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COMMERCIALIZING AGRICULTURE IN DEPRIVED REGIONS OF GHANA: A CASE OF THE EKUMFI DISTRICT, CENTRAL REGION

International journal of food and agricultural economics, 2021-01, Vol.9 (1), p.59-71 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2021. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 2147-8988 ;EISSN: 2149-3766 ;DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309385

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Title:
COMMERCIALIZING AGRICULTURE IN DEPRIVED REGIONS OF GHANA: A CASE OF THE EKUMFI DISTRICT, CENTRAL REGION
Author: Yeboah, Frederick Kwame ; Adingo, Samuel ; Coffie, Cephas Paa Kwesi ; Nyarko, Daniel Ayisi
Subjects: Agribusiness ; Agricultural and Food Policy ; Agricultural policy ; Agricultural production ; Agriculture ; Chi-square test ; Commercial farming ; Commercialization ; Community/Rural/Urban Development ; Crops ; Data collection ; Empowerment ; Farm Management ; Farmers ; Farming ; Farms ; Food security ; Food Security and Poverty ; Households ; International trade ; interventions ; Land area ; Land Economics/Use ; logistic ; Population ; Poverty ; production factors ; Productivity ; Questionnaires ; Resource allocation ; Rural areas ; Small farms ; Statistical analysis ; Statistical tests ; subsistence ; Subsistence agriculture
Is Part Of: International journal of food and agricultural economics, 2021-01, Vol.9 (1), p.59-71
Description: The subsistence nature of farming is commonly prevalent in poverty-stricken areas of Ghana. This is because a high number of farm households cultivate land sizes below 5 hectares purposely for ensuring household food security and basic survival needs. The Ekumfi district due to its position as one of the poorest districts in the central region of Ghana with a suitable Agricultural environment and the high concentration of small-scale farming activities has drawn the attention of previous and successive Governments. Employing binary logistic regression, the study focused on determining the contributing factors influencing the commercialization of agriculture with particular reference to the Ekumfi District. This is to guide future research and policy drafting concerning Agricultural commercialization interventions in the district. Soliciting views from 512 randomly sampled farmer population from 15 farming zones primarily with the aid of structured questionnaires and interviews. Among 13 demographic and production factors, 5 production factors namely market, income, credit, location, and labour statistically predicted the response variable with varying marginal effects. A chi-square statistic of 0.1% and a predictive power of 96.9% further prove the suitability of the adopted model. The study suggests similar studies in other deprived regions of the country to serve as a guide for regimented resource allocation and formulation of long term agricultural policies in the light of Ghana's Agricultural industrialization Agenda.
Publisher: Fethiye: Uluslararasi Gida ve Tarim Ekonomisi Dergisi
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 2147-8988
EISSN: 2149-3766
DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309385
Source: AgEcon
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COMMERCIALIZING AGRICULTURE IN DEPRIVED REGIONS OF GHANA: A CASE OF THE EKUMFI DISTRICT, CENTRAL REGION

2021. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 2147-8988 ;EISSN: 2149-3766 ;DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309385

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