[HTML][HTML] Profit efficiency among maize farmers and implications for poverty alleviation and food security in Ghana

CA Wongnaa, D Awunyo-Vitor, A Mensah, F Adams - Scientific African, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we analysed the profit efficiency of Ghanaian maize farmers using data
collected from 576 farmers in four agro ecological zones of Ghana. The stochastic frontier …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of profit efficiency of smallholder rice farmers in Uganda: A stochastic frontier approach

I Akite, DM Okello, A Kasharu, B Mugonola - Journal of Agriculture and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although rice has been regarded as a strategic crop for increasing incomes and food
security in Uganda, the sub-sector is still characterized by yield gaps, post-harvest losses …

The Determinants of Technical Efficiency of Cocoa Production in Ghana: An Analysis of the Role of Rural and Community Banks.

SG Attipoe, C Jianmin, Y Opoku-Kwanowaa… - Sustainable Production …, 2020 - Elsevier
The role of rural and community banks (RCBs) has been laudable in promoting sustainable
cocoa farming throughout rural communities in Ghana. Through liquidity mobilization and …

The effects of income and food safety perception on vegetable expenditure in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

B Amfo, IGK Ansah, SA Donkoh - Journal of agribusiness in …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how consumers' concern for food safety
and income levels influence vegetable consumption patterns and expenditure in Tamale …

Migrants and non-migrants' welfare on cocoa farms in Ghana: Multidimensional poverty index approach

B Amfo, J Osei Mensah, R Aidoo - International Journal of Social …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The study assessed welfare of migrant and non-migrant labourers on cocoa farms
in Ghana, using multidimensional poverty index (MPI) with four dimensions (education …

[HTML][HTML] Scale efficiency of maize farmers in four agro ecological zones of Ghana: A parametric approach

CA Wongnaa, D Awunyo-Vitor - Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural …, 2019 - Elsevier
The study analyzed scale efficiency parametrically for Ghana's smallholder maize farms. The
data used was obtained through a cross-sectional survey of 576 maize farmers in the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing technical and scale efficiency of groundnut production in Tolon district of northern Ghana: A nonparametric approach

BT Anang - Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The study examined technical and scale efficiency of groundnut farmers in the Guinea
Savanna of Ghana using survey data collected in 2018. The study relied on DEA modelling …

Assessment of profit efficiency of smallholder potato farmers in Nakuru County, Kenya

H Chemjor, J Mose, V Ngeno - Crop Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L) production to the country's economic
growth is quite clear, but little is known about its profitability and determinants. The current …

Linkage between working conditions and wellbeing: Insight from migrant and native farmhands on Ghana's cocoa farms

B Amfo, R Aidoo, JO Mensah, PMI Maanikuu - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Working conditions and wellbeing (quality of life) could be linked, and they in turn enhance
social and economic development. Nevertheless, working conditions of farmhands have …

Profit efficiency of smallholder maize farmers in sagnarigu municipal of northern Ghana

BT Anang, AB Shafiwu - Review of Agricultural and Applied …, 2022 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Research background: Maize is the most important cereal crop produced by most
households in Ghana for income and household food security. Despite its economic …