Crop diversification and farm household food and nutrition security in Northern Ghana

Mark Appiah-Twumasi () and Maxwell Anamdare Asale
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Mark Appiah-Twumasi: University for Development Studies
Maxwell Anamdare Asale: University for Development Studies

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2024, vol. 26, issue 1, No 6, 157-185

Abstract: Abstract Farm households in Africa adopt resource allocation tools such as crop diversification to minimize risk exposure and safeguard their food and nutrition security. This study uses primary data and an ordered probit model to examine how crop diversification impacts the food security outcomes of rural farmers in northern Ghana. The findings revealed that along with other factors like access to extension services and use of soil fertility management practices, crop diversification increased food access and reduced the food insecurity experience of households. As a result, policies targeted at improving the food and nutrition security of peasant households should promote adoption of diversified crop production and use of sustainable soil management practices like composting.

Keywords: Crop diversification; Food and nutrition security; Food insecurity experience scale; Food consumption score; Ordered probit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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