Child labour in agriculture remains a global concern. Agriculture is the sector where most child labour is found. Employment of children mostly relates to farm household poverty in developing countries.
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Agricultural mechanization and gendered labor activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data
Gender differences in the engagement of work activities across sectors are important elements of gender inequality in rural livelihoods and welfare in developing countries.
Agricultural research and development (R&D) is one component of public investments in the agricultural sector toward food system transformation.
How much are multisectoral programs worth? A new method with an application to school meals
Social protection programs such as cash or food transfers support current poverty and inequality reduction goals, while at the same time enhance future productivity through human capital investments.
Labor (mis?)measurement in agriculture
Livelihoods are changing rapidly in rural areas. Measuring and categorizing peoples’ labor activities in relation to the agricultural sector is important for understanding income earning opportunities and designing effective policy.
School meals as a market for smallholder agriculture: Experimental evidence from Ghana
Governments and international development partners investing over $40 USD billion a year in school meals have shown interest in linking these programs with agriculture sector development, through what has become known as “Home-Grown” school feedin
Transitioning to nutrition-sensitive food environments in Ghana: Triple sector strategies to reduce the triple burden of malnutrition
The triple burden of malnutrition is growing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Increasing access to affordable ultra-processed foods in the food environment is contributing to this problem.
Background: Low quality diets are a public health problem affecting individuals of all ages worldwide.
Drivers of food safety adoption among food processing firms: A nationally representative survey in Ghana
Globally, food system transformation is characterized by the increasing importance of food safety and quality standards for consumers. This trend is challenging for the food processing sector in Ghana, which is dominated by micro and small firms.
Measurement of intra-household resource control: Exploring the validity of experimental measures
We study the validity of experimental methods designed to measure preferences for intra-household resource control among spouses in Ghana and Uganda.
Are we done yet? Response fatigue and rural livelihoods
Accurate understanding of peoples’ livelihoods activities is needed to inform effective policy.
Smallholder irrigation technology diffusion in Ghana: Insights from stakeholder mapping
Irrigated agriculture can support food and nutrition security, increase rural employment and incomes and can act as a buffer against growing climate variability and change.
Inclusive business models for access to quality fish seed and technical assistance: Insights from Ghana
Over the past decade, Ghana’s tilapia farming has experienced tremendous growth in production; however, much of the growth has been driven by large-scale cage farmers around Lake Volta.
Negotiating the social contract in urban Africa: Informal food traders in Ghanaian cities
How do cities build a social contract with their diverse constituencies and foster political trust among the urban poor? This study focuses on informal traders, who constitute a major source of food security and employment in urban Africa.
Characterization of fish farming practices and performance: Baseline study and implications for accelerating aquaculture development in Ghana
Over the past decade, the aquaculture sector in Ghana has experienced tremendous growth—driven mainly by large-scale cage farms—but it has been unclear how the rural poor have shared in this growth.
Increasing the adoption of conservation agriculture: A framed field experiment in Northern Ghana
Conservation agriculture techniques can increase agricultural production while decreasing CO2 emissions, yet adoption in the developing world remains low—in part because many years of continuous adoption may be required to realize gains in product
Women’s empowerment in agriculture and nutritional outcomes: Evidence from six countries in Africa and Asia
Although women’s empowerment and gender equality are associated with better maternal and child nutrition outcomes, recent systematic reviews find inconclusive evidence.
What does empowerment mean to women in northern Ghana? Insights from research around a small-scale irrigation intervention
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.
Paying for digital information: Assessing farmers’ willingness to pay for a digital agriculture and nutrition service in Ghana
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
Irrigation-nutrition linkages: Evidence from northern Ghana
We analyze the linkages between irrigation and nutrition using data from irrigators and non-irrigators in Northern Ghana.