Africa risk achieving its food security target due to the predominance of open field rain-fed production systems, worsening climate change impacts , environmentally...
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Ghana is home to 32 million people, 13 million of whom live in rural areas and work mostly in agriculture. Although substantial progress has been made...
Individual farmer investments have the potential to fill the gap in public investments and be more cost-effective than large-scale irrigation. However, this development primarily occurs outside of formal...
We estimate the effects of increased exposure to agricultural technologies on farmers' adoption and economic well-being in Ghana, Mali, and Senegal using post-implementation data collected in 2019. The program...
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Pesticide use is low and varying in Africa.
Farmer advisory systems increase pesticide use at an extensive margin.
Farmer advisory systems also reduce the...
The quality of agricultural products can affect both farm incomes and the healthfulness of farm families’ diets. However, many quality attributes are difficult to observe, making...