Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets?

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dc.creatorChamberlin, Jordan
dc.date2007
dc.date2024-11-21T09:50:12Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:50:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:33:12Z
dc.descriptionSmallholders in Ghana, as elsewhere, are widely considered to be the largest as well as the most vulnerable component of the rural sector. Ghana professes national development objectives of reducing rural poverty through the increased productivity and commercialization of smallholder agriculture.... This work uses household survey data, district-level production data and a variety of mapped infrastructural and biophysical data to characterize the production environments and characteristics of smallholder agriculture. This paper explores the relevance of geographically-differentiated characteristics. Several key issues are highlighted: the less prevalent use of inputs, lower commercialization, and lower welfare rates of producers with smaller landholdings.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160177
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/107605
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceChamberlin, Jordan. Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets? GSSP Working Paper. 6. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160177
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectrural poverty
dc.subjectcommercialization
dc.titleDefining smallholder agriculture in Ghana: Who are smallholders, what do they do and how are they linked with markets?
dc.typeWorking Paper

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