Agricultural mechanization in Africa: Insights from Ghana’s experience

Xinshen Diao, Jed Silver and Hiroyuki Takeshima

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Abstract: This brief explores recent developments in Ghana that lend insight into the drivers of mechanization and the appropriate role of government policy in supporting this transition.

Keywords: agricultural mechanization; intensification; innovation adoption; urbanization; agricultural policies; farm size; labour; smallholders; tractors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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