Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Insights from a recent field study

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierXinshen Diao: 0000-0003-4843-1670
cg.creator.identifierPeixun Fang: 0000-0001-8543-8244
cg.creator.identifierHiroyuki Takeshima: 0000-0002-1761-408X
cg.creator.identifierJohn Agandin: 0000-0002-8183-4095
cg.creator.identifierDoreen Kufoalor: 0000-0001-6356-4039
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Director General's Office
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number1729en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorDiao, Xinshenen
dc.contributor.authorAgandin, Johnen
dc.contributor.authorFang, Peixunen
dc.contributor.authorJustice, Scott E.en
dc.contributor.authorKufoalor, Doreen S.en
dc.contributor.authorTakeshima, Hiroyukien
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:12:49Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:12:49Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147275
dc.titleAgricultural mechanization in Ghana: Insights from a recent field studyen
dcterms.abstractGhana is one of a few African countries where agricultural mechanization has recently undergone rapid development. Except for places in the forest zone where stumps are still an issue in fields, tractors used for plowing and maize shelling have been widely adopted even among small farmers. Medium- and large-scale farmers who own tractors provide the majority of mechanization services. Recognizing this fundamental fact is important for designing any effective mechanization policy, which should aim at the entire service market instead of targeting a selected group of service providers as beneficiaries. Tractor owners and operators are often discouraged from traveling long distances to plow only a few acres for individual small farmers, which becomes a considerable barrier for smallholders to access tractor services on time. This requires the government consider mechanisms to improve coordination among small farmers and to encourage Farmer Based Organizations (FBOs) to facilitate such coordination. The use of harrowing or second-plowing has been shown as a productivity-enhancing farming practice but it is currently under-demanded by farmers. A pilot program to address the coordination failures and to nudge small farmers to adopt harrowing services together can be considered.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDiao, Xinshen; Agandin, John; Fang, Peixun; Justice, Scott E.; Kufoalor, Doreen S.; and Takeshima, Hiroyuki. 2018. Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Insights from a recent field study. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1729. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147275en
dcterms.extent36 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2018-06-07
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/132709en
dcterms.subjectharrowingen
dcterms.subjecttractorsen
dcterms.subjectmarket disruptionen
dcterms.subjectagricultural mechanizationen
dcterms.subjectagricultural developmenten
dcterms.subjectmechanizationen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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