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61: Fertilizer quality assessment: Perception versus testing in selected Ghanaian districts

Seth Asante, Andrew Simons, Kwaw S. Andam, Felicia Ansah Amprofi, Ernest Osei-Assibey and Adisatu Iddrisu

60: Farm input subsidies and commodity market trends in Ghana: An analysis of market prices during 2012–2020

Sena Amewu, Eunice Arhin and Karl Pauw

59: Changes in household income, food consumption, and diet quality in urban and rural areas of Ghana during the COVID-19 crisis: Results of 2020 phone surveys

Catherine Ragasa, Sena Amewu and Seth Asante

58: Agricultural input markets in Ghana: A descriptive assessment of input dealers in eight districts

Seth Asante, Kwaw S. Andam, Andrew Simons, Felicia Ansah Amprofi, Ernest Osei-Assibey, Adisatu Iddrisu and Samuel Blohowiak

57: Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data

Felix Ankomah Asante and Simon Bawakyillenuo

56: Mapping the implementation process for subsidized fertilizer distribution under Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs Program

Noora-Lisa Aberman, Doreen S. Kufoalor and Rachel Gilbert

55: Production and marketing of chili in the Brong-Ahafo area of Ghana

Marcella Vigneri, Shashidhara Kolavalli, John Agandin and Qondi Moyo

54: Immediate impacts of COVID-19 on the aquaculture value chain in Ghana

Catherine Ragasa, Sena Amewu and Seth Asante

53: A review of the Ghana Planting for Food and Jobs program: 2017-2020: Implementation, impact, and further analysis

Karl Pauw

52: The economic costs of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from a simulation exercise for Ghana

Sena Amewu, Seth B. Asante, Karl Pauw and James Thurlow

51: Value chain development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions

Shashi Kolavalli, John Agandin, Aaron Ampofo, Francis Kemeze and Sena Amewu

50: Measures and Determinants of Urban Food Security: Evidence from Accra, Ghana

Cascade Tuholske, Kwaw S. Andam, Jordan Blekking, Tom Evans and Kelly Caylor

49: A blue revolution in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Ghana’s tilapia value chain

Catherine Ragasa, Kwaw S. Andam, Doreen S. Kufoalor and Sena Amewu

48: Assessing quality attributes that drive preference and consumption of local rice in Ghana

Selorm Ayeduvor

47: Competitiveness of the Ghanaian vegetable sector: Findings from a farmer survey

Joanna Van Asselt, Ian Masias and Shashi Kolavalli

46: Identifying priority value chains in Ghana

Faaiqa Hartley and Channing Arndt

45: Performance and adoption factors for open pollinated and hybrid maize varieties: Evidence from farmers’ fields in northern Ghana

Joanna Van Asselt, Federica DI Battista, Shashi Kolavalli, Christopher Udry and Nate Baker

44: Agronomic performance of open pollinated and hybrid maize varieties: Results from on-farm trials in northern Ghana

Joanna Van Asselt, Federica DI Battista, Shashi Kolavalli and Christopher Udry

43: Development of agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Network, actors, and institutions: A case study of Ejura-Sekyedumase district

Frances Cossar, Nazaire Houssou and Collins Asante-Addo

42: Flood recession agriculture for food security in Northern Ghana: Literature review on extent, challenges, and opportunities

Yoro Sidibe, Timothy O. Williams and Shashi Kolavalli

41: Is Ghana making progress in agro-processing? Evidence from an inventory of processed food products in retail shops in Accra

Kwaw Andam, Ramatu M. Al-Hassan, Seth Boamah Asante and Xinshen Diao

40: Hybrid maize seed supply in Ghana

Robert Tripp and Catherine Ragasa

39: Big tractors, but small farms: Tractor hiring services as a farmer-owner’s response to an under-developed agricultural machinery market

Nazaire Houssou, Collins Asante-Addo, Xinshen Diao and Shashi Kolavalli

38: Ghana Agriculture Production Survey (GAPS): 2011/2012 minor season Survey: Report on data quality and key indicators

Isaac Osei-Akoto, Godwin Horlu, Adwinmea Bonsu and Wilson Appiah-Kubi

37: Decentralizing agricultural public expenditures: Findings from a scoping study at the onset of a new stage in Ghana’s decentralization reform

Tewodaj Mogues and Kwaku Omusu-Baah

36: Patterns of adoption of improved maize technologies in Ghana

Catherine Ragasa, Awere Dankyi, Patricia Acheampong, Alexander Wiredu, Antony Chapoto, Marian Asamoah and Robert Tripp

35: Patterns of adoption of improved rice technologies in Ghana

Catherine Ragasa, Awere Dankyi, Patricia Acheampong, Alexander Wiredu, Antony Chapoto, Marian Asamoah and Robert Tripp

34: Animal traction in Ghana

Nazaire Houssou, Shashi Kolavalli, Emmanuel Bobobee and Victor Owusu

33: Aflatoxin control strategies in the groundnut value chain in Ghana

Wojciech J. Florkowski and Shashi Kolavalli

32: Ghana's commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency?

Robert Tripp and Akwesi Mensah-Bonsu

31: Farmer based organizations in Ghana

Adam Salifu, Rebecca Lee Funk, Meagan Keefe and Shashi Kolavalli

30: Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model?

