The role of agriculture in ensuring food security in developing countries: Considerations in the context of the problem of sustainable food production

K Pawlak, M Kołodziejczak - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ensuring food security has become an issue of key importance to countries with different
degrees of economic development, while the agricultural sector plays a strategic role in …

Effect of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and poverty: Evidence from Ghana

C Bukari, MA Aning-Agyei, C Kyeremeh… - Social indicators …, 2022 - Springer
Following the outbreak of COVID-19 and its heavy toll on the global community and
humanity, a fierce debate on the pandemic and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …

Agriculture for sustainable development: A SWOT-AHP assessment of Ghana's planting for food and jobs initiative

EB Ali, EB Agyekum, P Adadi - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The exponential increase in the population of Ghana and the need to meet the population's
food security needs while creating job opportunities have necessitated the implementation …

Climate variability and impacts on maize (Zea mays) yield in Ghana, West Africa

WA Atiah, LK Amekudzi, RA Akum… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rain‐fed agriculture is predominantly the primary source of livelihood in sub‐Saharan
Africa. In Ghana, it employs over 60% of the population and contributes to about 30% of the …

Climatic zoning of Ghana using selected meteorological variables for the period 1976–2018

E Bessah, W Amponsah, SO Ansah… - Meteorological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Periodic climate zoning is an essential classification of land cover to account for
anthropogenic activities resulting from population increase and urbanization that affect key …

Crop diversification and farm household food and nutrition security in Northern Ghana

M Appiah-Twumasi, MA Asale - Environment, Development and …, 2024 - Springer
Farm households in Africa adopt resource allocation tools such as crop diversification to
minimize risk exposure and safeguard their food and nutrition security. This study uses …

Understanding residents' choice of urban farming systems in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana: Land use policy implications

F Adams, A Ullah, J Quaye, A Mensah - Land Use Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
The heightened food insecurity in urban settings has rekindled the debate over the
promotion of urban agriculture (UA) as a sustainable alternative food supply source across …

Mapping obesogenic food environments in South Africa and Ghana: correlations and contradictions

F Kroll, EC Swart, RA Annan, AM Thow, D Neves… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
In sub-Saharan Africa, urbanisation and food systems change contribute to rapid dietary
transitions promoting obesity. It is unclear to what extent these changes are mediated by …

State policies and smallholders politics in Ghana's agriculture 'modernization'paradigm: a policy review

AR Abdulai, DO Oklikah, ASJ Abdulai, K Mohammed… - SN Social …, 2024 - Springer
State interventions are drivers of agrarian change around the world. In Ghana, scholarly
attention on agrarian change and policy evolution has primarily focused on historical …

Epidemiology of suicidal behaviors among junior and senior high school adolescents: exploring the interactions between bullying victimization, substance use, and …

AE Iyanda, B Krishnan, TJ Adeusi - Psychiatry research, 2022 - Elsevier
Suicide is a pandemic among global youths and adolescents. Still, there is insufficient
evidence to show whether the interactions between bullying victimization, physical inactivity …