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Technology adoption by indigenous and exotic vegetable farmers
Bismark Amfo,Ernest Baba Ali +1 more
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In this paper, the adoption of improved agricultural production technologies can be an appropriate approach in meeting the demand for vegetables, and the authors selected Indigenous and exotic vegetable farmers for comparis...Abstract:
The adoption of improved agricultural production technologies can be an appropriate approach in meeting the demand for vegetables. Indigenous and exotic vegetable farmers were selected for comparis...read more
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Agriculture for sustainable development: A SWOT-AHP assessment of ghana’s planting for food and jobs initiative
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Adoption of organic fertilizer for cocoa production in Ghana: Perceptions and determinants
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assesses perceptions, determinants, and constraints of organic fertilizer adoption by cocoa farmers in Ghana, using data from 200 farmers in the Central Region of Ghana.
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Rice planting technologies and farm performance under different production systems in Ghana
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Beyond adoption: the interaction between organic and inorganic fertilizer application, and vegetable productivity in Ghana
Bismark Amfo,Ernest Baba Ali +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the causal association between organic and inorganic fertilizer application and vegetable productivity in Ghana was explored, and the results showed that vegetable producers who applied either organic or inorganic fertilizers, or both, recorded higher productivity than those who did not apply fertilizer.
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Traits selection criteria for genetic improvement of grain and leafy Amaranth (Amaranthus spp) using Principal Component Analysis
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Specification tests for the multinomial logit model
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Multivariate probit regression using simulated maximum likelihood
TL;DR: In this paper, the application of the GHK simulation method for maximum likelihood estimation of the multivariate probit regression model is discussed, and a Stata program mvprobit is described.
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Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: microbiological contamination in farms and markets and associated consumer risk groups.
TL;DR: To reduce the health risk associated with the consumption of contaminated lettuce; safer farming and irrigation practices are required while the remaining risk could best be addressed where lettuce is prepared for consumption.
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Is agricultural productivity in developing countries really shrinking? New evidence using a modified nonparametric approach
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reestimate the Malmquist index for a group of developing countries using a different definition of technology and find that most developing countries in their sample are experiencing positive productivity growth with technical change being the main source of this growth.
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Farm technology adoption in Kenya: a simultaneous estimation of inorganic fertilizer and improved maize variety adoption decisions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors model inorganic fertilizer and improved maize varieties adoption as joint decisions and find that household adoption decisions on inorganic fertilizers and maize varieties were interdependent.