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Promoting participatory technology development approach in integrated crop protection among tomato farmers in Anyima in the Kintampo district of Brong Ahafo region, Ghana

Okorley, E. L.; Zinnah, M. M.; Bampoe, E. A. (University of Cape Coast, 2002)

The Ghanaian public and government have come to realise that the use of chemical pesticides by vegetable farmers to control pests and diseases in the country is increasing and if agricultural production is to be sustainable ...
Procurement reform in the Ghana health sector

Verhage, Rob; de Gronden, Johan van; Awanyo, Kofi; Boateng, Samuel (University of Cape Coast, 2002)

In most countries procurement is undervalued compared to the attention paid to other key areas of Public Sector Reforms. Ghana represents a case in point. Under the health reforms in Ghana, the Ministry of Health and ...
Procurement reform in the Ghana health sector

Verhage, Rob; de Gronden, Johan van; Awanyo, Kofi; Boateng, Samuel (University of Cape Coast, 2002)

In most countries procurement is undervalued compared to the attention paid to other key areas of Public Sector Reforms. Ghana represents a case in point. Under the health reforms in Ghana, the Ministry of Health and ...
Analysis of the partnership between the university of cape coast, ministry of food and agriculture, and gtz in an integrated crop protection project in Brong Ahafo region of Ghana

Annor-Frempong, Festus; Zinnah, Moses M.; Akuamoah-Boateng, Samuel (University of Cape Coast, 2002)

This paper presents a study that analysed the partnership between the University of Cape Coast, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) in the Integrated Crop Protection (ICP) Project in ...
Rethinking agricultural education for sustainable development in Ghana

Kwarteng, Joseph A.; Owens, Michelle; Okorley, Ernest L. (University of Cape Coast, 2002)
Teaching of agricultural science at the basic education level in developing countries: a case study of the nature and constraints at Cape Coast district of Ghana

Annor-Frempong, Festus; Zinnah, Moses; Adam, Ibrahim (University of Cape Coast, 2003)

Agricultural education is vital for economic development of most developing countries including Ghana. The central aim of the agricultural education at the basic level is to train students in the basic principles of ...
Farmers’ attitudes and problems associated with the adoption of cape saint Paul resistant coconut hybrid in the western region of Ghana

Okorley, E. L.; Haizel, E. (University of Cape Coast, 2004)

The Coconut (Cocos nucifera) is a very important economic crop in Ghana. But its production is currently running down due to the Lethal Yellowing-type disease commonly known as Cape St. Paul Wilt Disease (CSPWD). To avert ...
Technological changes in shea butter production in Ghana:A case study of shea butter production in the Yendi District of the Northern Region of Ghana

Okorley, E. L.; Forfoe, F. K.; Nashiru, S. (University of Cape Coast, 2004)

This study investigated technological changes in shea butter production in the Yendi District of Ghana and how processing could further be improved. A qualitative research and analysis of six communities and 36 shea butter ...
Deviance information criterion for comparing stochastic volatility models

Berg, Andreas; Meyer, Renate; Yu, Jun (University of Cape Coast, 2004-01)

Bayesian methods have been ef cient in estimating parameters of stochastic volatility models for analyzing nancial time series. Recent advances made it possible to t stochastic volatility models of increasing complexity, ...
Pesticide and pathogen contamination of vegetables in Ghana’s urban markets

Amoah, P.; Drechsel, P.; Abaidoo, R. C.; Ntow, W. J. (University of Cape Coast, 2006)

The objective of the study was to determine and compare the current level of exposure of the Ghanaian urban population to hazardous pesticide and fecal coliform contamination through the consumption of fresh vegetables ...
Determinants of propensity of tertiary agricultural students in Ghana to enter agribusiness as a self-employment venture

Okorley, E. L.; Kwarteng, J.A.; Owens, M. (University of Cape Coast, 2006)

The study aimed to identify factors that affect the decision of tertiary agricultural students in Ghana to enter agribusiness as a self-employment venture after graduation. The results showed that tertiary agricultural ...
Effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination therapy used in the context of home management of malaria: A report from three study sites in sub-Saharan Africa

O Ajayi, Ikeoluwapo; Browne, Edmund N; Bateganya, Fred; Yar, Denis; Happi, Christian; Falade, Catherine O; Gbotosho, Grace O; Yusuf, Bidemi; Boateng, Samuel; Mugittu, Kefas; Cousens, Simon; Nanyunja, Miriam; Pagnoni, Franco (University of Cape Coast, 2008-09-27)

Background: The use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) at the community level has been advocated as a means to increase access to effective antimalarial medicines by high risk groups living in underserved ...
Key factors of success for decentralized public agricultural extension: an expanded view from a Ghanaian case study

Okorley, Ernest L.; Gray, David; Reid, Janet (University of Cape Coast, 2009)

The research was based on a single-case study of a district agricultural extension organization that operates under a decentralization system that was judged by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana as successful. ...
Ghana’s right to information bill: opportunity for SDI as a technical infrastructure

Yawson, David Oscar; Armah, Frederick Ato; Dadzie, Samuel Kwesi Ndzeba (University of Cape Coast, 2010)

Information is an important resource in the 21st century knowledge-based society. Access to public sector information is being viewed as an important path to strengthening democracy, good governance, public service and ...
Towards a cross-sector pluralistic agricultural extension system in a decentralized policy context: a Ghanaian case study

Okorley, Ernest L.; Gray, David; Reid, Janet (University of Cape Coast, 2010)

The dwindling government funding of agricultural extension in developing countries and the call on extension organizations to support farm households’ livelihood security initiatives, has made the practice of pluralistic ...
Comparison of akaike information criterion (aic) and bayesian information criterion (bic) in selection of an asymmetric price relationship

Acquah, Henry De-Graft (University of Cape Coast, 2010)

Information criteria provide an attractive basis for model selection. However, little is understood about their relative performance in asymmetric price transmission modelling framework. To explore this issue, this ...
Gender difference and farm level efficiency: metafrontier production function approach

Dadzie, Samuel K. N.; Dasmani, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2010-11-29)

Gender mainstreaming has, for some time now, been identified as a paramount issue in development of resource-poor societies, and particularly, the women whose access to productive resources is limited due to tradition, ...
Logit analysis of socio-economic factors influencing people to become fishermen in the central region of Ghana

Acquah, Henry D.; Abunyuwah, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

This study analyzes the socio-economic factors that influence people’s decision to become fishermen in the central region of Ghana. Using a well structured interview schedule, a random sample of 98 people from Elmina ...
Outreach and sustainability of inventory credit programme in Ghana

Onumah, Edward Ebo; Acquah, Henry De-Graft (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

The study examined the outreach and sustainability of the inventory credit programme (ICP) in Ghana using both qualitative and quantitative data between 1996 and 2003. The findings revealed that the outreach of the ICP ...
Farmers perception and adaptation to climate change: a willingness to pay analysis

Acquah, Henry De-Graft (University of Cape Coast, 2011)

Climate change and weather patterns are already being experienced as is evident in severe negative impacts on food production, food security and natural resources all over the globe. Farmer adaption to climate change is ...

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