Entrepreneurial behaviour among non-timber forest product-growing farmers in Ghana: An analysis in support of a reforestation policy

Bannor, Richard Kwasi; Ros-Tonen, M.A.F.; Mensah, Princess Ophelia; Derkyi, Mercy; Nassah, Valerie Fumey

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102331

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“…The rapid increase in population growth in a certain period will cause the need for new land will also increase, and not to deny that forest areas can also be used as the primary target. The findings of this study are in line with studies conducted by [16], [17], [4], and [18].…”

Section: Results Of Multiple Linear Regression Estimation Ols Semilog Modelsupporting

confidence: 93%

Sustainable Forests in Bali

Sanjaya¹,

Arthana²

2021

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovative Research Across Disciplines (ICIRAD 2021)

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On the island of Bali, efforts to conserve forests have been around for a long time through the tradition of Wanakerti and Tumpek Bubuh, namely rituals of respecting forests and plants which are implicitly an implementation of environmental preservation and are also part of local wisdom. This is considered insufficient considering that the condition of forest areas in Bali is experiencing distortion. This study aims to determine the simultaneous and partial effects of the factors that affect forest sustainability. By using data from the 1993-2020 period analyzed with the semilog model approach, it is known that simultaneously GRDP, population, and decentralization have a significant effect on forest preservation during the analysis period, while the decentralization factor does not partially affect forest sustainability. Forest is an integrated ecosystem containing biological natural resources, dominated by trees in their natural relationship with their environment. Therefore, forest management must rely on three pillars, namely the local economy, ecology, and socio-culture which also need to be considered to achieve sustainable forest management and utilization.

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Section: Results Of Multiple Linear Regression Estimation Ols Semilog Modelsupporting

confidence: 93%

Sustainable Forests in Bali

Sanjaya¹,

Arthana²

2021

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovative Research Across Disciplines (ICIRAD 2021)

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“…However, these processes are often constrained by inadequate electricity supply, inappropriate technology, poor capacity for production and food safety and lack of working capital [158,389]. Bannor, Ros-Tonen [390] have identified some positive influences of domestication on entrepreneurism, including high-quality and uniform raw products, market information, appropriate knowledge and personal commitment.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Future of Food: Domestication and Commercialization of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa over the Third Decade (2012–2021)

Leakey¹,

Avana

Awazi

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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This paper follows the transition from ethnobotany to a deeper scientific understanding of the food and medicinal properties of African agroforestry tree products as inputs into the start of domestication activities. It progresses on to the integration of these indigenous trees as new crops within diversified farming systems for multiple social, economic and environmental benefits. From its advent in the 1990s, the domestication of indigenous food and non-food tree species has become a global programme with a strong African focus. This review of progress in the third decade is restricted to progress in Africa, where multi-disciplinary research on over 59 species has been reported in 759 research papers in 318 science publications by scientists from over 833 research teams in 70 countries around the world (532 in Africa). The review spans 23 research topics presenting the recent research literature for tree species of high priority across the continent, as well as that in each of the four main ecological regions: the humid zone of West and Central Africa; the Sahel and North Africa; the East African highlands and drylands; and the woody savannas of Southern Africa. The main areas of growth have been the nutritional/medicinal value of non-timber forest products; the evaluation of the state of natural resources and their importance to local people; and the characterization of useful traits. However, the testing of putative cultivars; the implementation of participatory principles; the protection of traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights; and the selection of elite trees and ideotypes remain under-researched. To the probable detriment of the upscaling and impact in tropical agriculture, there has been, at the international level, a move away from decentralized, community-based tree domestication towards a laboratory-based, centralized approach. However, the rapid uptake of research by university departments and national agricultural research centres in Africa indicates a recognition of the importance of the indigenous crops for both the livelihoods of rural communities and the revitalization and enhanced outputs from agriculture in Africa, especially in West Africa. Thus, on a continental scale, there has been an uptake of research with policy relevance for the integration of indigenous trees in agroecosystems and their importance for the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To progress this in the fourth decade, there will need to be a dedicated Centre in Africa to test and develop cultivars of indigenous crops. Finally, this review underpins a holistic approach to mitigating climate change, as well as other big global issues such as hunger, poverty and loss of wildlife habitat by reaping the benefits, or ‘profits’, from investment in the five forms of Capital, described as ‘land maxing’. However, policy and decision makers are not yet recognizing the potential for holistic and transformational adoption of these new indigenous food crop opportunities for African agriculture. Is ‘political will’ the missing sixth capital for sustainable development?

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“…A plausible reason for the positive influence of gender on contribution is that male-headed households within the median contribution group (50th quantile) would be willing to contribute to food banking compared to female-headed households. Yet across cultural settings, this cannot be generalised (Bannor et al, 2021). Riches (2002), for example, reported that female-headed households in Canada, particularly lonely mothers benefited more from food banks than male-headed households.…”

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Perception and willingness to contribute towards food banking in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Mensah

Amrago

Asare

et al. 2021

IJSE

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the perception and willingness to contribute towards food banking in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.Design/methodology/approachStructured questionnaire was used to elicit primary data for the study from 385 respondents via the multistage sampling approach. The quantile regression model was used to analyse the factors that influence the willingness to contribute towards food banks across quantiles of contribution. Factor analysis was further used to examine the perception of food banking.FindingsGender, education and awareness influence the quantiles of contribution. Gender positively influences contribution at the 0.50 quantile. Education negatively affects contribution at the 0.25 and 0.50 quantiles whereas awareness influences contribution at the 0.75 quantiles. The benefit perception of the user and the social status perception of receiving food from food banks convey a sense of positive knowledge concerning what food banking should entail.Research limitations/implicationsThe study provides insights on the determinants affecting the contribution towards food banking across quantiles of contribution. However, it worth noting that, the study uses cross-sectional data which fail to account for the changes over time. A Longitudinal study would therefore be imperative concerning the implementation of food banking.Practical implicationsThe perceived positive knowledge of food banking is suggestive that, the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) should strengthen measures directed towards the implementation of food banking. Moving forward, non-governmental organisations on the verge of conducting a pilot implementation of food banks should give critical focus to the given area of study as the inhabitants are most likely to be attuned to such a course. Finally, to champion contribution amongst the inhabitants, leaders of food banking initiatives and other stakeholders should work in conjunction with residents that are aware of food banks at the high-income class. This procedure would aid in reducing the chances of low contributions to the implementation of food banking.Social implicationsThis paper provides empirical implications for the development of food banks in Ghana. The findings emanating from this study has substantial social implications, because it serves as an instrumental guide to the implementation of food banks by the MOFA, and when implemented would assuage the poor living conditions of individuals that do not meet a three-square meal per day.Originality/valueIn this research, the authors add to the body of knowledge by employing a quantitative approach. Moreover, the authors extend the frontiers of the methodological approach by using the quantile regression model to understand the factors that influence the contribution towards food banking across quantiles of contribution. Furthermore, several studies in the developed world have been geographically limited to UK, USA, Canada and Germany with few studies in Ghana. Besides, there is limited rigorous empirical study of the perception and willingness to contribute towards food banking in Ghana.

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Entrepreneurial behaviour among non-timber forest product-growing farmers in Ghana: An analysis in support of a reforestation policy

Cited by 24 publications

References 63 publications

Sustainable Forests in Bali

Sustainable Forests in Bali

The Future of Food: Domestication and Commercialization of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa over the Third Decade (2012–2021)

Perception and willingness to contribute towards food banking in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

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