Modeling growth options and structural change to reach middle income country status: The case of Ghana

Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Thurlow, James

doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2008.10.007

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“…The mathematical presentation and corresponding model parameters and variables are listed in the Appendix. The robustness of the model has been tested in a series of sensitivity tests (Breisinger et al, 2009).…”

Section: Developing An Economy-wide Model To Assess Potential Impactsmentioning

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Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa—the case of Ghana

Breisinger

Diao

Thurlow

et al. 2010

J of Intl Development

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Agricultural growth in Africa has accelerated, yet most of this growth has been driven by land expansion. Land expansion potential is reaching its limits, urging governments to shift towards a green revolution type of productivity-led growth. Given the huge public investments required, this paper aims to assess the potential impacts of a green revolution.Results from a CGE model for Ghana show that green revolution type growth is strongly propoor and provides substantial transfers to the rest of the economy, thus providing a powerful argument to raise public expenditure on agriculture to make a green revolution happen in Africa.

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Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa—the case of Ghana

Breisinger

Diao

Thurlow

et al. 2010

J of Intl Development

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“…It is possible, for example, for the poverty reduction effect of staple crop productivity gains to be positive at the macro level, as consumers benefit from lower prices, and yet welfare reducing for net staple crop sellers as lower prices reduce their incomes. Within the general body of literature on productivity effects on poverty at the macro (Breisinger, Diao, & Thurlow, 2009;De Janvry & Sadoulet, 2002, 2010Diao, Hazell, & Thurlow, 2010;Ravallion, 2009) and household (Christiaensen, Pan, & Wang, 2010;Datt & Ravallion, 1998b, 1998aFoster & Rosenzweig, 2004;López & Anríquez, 2004;Ravallion & Datt, 1996 levels, focus is skewed towards money metric measures of welfare. The exception is Minten and Barrett (2008) on Madagascar at the meso level.…”

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Household Welfare Effects of Agricultural Productivity: A Multidimensional Perspective from Ghana

Dzanku

2015

The Journal of Development Studies

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Although poverty reduction policies in developing countries hinge on the link between smallholder productivity and welfare, micro level empirical evidence on this is limited in sub-Saharan Africa and neglects the multidimensionality of welfare. This article contributes through investigating the productivity-poverty relationship using a number of welfare measures with a three-period panel dataset for Ghana. The findings are that welfare is increasing with labour productivity irrespective of the measure used, but that dramatic increases in productivity would be required to achieve meaningful poverty reduction.

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“…Increasing agricultural growth by land expansion may not be sustainable because farmers are not only limited by plot size in their possession but also difficulties associated with managing large tracts of land under cultivation including labor availability and loss of forest cover. Increasing production of major staple crops can be enhanced by utilizing the land more intensively thereby closing these crop yield gaps (Breisinger et al 2009). …”

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Crop substitution behavior among food crop farmers in Ghana: an efficient adaptation to climate change or costly stagnation in traditional agricultural production system?

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Maharjan

2014

Agric Econ

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This study analyzes impact of climate change on yield, planting decisions and output of five major food crops (cassava, maize, sorghum, rice and yam) in Ghana. Results of Multivariate Tobit Model show that yield, planting decisions and output of cassava, maize, sorghum and rice will increase as a result of climate change. This is in clear contrast to the hypothesis that warming and drying will reduce crop yields in countries located within the tropics. Climate change impact on yields, planting decisions and output of yam is projected to be negative. Analysis of planting decisions indicates that climate change will stimulate farmers to allocate more land for cassava, maize, sorghum and rice cultivation. It is observed that farmers respond to positive impact of climate on yields of cassava, maize, sorghum and rice by reallocating more land for the cultivation of these crops, which is in line with neoclassical understanding of producer behavior. In contrast, farmers' response to price rise does not display a consistent pattern. By and large, farmers respond weakly to price increases. This peculiar trait of food crop farmers can stifle the future development of the food crop subsector in Ghana.

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Modeling growth options and structural change to reach middle income country status: The case of Ghana

Cited by 45 publications

References 12 publications

Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa—the case of Ghana

Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa—the case of Ghana

Household Welfare Effects of Agricultural Productivity: A Multidimensional Perspective from Ghana

Crop substitution behavior among food crop farmers in Ghana: an efficient adaptation to climate change or costly stagnation in traditional agricultural production system?

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