowpea …

This study uses a marginal treatment effects approach and farm household rice survey data
from Northern Ghana to examine the heterogeneous effects of agricultural technologies on …

Agricultural technology transfers are generally considered an effective means of solving
persistently low yields in sub-Saharan Africa. This study assesses the impact of the Chinese …