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Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ): A panacea for productivity and welfare of rice farmers in Northern Ghana

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  • Mohammed Tanko
  • Salifu Ismaila
  • Saeed Abu Sadiq

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This research examined the effect of the Government of Ghana’s agricultural policy of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) on rice farmers` productivity and welfare in Northern Ghana. The study used survey data collected from beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the programme who cultivated rice in 2018 production season. Respondents were randomly selected, and data analysed using empirical methods of Inverse Propensity Weighting Estimation and the Local Average Treatment Effect. The results indicate an insignificant increase in income levels from rice production, but a significant reduction in farm expenditure, an increase in per capita monthly spending and a decrease in income poverty of households. The findings reveal a positive impact of the agricultural technologies implemented under Planting for Food and Jobs programme on rice productivity and welfare of rice farmers in Northern Ghana. The research recommends the need for government to expand the beneficiaries using local media and the policy instrument of input subsidies to promote the use of fertiliser and improved rice varieties.

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  • Mohammed Tanko & Salifu Ismaila & Saeed Abu Sadiq, 2019. "Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ): A panacea for productivity and welfare of rice farmers in Northern Ghana," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(1), pages 1693121-169, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oaefxx:v:7:y:2019:i:1:p:1693121
    DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2019.1693121
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    1. Kamaldeen Mohammed & Evans Batung & Moses Kansanga & Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong & Isaac Luginaah, 2021. "Livelihood diversification strategies and resilience to climate change in semi-arid northern Ghana," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 164(3), pages 1-23, February.
    2. Tanko, Mohammed, 2020. "Is farming a belief in Northern Ghana? Exploring the dual-system theory for commerce, culture, religion and technology," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    3. Sylvester Amoako Agyemang & Tomáš Ratinger & Miroslava Bavorová, 2022. "The Impact of Agricultural Input Subsidy on Productivity: The Case of Ghana," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(3), pages 1460-1485, June.
    4. Ismaila, Salifu & Tanko, Mohammed, 2021. "Exploring relative deprivation theory in the rice industry: Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) in northern Ghana," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    5. Ernest Baba Ali & Ephraim Bonah Agyekum & Parise Adadi, 2021. "Agriculture for Sustainable Development: A SWOT-AHP Assessment of Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs Initiative," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-24, January.
    6. Tanko, Mohammed & Amfo, Bismark & Shafiwu, Adinan Bahahudeen, 2023. "Social norms perspective of agriculture technology adoption and welfare in Ghana: Extending multinomial endogenous treatment effect model," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    7. Evans Sumabe Batung & Kamaldeen Mohammed & Moses Mosonsieyiri Kansanga & Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong & Isaac Luginaah, 2023. "Credit access and perceived climate change resilience of smallholder farmers in semi-arid northern Ghana," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(1), pages 321-350, January.
    8. Martin Schultze & Stephen Kankam & Safiétou Sanfo & Christine Fürst, 2024. "Agricultural Yield Responses to Climate Variabilities in West Africa: A Food Supply and Demand Analysis," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-22, March.
    9. Ayeduvor Selorm & D. B. S. Sarpong & Irene S. Egyir & Akwasi Mensah Bonsu & Henry An, 2023. "Does contract farming affect technical efficiency? Evidence from soybean farmers in Northern Ghana," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 11(1), pages 1-22, December.
    10. Tanko, Mohammed, 2022. "Nexus of risk preference, culture and religion in the adoption of improved rice varieties: Evidence from Northern Ghana," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 115(C).
    11. Tanko, Mohammed & Ismaila, Salifu, 2021. "How culture and religion influence the agriculture technology gap in Northern Ghana," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 22(C).
    12. Eduful, Michael & Alsharif, Kamal & Eduful, Alexander & Acheampong, Michael & Eduful, Joyce & Mazumder, Lubana, 2020. "The Illegal Artisanal and Small-scale mining (Galamsey) ‘Menace’ in Ghana: Is Military-Style Approach the Answer?," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).

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