Maize is a widely consumed and cultivated staple crop in Ghana. It accounts for more than one-quarter of calories consumed, about double that of the second crop, cassava (GSS 2018).

Rice is an important staple in Ghana and is cultivated across all agroecological zones. Paddy rice output grew at around 10 percent per annum between 2008 and 2019, with an especially sharp increase of 25 percent in 2019.

Tomatoes are a key component in the diets of Ghanaian households. Approximately 440,000 tons of tomato are consumed annually, equivalent to 40 percent of household vegetable expenditure (Van Asselt et al. 2018).

This manual provides a comprehensive step-by-step guide to cage aquaculture.

This manual provides a comprehensive step-by-step guide to running a tilapia hatchery operation.

This manual provides a comprehensive step-by-step guide to pond aquaculture.

This study examines interventions in two agricultural development projects in Ghana which aimed to build competitiveness of selected value chains to generate growth and reduce poverty – the Northern Rural Growth Project, implemented between 2009 a

More than 20 million young people, aged 15-24 years, join the workforce in Africa south of the Sahara every year.

Women’s empowerment is important to improve the status of women and achieve greater gender equity. It is also an important vehicle for achieving other development goals related to food security, nutrition, health, and economic growth.

The urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to expand by nearly 800 million people in the next 30 years.

In the existing literature, the effects of contract farming on household welfare were examined with mixed results. Most studies looked at single contract types.

With the widespread growth of mobile phone coverage and adoption over the past decade, there has been considerable enthusiasm over the potential for information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide a low-cost approach for farmers to ov

Increasing crop diversity opens market opportunities for households while still contributing to self-consumption indicating that crop diversification may be more beneficial to farmers than specialization. (Ghana)
 

Aflatoxin is a poisonous substance produced by a fungus, Aspergillus flavus, that occurs naturally in soils of cultivated and non-cultivated areas.

An analysis of learning outcomes from the evaluation of a national school feeding program in Ghana reveals that disadvantaged students benefited most from free school meals.

We analyze the linkages between irrigation and nutrition using data from irrigators and non-irrigators in Northern Ghana.

Chapter 7 reflects Ghana’s later stage of development by focusing on the link between urban development and the livelihoods available to rural youth living close to cities or towns.

Food safety hazards threaten the health and market access of smallholder farming households.