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Crop Commercialization and Nutrient Intake Among Farming Households in Uganda
(2022-06) Kilimani, Nicholas; Buyinza, Faisal; Guloba, Madina
Agricultural commercialization is seen as a pathway towards rural economic transformation as it is expected to enhance a wide array of household welfare indicators. This study examines the channels through which household nutrient intake is influenced in the process of crop commercialization. This was investigated using LSMS-ISA survey data for Uganda using the control function econometric approach. The results show that commercialization affects nutrient intake via crop income. Another crucial finding was that while rural-based households registered higher nutritional gains from crop commercialization, they were less commercialized on average. The role of markets as a key factor in the agricultural commercialization process was confirmed; households that had access to produce markets are more commercialized and have better nutrient intake. While male-headed households were found to practice more commercialization, their households have less nutrient intake compared to their female-headed counterparts. This finding is in line with the literature and casts a shadow on the nutritional benefits of agricultural commercialization given that the majority of households in Uganda are male headed. The findings point to two important implications. First, interventions geared towards agricultural commercialization are beneficial to household nutrition via income generation. T
Export Efficiency and Diversification in Ghana
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-05) Obeng, Camara K.
Ghana needs to expand its export base in order to generate sufficient foreign exchange earnings for economic transformation. There is, therefore, a need to examine the efficiency of the existing export basket and explore new products to add to it. This study employs the stochastic frontier gravity model to investigate the efficiency of bilateral exports of Ghana using a panel of 44 export destination countries for the period 2000 to 2018. In addition, a product space analysis is carried out to ascertain which other products Ghana has to diversify into in order to engender the transformation required for the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal 8. As a third objective, the study investigates the extent to which Ghana can leverage the African continental free trade area for its diversification agenda. The study finds that Ghana’s bilateral export trade is inefficient, implying huge potential exists. It further reveals that Ghana’s economic complexity is low, leading to the production and export of primary commodities. Moreover, the African continental free trade area offers an opportunity for Ghana to crystalise its export diversification drive. It is recommended that Ghana takes advantage of its membership of trade blocs to negotiate access to foreign markets, improve on logistics, enhance macroeconomic stability, step up vocational and technical education, and increase investment in land and reliable, cheap electricity in order to grow its exports.
Crop Commercialization and Nutrient intake among Farming Households in Uganda
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2021-08) Kilimani, Nicholas; Buyinza, Faisal; Guloba, Madina
Agricultural commercialization is seen as a pathway towards rural economic transformation as it is expected to enhance a wide array of household welfare indicators. This study examines the channels through which household nutrient intake is influenced in the process of crop commercialization. This was investigated using LSMS-ISA survey data for Uganda using the control function econometric approach. The results show that commercialization affects nutrient intake via crop income. Another crucial finding was that while rural-based households registered higher nutritional gains from crop commercialization,
Export Efficiency and Diversification in Ghana
(2021-03) Obeng, Camara K.
Ghana needs to expand its export base to generate sufficient foreign exchange earnings for economic transformation. There is, therefore, a need to examine the efficiency of the existing export basket and explore new products to add to it. This study employs the stochastic frontier gravity model to investigate the efficiency of bilateral exports of Ghana using a panel of 44 export destination countries for the period 2000 to 2018. In addition, a product space analysis is carried out to ascertain which other products Ghana must diversify into in order to engender the transformation required for the attainment of Sustainable
Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Child Nutritional Outcomes in Rural Burkina Faso
(2021-08) Nikiema, P. Rita; Kponou, M. Kenneth C.
Across developing countries, women play an important role both as producers of major food crops and in improving household nutrition. This research paper aims to assess the effect of improving women’s empowerment on the nutritional status of children in rural Burkina Faso. Based on data from the 2014 Multisectoral Continuous Survey (EMC), the paper uses variables such as income control, access to land, autonomy in production decisions, access to credit and social group membership to compute a composite index of women’s empowerment. Accounting for potential endogeneity of empowerment, the

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