Rural non-farm engagement and agriculture commercialization in Ghana

IF 2.4 Q2 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies Pub Date : 2023-02-28 DOI:10.1108/jadee-12-2021-0332
P. Nkegbe, A. Araar, B. Abu, Yazidu Ustarz, H. Alhassan, E. Setsoafia, S. Abdul-Wahab
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PurposeGhana's economy is largely agrarian, and the business of agriculture is dominated by smallholder farmers who are predominantly rural dwellers. As a result, efforts to lift rural farming households from poverty have been narrowed to the promotion of agricultural development to the neglect of the rural non-farm sector. However, this is fast changing in the advent of a burgeoning rural nonfarm economy and must engage the attention of policy actors. This study thus assesses the effect of non-farm participation on households' level of commercialization of agricultural crops in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachThe study applies a generalized structural equation model (GSEM) to the Ghana Living Standards Survey round 6 dataset, a stratified and nationally representative random sample of 16,772 households in 1,200 enumeration areas.FindingsThis study finds that non-farm participation increases the produce sold to output ratio. It is concluded that non-farm engagement by farmers boosts commercialization in Ghana. Thus, for the Ghanaian and similar contexts, agricultural development interventions that incorporate non-farm activities are more likely to be successful in improving livelihoods.Research limitations/implicationsThe study uses only the ratio of sales value to output value definition for commercialization and acknowledges use of multiple definitions could be superior.Originality/valueVarious empirical studies have examined the link between the farm and nonfarm sectors. This paper is original in its approach as it tackles an aspect of the subject that has been understudied, namely, an exploration of nonfarm and farm linkages from the perspective of agricultural commercialization.
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies publishes double-blind peer-reviewed research on issues relevant to agriculture and food value chain in emerging economies in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The journal welcomes original research, particularly empirical/applied, quantitative and qualitative work on topics pertaining to policies, processes, and practices in the agribusiness arena in emerging economies to inform researchers, practitioners and policy makers
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