A review of Ghana’s food system and its implications on sustainability and the development of national food-based dietary guidelines
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- Andam, Kwaw S. & Ragasa, Catherine & Asante, Seth & Amewu, Sena, 2019. "Can local products compete against imports in West Africa? Supply-and demand-side perspectives on chicken, rice, and tilapia in Accra, Ghana," IFPRI discussion papers 1821, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Ecker, O., 2018. "Agricultural Transformation and Food and Nutrition Security: Does Farm Production Diversity (Still) Matter for Dietary Diversity among Ghanaian Farm Households?," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 276999, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
- Baiphethi, Mompati N. & Jacobs, Peter T., 2009. "The contribution of subsistence farming to food security in South Africa," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 48(4), pages 1-24, December.
- Andam, Kwaw S. & Ragasa, Catherine & Asante, Seth B. & Amewu, Sena, 2019. "Can local products compete against imports in West Africa? Consumer demand evidence for chicken, rice, and tilapia in Accra, Ghana," 2019 Sixth International Conference, September 23-26, 2019, Abuja, Nigeria 295827, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
- Andam, Kwaw S. & Arndt, Channing & Hartley, Faaiqa, 2017. "Eggs before chickens? Assessing Africa’s livestock revolution with an example from Ghana," IFPRI discussion papers 1687, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, 2017. "Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Ghana: What Governance System Works?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-18, November.
- Morris, Michael L. & Tripp, Robert & Dankyi, A.A., 1999. "Adoption and Impacts of Improved Maize Production Technology: A Case Study of the Ghana Grains Development Project," Economics Program Papers 48767, CIMMYT: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.
- David Tilman & Michael Clark, 2014. "Global diets link environmental sustainability and human health," Nature, Nature, vol. 515(7528), pages 518-522, November.
- Marco Springmann & Michael Clark & Daniel Mason-D’Croz & Keith Wiebe & Benjamin Leon Bodirsky & Luis Lassaletta & Wim Vries & Sonja J. Vermeulen & Mario Herrero & Kimberly M. Carlson & Malin Jonell & , 2018. "Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits," Nature, Nature, vol. 562(7728), pages 519-525, October.
- Ecker, Olivier, 2018. "Agricultural transformation and food and nutrition security in Ghana: Does farm production diversity (still) matter for household dietary diversity?," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 271-282.
- Homi Kharas, 2010. "The Emerging Middle Class in Developing Countries," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 285, OECD Publishing.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Irene Blanco-Gutiérrez & Consuelo Varela-Ortega & Rhys Manners, 2020. "Evaluating Animal-Based Foods and Plant-Based Alternatives Using Multi-Criteria and SWOT Analyses," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-26, October.
- Birgit Kopainsky & Anita Frehner & Adrian Müller, 2020. "Sustainable and healthy diets: Synergies and trade‐offs in Switzerland," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(6), pages 908-927, November.
- Elke Stehfest & Willem-Jan Zeist & Hugo Valin & Petr Havlik & Alexander Popp & Page Kyle & Andrzej Tabeau & Daniel Mason-D’Croz & Tomoko Hasegawa & Benjamin L. Bodirsky & Katherine Calvin & Jonathan C, 2019. "Key determinants of global land-use projections," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-10, December.
- Eric O. Verger & Cédric Gaillard & Andrew D. Jones & Roseline Remans & Gina Kennedy, 2021. "Construction and Interpretation of Production and Market Metrics Used to Understand Relationships with Dietary Diversity of Rural Smallholder Farming Households," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-21, August.
- Noora-Lisa Aberman & Aulo Gelli & John Agandin & Doreen Kufoalor & Jason Donovan, 2022. "Putting consumers first in food systems analysis: identifying interventions to improve diets in rural Ghana," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 14(6), pages 1359-1375, December.
- Louis-Georges Soler & Alban Thomas, 2020.
"Is there a win–win scenario with increased beef quality and reduced consumption?,"
Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Springer, vol. 101(1), pages 91-116, October.
- Louis-Georges Soler & Alban Thomas, 2020. "Is there a win–win scenario with increased beef quality and reduced consumption?," Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, INRA Department of Economics, vol. 101(1), pages 91-116.
- Soler, Louis-Georges & Thomas, Alban, 2020. "Is there a win–win scenario with increased beef quality and reduced consumption?," Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), vol. 101(01), July.
- Louis-Georges Soler & Alban Thomas, 2020. "Is there a win-win scenario with increased beef quality and reduced consumption?," Post-Print hal-02927288, HAL.
- Sienso, Gifty & Lyford, Conrad & Oldewage-Theron, Wilna, 2022. "Using instrumental variables to establish the relationship between household production diversity and household dietary diversity in northern Ghana," African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND), African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND), vol. 22(07).
- Aloyce R. Kaliba & Anne G. Gongwe & Kizito Mazvimavi & Ashagre Yigletu, 2021. "Impact of Adopting Improved Seeds on Access to Broader Food Groups Among Small-Scale Sorghum Producers in Tanzania," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(1), pages 21582440209, January.
- Wu, L. & Harris, P. & Misselbrook, T.H. & Lee, M.R.F., 2022. "Simulating grazing beef and sheep systems," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
- Chibanda, Craig & Almadani, Mohamad Isam & Thobe, Petra & Wieck, Christine, 2022. "Broiler production systems in Ghana: economics and the impact of frozen chicken imports," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 25(4), September.
- Abdul‐Wadood Moomen & Divine Odame‐Appiah, 2023. "Examining the spatial incongruity between mining sector and beekeeping activities," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 47(2), pages 177-191, May.
- Purushotham, Anjali & Steinhübel, Linda, 2021. "You Eat What You Work – Livelihood Strategies and Nutrition in the Rural-Urban Interface," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315247, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
- Yu, Wusheng & Clora, Francesco & Costa, Louis & Baudry, Gino, 2021. "Dietary Transitions As Climate Mitigation Measures in Europe: Implications of Supply-Side Responses and Trade Policy Regimes," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315912, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
- Noora-Lisa Aberman & Terry Roopnaraine, 2020. "To sell or consume? Gendered household decision-making on crop production, consumption, and sale in Malawi," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 12(2), pages 433-447, April.
- Isaac Bonuedi & Lukas Kornher & Nicolas Gerber, 2022. "Agricultural seasonality, market access, and food security in Sierra Leone," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 14(2), pages 471-494, April.
- Debela, Bethelhem Legesse & Ruml, Anette & Qaim, Matin, 2021. "The Effects of Contract Farming on Diets and Nutrition in Ghana," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315186, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
- Teodor Ioan Trasca & Monica Ocnean & Remus Gherman & Raul Adrian Lile & Ioana Mihaela Balan & Ioan Brad & Camelia Tulcan & Gheorghe Adrian Firu Negoescu, 2024. "Synergy between the Waste of Natural Resources and Food Waste Related to Meat Consumption in Romania," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-20, April.
- Jelena Vapa-Tankosić & Svetlana Ignjatijević & Jelena Kiurski & Jovana Milenković & Irena Milojević, 2020. "Analysis of Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Organic and Local Honey in Serbia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-23, June.
- Nicholas M. Short & M. Jennifer Woodward-Greene & Michael D. Buser & Daniel P. Roberts, 2023. "Scalable Knowledge Management to Meet Global 21st Century Challenges in Agriculture," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-19, February.
- Jude I. Iziga & Shingo Takagi, 2022. "Food Consumption–Production Adjustments to Economic Crises under Credit Constraints in Nigeria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-25, July.
More about this item
Keywords
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Agribusiness;Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:ajfand:334017. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.ajfand.net/ .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.