Nazaire Houssou, Xinshen Diao, Frances Cossar, Shashi Kolavalli, Kipo Jimah and Patrick Ohene Aboagye

29: Agricultural research in Ghana: An IFPRI-STEPRI report

Teunis van Rheenen, Nelson Obirth-Opareh, George Owusu Essegbey, Shashi Kolavalli, Jenna Ferguson, Paul Boadu, Fuseni Masahudu and Catherine Chiang

28: Analyzing profitability of maize, rice, and soybean production in Ghana: Results of PAM and DEA analysis

Kamiljon Akramov and Mehrab Malek

27: Irrigation development in Ghana: Past experiences, emerging opportunities, and future directions

Regassa E. Namara, Leah Horowitz, Ben Nyamadi and Boubacar Barry

26: A long-term census and survey program for Ghana

Muñoz, Juan

25: A strategy for agricultural Statistics in Ghana

Quiñones, Esteban J., Muñoz, Juan and Guyslain Ngeleza

24: Assessing crop production and input use patterns in Ghana: What can we learn from the Ghana living standards survey

Quiñones, Esteban J. and Xinshen Diao

23: Tomato in Ghana: Summary of stakeholder dialogue

Elizabeth Robinson and Shashi Kolavalli

22: The case of tomato in Ghana: Institutional support

Elizabeth Robinson and Shashi Kolavalli

21: The case of tomato in Ghana: Processing

Elizabeth Robinson and Shashi Kolavalli

20: The case of tomato in Ghana: Marketing

Elizabeth Robinson and Shashi Kolavalli

19: The case of tomato in Ghana: Productivity

Elizabeth Robinson and Shashi Kolavalli

18: Operational details of the 2008 fertilizer subsidy in Ghana: Preliminary report

Afua Branoah Banful

17: Public expenditure and institutional review: Ghana’s ministry of food and agriculture

Shashi Kolavalli, Regina Birner, Samuel Benin, Leah Horowitz, Kwadwo Asenso-okyere, Nii Moi Thompson, John Poku and Suresh Chandra Babu

16: Decentralization and local public services in Ghana: Do geography and ethnic diversity matter?

Kamiljon Akramov and Felix Ankomah Asante

15: Local impacts of a global crisis: Food price transmission and poverty impacts in Ghana

Godsway Cudjoe, Clemens Breisinger and Xinshen Diao

14: What does liberalization without price competition achieve?: The case of cocoa in Ghana

Marcella Vigneri and Paulo Santos

13: Does warehouse receipt financing benefit Ghanaian smallholders?

Francis H. Kemeze, Shashi L. Kolavalli, Mario Miranda and Francis Mulangu

13: Drivers of change in Ghana's cocoa sector

Marcella Vigneri

12: Identifying opportunities in Ghana’s agriculture: Results from a policy analysis matrix

Alex Winter-Nelson and Emmanuel Aggrey-Fynn

12: A spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in Ghana

Xinshen Diao and Jed Silver

11: The role of cocoa in Ghana's future development: Do geography and ethnic diversity matter?

Clemens Breisinger, Xinshen Diao, Shashidhara Kolavalli and James Thurlow

11: Food processing in Ghana: Trends, constraints, and opportunities

Kwaw Andam and Jed Silver

10: Linking research and policy: The case of Ghana's rice trade policy

Aaron deGrassi

10: Agricultural intensification, technology adoption, and institutions in Ghana

Nazaire Houssou, Shashidhara Kolavalli and Jed Silver

9: Does training strengthen capacity?: Lessons from capacity development in Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Suresh Chandra Babu, Raymond Mensah and Shashidhara Kolavalli

9: Meeting Ghanaian farmers' demand for a full range of mechanization services

Patrick Ohene Aboagye, Nazaire Houssou and Shashidhara Kolavalli

8: Public spending at the district level in Ghana

Isaac Osei-Akoto, Robert Osei, William Quarmine and George Adayi-Nwoza Adiah

8: Synopsis, Is there fiscal space for CAADP in Ghana?

Stephen D. Younger

7: Accelerated growth and structural transformation: Assessing Ghana’s options to reach middle-income status

Clemens Breisinger, Xinshen Diao, James Thurlow, Bingxin Yu and Shashi Kolavalli

6; 36: Agricultural mechanization and south-south knowledge exchange: What can Ghanaian and Nigerian policymakers learn from Bangladesh’s experience?

Patrick Ohene Aboagye, Abdullahi Garba Abubakar, Abdulai Iddrisu Adama, Akeem Lawal, Aliyu Abdullahi Musa and Hiroyuki Takeshima

6: Substituting for rice imports in Ghana

Antony Chapoto, Shashi Kolavalli, Catherine Ragasa and Hiroyuki Takeshima

6: Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets?

Jordan Chamberlin

5: Maize Productivity in Ghana

Antony Chapoto, Shashi Kolavalli and Catherine Ragasa

5: Reaching middle-income status in Ghana by 2015: What are the constraints and opportunities for raising agriculture productivity?

Samuel Benin and Josee Randriamamonjy

4: Public spending in Ghana: An assessment of national level data (1995 – 2005)

Robert Osei, Isaac Osei-Akoto, William Quarmine and George Adayi-Nwoza Adiah

4: Can the private sector lead agricultural mechanization in Ghana?

Xinshen Diao, Nazaire Houssou and Shashi Kolavalli

3: Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana: An economywide, multimarket model assessment

Xinshen Diao and Daniel Bruce Sarpong

2: Regional disparities in Ghana: Policy options and public investment implications

Ramatu M. Al-Hassan and Xinshen Diao

1: Linking smallholders to markets

Ramatu M. Al-Hassan, Daniel Bruce Sarpong, Akwasi Mensah-Bonsu and Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana, Legon