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    Potential impact of groundnut production technology on welfare of smallholder farmers in Ghana

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    Date
    2022
    Author
    Kotu, B.H.
    Rahman, N.A.
    Muthoni, F.K.
    Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.
    Kizito, F.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    This study was conducted to assess the potential impact of applying a new groundnut planting density on welfare of smallholder farmers in northern Ghana. We used data from on-farm experiments, focus group discussions, and a household survey. We followed three steps in our analysis. First, we conducted cost-benefit analysis in which we showed the economic advantage of the new technology over the farmers’ practice. Second, we predicted adoption rates along timeline using the Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool (ADOPT). Third, using the results of the first and the second steps, we estimated the potential impact of the technology on poverty at household level using a combination of methods such as economic surplus model and econometric model. The cost-benefit analysis shows that increasing plant density increases farmers’ financial returns i.e., the benefit-cost-ratio increases from 1.05 under farmers’ practice to 1.87 under the best plant density option, which is 22 plants/sqm. The adoption prediction analysis shows that the maximum adoption rate for the best practice will be 62% which will take about nine years to reach. At the maximum adoption rate the incidence of extreme poverty will be reduced by about 3.6% if farmers have access to the international groundnut market and by about 2% if they do not have. The intervention will also reduce poverty gap and poverty severity. The results suggest that policy actions which can improve farmers’ access to the international market will enhance farmers’ welfare more than the situation in which farmers have access to domestic markets only. Furthermore, promoting a more integrated groundnut value-chain can broaden the demand base of the produce resulting in higher and sustainable impact of the technology on the welfare of groundnut producers and beyond.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260877
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7360
    IITA Authors ORCID
    Bekele Hundie Kotuhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5788-6461
    Nurudeen Abdul Rahmanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4073-5610
    Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2530-6554
    Fred Kizitohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7488-2582
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260877
    Research Themes
    Biometrics; Natural Resource Management; Plant Production and Health; Social Science and Agribusiness
    IITA Subjects
    Agribusiness; Agronomy; Food Security; Grain Legumes; Plant Breeding; Plant Production; Smallholder Farmers; Socioeconomy; Value Chains
    Agrovoc Terms
    Agricultural Workers; Finance; Ghana; Crops; Agriculture; Cost Benefit Analysis; Africa; Planting
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Ghana
    Hubs
    Eastern Africa Hub; Headquarters and Western Africa Hub
    Journals
    PLOS ONE
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