http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/375 2026-04-09T02:30:14Z 2026-04-09T02:30:14Z Alua, M. A. Agalga, J. Akamba, M. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4319 2025-01-30T15:31:50Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: THE JOURNEY SO FAR IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENROLMENT OF GIRLS AND PERFORMANCE IN GHANA: THE CASE OF KASSENA-NANKANA EAST MUNICIPALITY Authors: Alua, M. A.; Agalga, J.; Akamba, M. Abstract: Empowering the girl child has long been the goal of many countries especially countries hard hit by gender disparity in education. Ghana, just like other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, has implemented policies to help address gender disparity in education. This study sought to assess factors that limit female enrolment and performance despite policies and programmes put in place to solve gender disparity in education. Using a quantitative research approach, questionnaires were administered to 1,070 students and 170 teachers. Secondary data on enrolment and performance were also acquired from the Kassena-Nankana East Municipal office of the Ghana Education Service. The study revealed that though enrolment in senior high schools increased for both boys and girls from 2010/2011 to 2019/2020 academic years, girls still lagged behind boys in enrolment and performed inversely in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination. Poor parental control, peer pressure, teenage pregnancy, poverty, early marriage and betrothal, and gender roles, still have significant effects on female enrolment. Access to money for upkeep affects the concentration of girls in school while policies and programmes put in place to help address gender disparity, are riddled with limitations. The way forward is to ensure that policies meet their goals as well as encouraging girls to take education serious through initiatives such as rewarding brilliant students and enhancing mentorship in schools.

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z Kuuder, C.-J. W. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3774 2022-10-12T08:16:58Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: TOURISM AS A PATHWAY TO RURAL LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION: A STUDY OF MOGNORI ECOVILLAGE IN THE SAVANNAH REGION OF GHANA Authors: Kuuder, C.-J. W. Abstract: As a means of mitigating the effects of restrictions arising from the creation of the Mole National Park, a tourism intervention was introduced in Mognori, a village on one of the fringes of the famed park. This study assesses the Mognori Ecovillage Project especially in terms of its anticipated role in diversifying livelihoods. Qualitative research approaches were employed. Instruments such as In-depth Interview schedules were used to elicit information from household heads while focus group discussions (FGD) were used to elicit data from homestay operators and cultural dance troupes. Tourism was found to play an important diversification role in the sense that it provided both full-time and alternative means of income for some residents especially in the dry season. Tourism has become the "life wire" of some locales and the community needs to take steps to attract more tourists and provide a richer but engaging itinerary through improving cultural tourism resources such as the introduction of products like farm tourism and angling in the Mognori River. It is recommended that the homestay providers be trained in visitor reception skills including basic communication in Enghish language to enhance the experience of visitors.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Abdallah, S. Alhassan, H. Donkoh, S. A. Appiah-Adjei, C. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3624 2022-06-13T12:47:05Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: PARTICIPATION IN “PLANTING FOR FOOD AND JOBS” PROGRAMME AND COMMERCIALIZATION AMONG MAIZE FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN SAVELUGU MUNICIPALITY, GHANA Authors: Abdallah, S.; Alhassan, H.; Donkoh, S. A.; Appiah-Adjei, C. Abstract: Ghana’s “Planting for Food and Job” programme aims to improve farmers’ access to farm inputs. The idea is that through improved access to quality seed varieties, fertilisers and good agronomic practices, output would increase leading to an increased market surplus. This study sought to investigate whether engagement in ‘Planting for Food and Job’ (PFJ) programme influences farm households’ maize commercialization level in Savelugu Municipality, in the Northern Region of Ghana. To correct for selectivity bias, unobserved endogeneity and avoid the problems associated with weak instrumentation, the conditional mixed process (CMP) method was used. The results revealed that participation in the PFJ programme and maize yield positively influenced maize commercialization. However, commercialisation was negatively influenced by gender of the farm household's head, household size and membership of community based organisations (CBOs). Participation in the PFJ programme itself was enhanced by education, marital status, increased farm size, farm ownership, membership of farmer-based organization (FBOs) and non-farm engagement. Government and all relevant stakeholders should step up efforts at promoting the PFJ programme and maize commercialisation through access to formal education, farmland and other productivity enhancing inputs and services.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Donkoh, S. A. Azumah, S. B. Awuni, J. A. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3623 2022-06-13T12:35:22Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: ADOPTION OF IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AMONG RICE FARMERS IN GHANA: A MULTIVARIATE PROBIT APPROACH Authors: Donkoh, S. A.; Azumah, S. B.; Awuni, J. A. Abstract: The need for practising modern techniques in rice production has become increasingly important in Ghana as the per capita cultivable land continues to shrink. This study employed a multivariate probit model to estimate the determinants of adoption of improved agricultural technologies using household data collected from 543 rice farmers in the Upper East and Northern region of Ghana. There was complementarity among all the improved rice production technologies (i.e. nursery establishment, harrowing, line planting, spacing, urea briquette, irrigation, and bunding). Among the socio-economic variables, education, household size, experience, farm size, sex, and age of the farmer play significant roles, with differing signs across technologies. Among the institutional factors, membership of farmer-based organisation, access to research service, training and credit were significant with differing signs across the improved technologies. Location also had significant and differing influence on adoption. Also, demonstration, TV, radio, video, mobile phones, and household extension methods had significant and differing influence on the adoption of improved technologies, providing significant justification for the review of the agricultural extension methods and approaches of Ghana to include new ICT and mass media approaches. To improve the output of rice, farmers are advised to jointly adopt the identified improved rice production technologies.

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