A spatial analysis of land use and cover change and agricultural performance: Evidence from northern Ghana

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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.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierBeliyou Haile: 0000-0003-4949-6740
cg.creator.identifierCarlo Azzarri: 0000-0002-0345-1304
cg.creator.identifierZhe Guo: 0000-0002-5999-4009
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x18000323en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - HarvestChoice
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Africa Rising
cg.identifier.publicationRankB
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1355-770Xen
cg.issue1en
cg.journalEnvironment and Development Economicsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume24en
dc.contributor.authorHaile, Beliyouen
dc.contributor.authorSignorelli, Saraen
dc.contributor.authorAzzarri, Carloen
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Zheen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:08:37Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:08:37Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146754
dc.titleA spatial analysis of land use and cover change and agricultural performance: Evidence from northern Ghanaen
dcterms.abstractUsing remotely sensed land-cover data in 1994 and 2014, and cross-sectional survey data in 2014, this study examines the association between land use and cover change and agricultural productivity in northern Ghana. We document a significant expansion of crop land and settlements (productive use) at the expense of natural vegetation cover. Land areas converted from natural cover to productive use have higher maize yield (0.17 tons per hectare) and harvest value (1,021 Ghanaian Cedi) compared with those converted from bare soil to productive cover. Moreover, areas that were covered by shrubs or savannah in 1994 were more productive in 2014 relative to bare soils in 1994. Although our data do not allow us to establish causality, the evidence suggests the importance of past land-cover conditions in affecting current agricultural performance, especially in resource-stricken settings where conservation and restoration practices are not as common.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHaile, Beliyou; Signorelli, Sara; Azzarri, Carlo; and Guo, Zhe. 2019. A spatial analysis of land use and cover change and agricultural performance: Evidence from northern Ghana. Environment and Development Economics 24(1): 67-86. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X18000323en
dcterms.extent67-86en
dcterms.issued2019-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbab054en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6420en
dcterms.subjectland managementen
dcterms.subjectspatial dataen
dcterms.subjectgeographical information systemsen
dcterms.subjectland-use mappingen
dcterms.subjectspectral analysisen
dcterms.subjectspatial distributionen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectland useen
dcterms.subjectproductivityen
dcterms.subjectagricultural productivityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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