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Pest risk information, agricultural outcomes and food security: evidence from Ghana

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  • Justice A. Tambo

    (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI))

  • Fredrick Mbugua

    (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI))

  • Solomon Agyemang Duah

    (CSIR Campus)

  • Birgitta Oppong-Mensah

    (CSIR Campus)

  • Christopher Yao Ocloo

    (Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate)

  • Frances Williams

    (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI))

Abstract

This article investigates the short-term effects of an information intervention that provided early warning pest alerts and integrated pest management (IPM)-based advice to smallholder farmers. Specifically, this study focuses on fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) of maize in Ghana. We particularly examine the relationships between access to pest risk information and a number of outcomes, ranging from farmer’s knowledge to household food security. This study is based on survey data collected between December 2021 and January 2022 from 888 farm households operating 1305 maize fields. Results from doubly robust and switching regression models indicated that exposure to the pest risk information campaign was significantly (ρ

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  • Justice A. Tambo & Fredrick Mbugua & Solomon Agyemang Duah & Birgitta Oppong-Mensah & Christopher Yao Ocloo & Frances Williams, 2023. "Pest risk information, agricultural outcomes and food security: evidence from Ghana," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 15(6), pages 1667-1683, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ssefpa:v:15:y:2023:i:6:d:10.1007_s12571-023-01398-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s12571-023-01398-w
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