Comparing Determinants of Poverty and Hunger among Small Holder Farms of adopters and Non-Adopters of Conservation Technologies in Ghana

Fariya Abubakari and Farida Abubakari Author-Workplace- Department of Agricultural Economics, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal, 2017, vol. 3, issue 3, 81-86

Abstract: Poverty is a state or condition of having little or no money, goods or means of support whiles hunger on the other hand is the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need for food. This study examines the determinants of poverty and hunger among smallholder farmers. The focus was on adopters and non-adopters of conservation methods in Talensi Nabdam District of Upper East Region of Ghana. Seven communities were purposively selected from Talensi Nabdam District and 50 farmers were randomly selected from the seven communities namely; Belungu, Kongo, Damolgo, Zalerigu, Dagliga, Nangodi, and Arigu. Data collected using the questionnaire include gender, marital status, age, extension contact, access to credit, education, awareness of conservation methods, training, labor, farmer based organisation and household size.

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2017.03.555612

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