Highlights: CSA is positively associated with land productivity. CSA is also positively associated with food security. The bundled use of CSA practices offers greater land productivity...
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In rural sub-Saharan Africa, where malnutrition in all its forms is rife, the greatest gap between the availability of foods and the foods needed for a nutritious diet are faced...
The susceptibility of cocoa to harsh climatic conditions is evident in cocoa growing areas in Ghana, and climate distribution models show reduced cocoa suitability to climate change. We...
As part of the climate-smart agriculture approach, the adoption of climate-resilient crop varieties has the potential to build farmers’ climate resilience but could also induce agricultural transformation in developing...
This study analyzes the impact of a component of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technology—Striga-resistant maize (SRM) varieties and mineral fertilizer—on maize yield and food security using two rounds...
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CSA is positively associated with land productivity.
CSA is also positively associated with food security.
The bundled use of CSA practices offers greater land...
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Climatic variables (annual rainfall, onset, cessation, number of dry days and temperature) are erratic in northern Ghana.
Changing climate substantially affects food...
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Increasing numbers of young people enter Sub-Saharan Africa's labour markets each year while industrial jobs only grow slowly. As 62% of...
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Increasing cocoa yields per unit area is a means to meet growing demand, secure food security& reduce pressure on forest.
We quantified cocoa yield...
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Though cocoa agroforestry systems (CAF) support cocoa yield, species-specific information is limited to advance CAF adoption.
We assessed the impacts of...