Agriculture for Sustainable Development: A SWOT-AHP Assessment of Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs Initiative

Ali, Ernest Baba; Agyekum, Ephraim Bonah; Adadi, Parise

doi:10.3390/su13020628

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“…Smallholder farmers are faced with a lack of production and marketing knowledge, information, and skills that could enable them to compete with commercial farmers (Minot and Sawyer, 2016). Moreover, the majority of smallholder farmers are also faced with poor quality infrastructure, inadequate storage facilities and transport, and are associated with a lack of information and skills which leads to high transaction costs of participating in the market and hence, over-reliance on traditional social networks and mechanisms for marketing their produce (Ali et al, 2021). Some smallholder farmers still use bartering or gifts to exchange or obtain seeds and crops.…”

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Factors Influencing the Extent of the Commercialization of Indigenous Crops Among Smallholder Farmers in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces of South Africa

Zondi

Ngidi

Ojo

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Smallholder farmers encounter countless challenges that not only restrict them from maximizing market opportunities but also limit their access to the markets. This paper aims to achieve a thorough understanding of the factors that influence the market participation of indigenous crops by smallholder farmers while also analyzing the extent of market participation in South Africa. An analyzable sample size of 1,520 was used for the study. Household commercialization index (HCI), T-test, description analysis, and a double hurdle model with quasi-maximum likelihood fractional response model were employed to analyze the commercialization and extent of commercialization among indigenous crops by smallholder farmers in South Africa. The study demonstrated that a farmer's decision to participate in the market is highly dependent on gender, off-farm income, access to market information, and a family member being infected by HIV. Factors such as household size and access to the market had statistical significance in the extent of market participation by smallholder farmers. While we recommend the need to intensify appropriate training for farmers and extension workers involved in the area of indigenous crops, it is also important that indigenous crops are given the necessary considerations by the government and research institutions so that their demand in the market could increase. There is a need to develop a clear support plan for the few farmers that have decided to be involved in the farming of indigenous crops even though they are not highly marketable. On the other hand, there is also a need for consumer awareness campaigns in South Africa, on the income and nutritional benefits of indigenous crops.

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Factors Influencing the Extent of the Commercialization of Indigenous Crops Among Smallholder Farmers in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces of South Africa

Zondi

Ngidi

Ojo

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…SWOT analysis is an effective tool for identifying opportunities and challenges in the agricultural sector and identifying ways forward, as it provides more detailed information about strategic planning (Azarenkova et al, 2019). SWOT analysis is often used to assess the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of agriculture (Dyson, 2004;Ali et al, 2021). To better illustrate the components, the SWOT is based on the grouping of the main components: 1 -economic forces, 2 -environmental, ecological, cultural, and social forces, 3 -legal, governmental, and political forces, 4 -technological forces, and 5 -competitive forces (Hashemi et al, 2011).…”

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Management of successful technology transfer in agriculture: The case of Kazakhstan

Sousa

Boranbayeva

Satpayeva³

et al. 2021

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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Progress of agriculture is becoming increasingly reliant on the successful application of technology. However, many developing countries depend on technology transfer from other countries to be utilized in large and complex projects in agriculture. This study intends to identify strategic directions for successful technology transfer in developing countries’ agriculture with Kazakhstan as a case study. A SWOT analysis was conducted using Internal Factor Evaluation, External Factor Evaluation, Strategic Position and Action Evaluation, and Quantitative Strategic Planning matrices as analytical methods, based on primary data from interviews and secondary data from reports. With a weight of 52%, opportunities prevail in external factors, with emerging good geographical position, land area latitude, and participation in economic integrations as the most significant ones. On the other hand, internal factors such as emerging low skills in agricultural innovation, insufficient resources in agriculture, old technologies and worn-out equipment, and lack of mechanisms for effective adaptation of foreign technologies to local conditions are indicated as weaknesses, with the percentage of 82%. This study includes twenty-six strategies that were specially designed for technology transfer, and nine of them are considered the most relevant in overcoming internal weaknesses by exploiting external opportunities. Promoting agriculture in an innovative direction, expanding the resource base necessary for technology transfer, and increasing sources of funding for the transfer of technology and the R&amp;D expenditures in agriculture make a top 3 of these strategies. These results will be of interest for policymakers in decision-making on technology transfer in agriculture.

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“…This phenomenon may be explained by cumulative adversities from both crop and livestock farming ventures of agro-pastoralists, thereby overwhelming them. It is worth noting that poor access to finance services and over-reliance on rain-fed farming remain key weaknesses affecting crop farmers in Ghana especially [52].…”

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Coping with Adversity: Resilience Dynamics of Livestock Farmers in Two Agroecological Zones of Ghana

Nuvey

Addo-Lartey

Nortey

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Despite the increasing occurrence of adverse events including droughts and conflicts, livestock farmers in Ghana continue to raise animals to support their livelihoods and the national economy. We assessed the resilience of cattle farmers (CF) to adverse events they faced using a cross-sectional survey of 287 CF in two agroecological zones in Ghana. Resilience to adversities was assessed using the Resilience Scale (RS-14). Resilience scores and categories were computed and factors that explained variations in resilience categories assessed. The farmers kept, on average, 31 cattle per household, with a majority (91%) also growing crops. Key adverse events confronting them in both districts were animal disease outbreaks, pasture shortages, and theft, with 85% (240/287) losing, on average, seven cattle (15% of the herd size) over a one-year period. The mean resilience score was 71 (SD = 8) out of 98; 52% were highly resilient. Resilience was higher in the southern district (72 versus 70), albeit not statistically significant (p = 0.06). The resilience significantly improved with age, each unit increase in cattle in the herd, and having experience raising livestock (p < 0.001). The CF have relatively high resilience to adverse events affecting their productivity. The findings provide relevant information for implementing mitigation measures to improve production by reducing animal mortalities through high-quality veterinary services.

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Agriculture for Sustainable Development: A SWOT-AHP Assessment of Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs Initiative

Cited by 52 publications

References 70 publications

Factors Influencing the Extent of the Commercialization of Indigenous Crops Among Smallholder Farmers in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces of South Africa

Factors Influencing the Extent of the Commercialization of Indigenous Crops Among Smallholder Farmers in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces of South Africa

Management of successful technology transfer in agriculture: The case of Kazakhstan

Coping with Adversity: Resilience Dynamics of Livestock Farmers in Two Agroecological Zones of Ghana

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