Sustainability outcomes of teak plantation development in Dormaa, Ghana

Narh, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.envdev.2018.12.002

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“…The sustainable plantation, integral to rural economic growth, offers an opportunity to understand the superior plantation commodities. The development of such commodities needs a fair use of land in social, economic, and environmental aspects [50]. Regarding plantation development, the top priority should be given to the control of open land erosion.…”

Section: Rural Economic Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of Superior Plantation Commodities Based on Sustainable Development

Syahza¹,

Bakce²,

Irianti³

et al. 2021

IJSDP

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Riau is an Indonesian province known for its large plantations. The plantation business makes the most significant contribution to the fiscal revenues of the province. This paper aims to innovate rural economy through the sustainable development of superior commodities in the plantation sub-sector of agriculture. Specifically, multi-criteria analysis (MCA) was performed to determine the superior commodities in each locality. The results show that the superior commodities include palm oil, rubber, coconut, cocoa, coffee, and sago. The development of these commodities could boost farmers’ income with the added value of planation products. On this basis, the fair use of land for all categories was highlighted from social, economic, and environmental perspectives, and recognized as essential to the development of sustainable plantations, which are integral to rural economy and land sustainability. The proposed development strategy for superior commodities in plantation is in line with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Riau Province, Indonesia.

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Section: Rural Economic Innovationmentioning

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Development of Superior Plantation Commodities Based on Sustainable Development

Syahza¹,

Bakce²,

Irianti³

et al. 2021

IJSDP

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“…Magnon, Vallet, and Auxiette [1] suggest that sedentary behavior is associated with employment, and that, influence of employment on daily life is an important determinant of sedentariness [12]. The burden of disease caused by physical inactivity does not only cause suffering to the victims, their families and friends, but also put a huge strain on health care systems and leads to a loss of productivity due to sickness absenteeism and presenteeism [13]. Thus, many categories of workers may suffer physical inactivity due to many work factors including stress, availability of facilities and work pressures.…”

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Investigating Sedentariness and Health Status of Primary School Teachers in Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana

Ansah¹,

Adabla²,

Norgbedzie³

et al. 2023

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Objective: Physical inactivity is linked to chronic illnesses and disabilities among workers, especially those in high demanding jobs like teachers. Despite the global prominence of sedentary behaviour research, studies drawing the relationships between physical inactivity and multimorbidity among working teacher populations in low-and middle-countries remain untapped. This study assessed the sedentariness and health status of primary school teachers in Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana. Method: This cross-sectional survey employed 1109 primary school teachers from the Cape Coast Metropolis in the Central Region of Ghana, using convenient sampling method. Results: Generally, the teachers were highly sedentary and reported poor health status. Other results showed no difference in sedentariness across gender, t (1107) = -0.32, p > .05. However, female teachers suffer more pain and discomfort, [t (1103.51) = - 3.07, p < .05, anxiety and depression, [t (1099.56) = - 2.85, p < .000,)], and poor health status [t (1107) = 2.14, p < .05, than their male counterparts. Also, pain and discomfort, anxiety and depression, health status and years of work significantly predicted sedentariness among the teachers, F (4, 1104) = 5.966, p=.00, R = .145, R2 = .029, adjusted R2 = .018. Conclusion: The findings suggest that individualized or personalized interventions are urgently needed to promote regular physical activity to improve the health status and reduce associated complications on the health and well-being, especially among the female primary school teachers. Given the health risks of sedentary lifestyle, behavioral interventions at the person-level (i.e., individualized- routine weekly physical activity programmes) and built environmental restructuring (e.g., creation of walkways to encourage regular walking) could be done to physical activity behavior among teachers within the Cape Coast Metropolis, and perhaps beyond.

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“…The burden of disease caused by physical inactivity does not only affect the victims, their families and friends, but it also put a huge strain on health care systems, leading to sickness absenteeism and presenteeism and associated loss of productivity [ 13 ]. Thus, many categories of workers may suffer physical inactivity due to several work factors including, stress, unavailability of exercise facilities and work pressures.…”

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confidence: 99%

Investigating sedentariness and health status of primary school teachers in Ghana

Ansah,

Adabla,

Jerry

et al. 2023

BMC Health Serv Res

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Objective Physical inactivity is linked to chronic illnesses and disabilities among workers, especially those in high demanding jobs like teachers. Despite the global prominence of sedentary behavior research, studies drawing the relationships between physical inactivity and multimorbidity among working teacher populations in low-and middle-countries remain untapped. This study assessed the sedentariness and health status of primary school teachers in Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana. Method This cross-sectional survey employed 1109 primary school teachers from the Cape Coast Metropolis in the Central Region of Ghana, targeting the entire population. Results Generally, the teachers were highly sedentary and reported poor health status. Other results showed no difference in sedentariness across gender, (n = 1107, t= -0.32, p > 0.05). However, female teachers suffer more pain and discomfort, (n = 1103.51), t = − 3.07, p < 0.05), anxiety and depression, (n = 1099.56), t = − 2.85, p < 0.000), and poor health status (n = 1107), t = 2.14, p < 0.05), than their male counterparts. Also, pain and discomfort, anxiety and depression, health status and years of work significantly predicted sedentariness among the teachers, F (4, 1104) = 5.966, p = 0.00, R = 0.145, R2 = 0.029, adjusted R2 = 0.018. Conclusion The findings suggest that individualized or personalized interventions are urgently needed to promote regular physical activity to improve the health status and reduce associated complications on the health and well-being, especially among the female primary school teachers. Given the health risks of sedentary lifestyle, behavioral interventions at the person-level (i.e., individualized- routine weekly physical activity programs) and built environmental restructuring (e.g., creation of walkways to encourage regular walking) could be done to improve physical activity behavior among teachers within the Cape Coast Metropolis, and perhaps beyond.

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Sustainability outcomes of teak plantation development in Dormaa, Ghana

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

Development of Superior Plantation Commodities Based on Sustainable Development

Development of Superior Plantation Commodities Based on Sustainable Development

Investigating Sedentariness and Health Status of Primary School Teachers in Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana

Investigating sedentariness and health status of primary school teachers in Ghana

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