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1 Issahaku, G.; Abdul-Rahaman, A. 2019. Sustainable land management practices, off-farm work participation and vulnerability among farmers in Ghana: is there a nexus? International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 7(1):18-26. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2018.10.002]
Sustainable land management ; Farmer participation ; Off farm employment ; Nonfarm income ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Adoption ; Poverty ; Organic fertilizers ; Bunds ; Models / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049149)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095633918301321/pdfft?md5=c1b325ba74803cb6d82d0010632fe710&pid=1-s2.0-S2095633918301321-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049149.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049149.pdf
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Addressing issues of agricultural sustainability and vulnerability to poverty under climate change are major challenges to development in the 21st century. Accounting for the trade-off and synergies between off-farm work participation and sustainable land management on one hand, and vulnerability to poverty on the other hand, will therefore be useful to policy. In this study, we use recent farm household data from Ghana to examine the effect of off-farm work participation on intensity of adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices and impact of off-farm work participation on vulnerability to poverty. We employed a bivariate Tobit model to examine the determinants of SLM adoption intensity, and endogenous switching probit model to assess the impact of off-farm work participation on vulnerability to poverty. The results reveal that participation in off-farm is positively and significantly associated with adoption intensity of bunds, and organic manure. The results also show that off-farm work participation significantly reduces household vulnerability to poverty by 13%. Based on these findings, we conclude that rural development through non-farm work opportunities can lead to positive synergies between sustainable agricultural production, off-farm employment and poverty alleviation.
2 Issahaku, G.; Abdulai, A. 2020. Adoption of climate-smart practices and its impact on farm performance and risk exposure among smallholder farmers in Ghana. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 64(2):396-420. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12357]
Agricultural practices ; Climate-smart agriculture ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Climate change ; Impact assessment ; Risk ; Soil conservation ; Water conservation ; Temperature ; Rain ; Households ; Models / Africa / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049970)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8489.12357
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049970.pdf
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Increased climate variability during the last four decades has made the agricultural environment in many developing countries more uncertain, resulting in increasing exposure to risk when producing crops. In this study, we use recent farm-level data from Ghana to examine the drivers of individual and joint adoption of crop choice and soil and water conservation practices, and how adoption of these practices impacts on farm performance (crop revenue) and exposure to risks (skewness of crop yield). We employ a multinomial endogenous switching regression model to account for selectivity bias due to both observable and unobservable factors. The empirical results reveal that farmers’ adoption of crop choice and soil and water conservation leads to higher crop revenues and reduced riskiness in crop production, with the largest impact on crop revenues coming from joint adoption. The findings also show that education of the household head, access to extension and weather information influence the likelihood of adopting these practices. Thus, enhancing extension services and access to climate information and irrigation can reduce gaps in adoption of soil and water conservation and crop choice, considered as climate-smart practices that will eventually improve crop revenues and reduce farmers’ exposure to climate-related production risks.
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