There is growing recognition that water insecurity – the inability to reliably access sufficient water for all household uses – is commonly experienced globally and has myriad adverse consequences for human well-being.
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This dataset is the result of a phone survey set up to measure the impact of COVID-19 on rural people in Ghana.
This dataset is the result of a phone survey set up to measure the impact of COVID-19 on rural people in Ghana.
It is widely recognized that periods of crisis affect men and women differently, mediated by their access to resources and information, as well as social and institutional structures that may systematically disadvantage women from being able to ac
Accelerating pond aquaculture development and resilience beyond COVID: Ensuring food and jobs in Ghana
Ensuring food and jobs in Ghana by accelerating pond aquaculture development, & resilience beyond COVID-19.
This study provides an assessment of changes in household income, livelihood sources, food consumption, and diet quality during the first months of the COVID-19 crisis in a sample of households drawn from both urban and rural areas in Ghana.
While the lockdown in Ghana due to COVID-19 was not as stringent or long as in other countries (at least up to June 2021), it has severely affected rural household incomes, including remittances.
Ghana’s aquaculture sector is among the recent success stories of fast-growing agricultural value chains in Africa south of the Sahara.
As COVID-19 vaccines are becoming available, governments will need to assess the number and location of the most vulnerable people within their populations.
In anticipation of the development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine—the distribution of which will be a complex and sensitive issue—governments will need to assess the number and location of the most vulnerable people within their populati
The economic costs of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from a simulation exercise for Ghana
Globally, countries have resorted to social distancing, travel restrictions and economic lockdowns to reduce transmission of COVID-19.
The economic costs of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from a simulation exercise for Ghana
The objective in this paper is to estimate the economic costs of COVID-19 policies and external shocks in a developing country context, with a focus on agri-food system impacts. Ghana is selected as a case study.