TY - JOUR
T1 - Young people and women as key drivers of agricultural transformation in Africa
T2 - transiting from rhetoric to action in Ghana
AU - Boon, Emmanuel Kwesi
AU - Egyir, Irene Susana
AU - Oppong-Boateng, Richard
AU - Karintseva, Oleksandra
AU - Dibkuu, Benedict Anganmwine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The prevalence of hunger, malnutrition and poverty in many African countries like Ghana is mainly due to low agricultural productivity and the sector’s inability to attract educated young people and women (YPW). Ghana has not been able to leverage her abundant land and water resources as well as her youthful population to transform her agricultural sector, promote food and nutrition security, and improve the livelihoods of the rural people, especially in the transition and northern savannah ecological zones. Agricultural transformation constitutes the core element of this paper’s conceptual framework. The findings of a comprehensive desk research informed the selection and conduct of field surveys in two local communities in two districts in the transition and northern savannah ecological zones of Ghana. The quantitative data were analysed using SPSS version 20 while the qualitative information was subjected to content analysis. The opportunities for transforming Ghana’s agriculture into a productive sector and a major employer of educated young people and women include smart agricultural practices, widening access to resources, markets and social amenities in rural communities.
AB - The prevalence of hunger, malnutrition and poverty in many African countries like Ghana is mainly due to low agricultural productivity and the sector’s inability to attract educated young people and women (YPW). Ghana has not been able to leverage her abundant land and water resources as well as her youthful population to transform her agricultural sector, promote food and nutrition security, and improve the livelihoods of the rural people, especially in the transition and northern savannah ecological zones. Agricultural transformation constitutes the core element of this paper’s conceptual framework. The findings of a comprehensive desk research informed the selection and conduct of field surveys in two local communities in two districts in the transition and northern savannah ecological zones of Ghana. The quantitative data were analysed using SPSS version 20 while the qualitative information was subjected to content analysis. The opportunities for transforming Ghana’s agriculture into a productive sector and a major employer of educated young people and women include smart agricultural practices, widening access to resources, markets and social amenities in rural communities.
KW - Ghana
KW - agricultural transformation
KW - agriculture
KW - food security
KW - rural communities
KW - unemployment
KW - women
KW - young people
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85140975845&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/ijgenvi.2022.126201
DO - 10.1504/ijgenvi.2022.126201
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85140975845
SN - 1466-6650
VL - 21
SP - 217
EP - 244
JO - International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
JF - International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
IS - 2-4
ER -