Technical efficiency and technological gaps of rice production in Anambra State, Nigeria

CA Obianefo, JN Ng'ombe, A Mzyece, B Masasi… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
The traditional approach to modeling productive efficiency assumes that technology is
constant across the sample. However, farms in different regions may face different …

Small farms in North Carolina, United States: Analyzing farm and operator characteristics in the pursuit of economic resilience and sustainability

O Quaicoe, F Asiseh, A Baffoe‐Bonnie… - Applied Economic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ensuring the sustainability of small farms relies on understanding farm economics, a crucial
yet often overlooked aspect. In North Carolina, many small farms are confronted with …

Farmers' adoption of multiple climate-smart agricultural technologies in Ghana: determinants and impacts on maize yields and net farm income

BO Asante, W Ma, S Prah, O Temoso - Mitigation and Adaptation …, 2024 - Springer
This study investigates the factors affecting maize farmers' decisions to adopt climate-smart
agricultural (CSA) technologies and estimates the impacts of CSA technology adoption on …

Disaggregated impacts of off-farm work participation on household vulnerability to food poverty in Ghana

KN Addai, JN Ng'ombe, W Lu - The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2023 - Springer
This study examines disaggregated impacts of participation in off-farm employment on
household vulnerability to food poverty in Ghana. We use household-level data collected …

Hand pollination, mass spraying, and hybrid seedlings: Do these technologies affect the welfare of smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana?

BO Asante, KN Addai, S Prah… - Review of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Adoption of cocoa production technologies has the potential to improve productivity and
welfare of smallholder producers in low‐income countries. While studies investigating …

Heterogeneous effects of agricultural technology adoption on smallholder household welfare in Ghana

KN Addai, O Temoso, JN Ng'ombe - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Cultivating sustainability: Adoption and intensity of soil fertility management technologies among rural farms in Zambia

L Chikopela, TH Kalinda, JN Ng'ombe… - World Development …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the numerous advantages of soil fertility management (SFM) practices and
substantial investments to promote adoption, uptake of these technologies remains low …

Nutrition for all? Input subsidies and equitable diets

JN Ng'ombe, S Prah… - Review of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
While agricultural input subsidies can improve productivity and nutrition, a key unanswered
question is whether such government initiatives influence equitable nutrition access across …

Determinants of modern agricultural technology adoption for teff production: the case of Minjar Shenkora woreda, north Shewa zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia

AH Fikire, GM Emeru - Advances in Agriculture, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Agriculture is one of Ethiopia's economic cornerstones, although its production remains low.
Since then, the implementation of modern agricultural technologies has remained a …

A dose–response analysis of rice yield to agrochemical use in Ghana

KN Addai, JN Ng'ombe, S Kaitibie - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, Ghanaian agriculture has witnessed a surge in the use of agrochemicals,
with the likely consequence that nonoptimal levels of application could cause environmental …