Impact of agricultural policy intervention on yield and profitability of maize farmers: The case of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in Ghana
AbstractThere have been rising concerns about the implementation and effective monitoring of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in Ghana. This paper examines farmers’ perceptions and impact of the PFJ programme on yield and profitability of maize in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Using dat...
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| description | AbstractThere have been rising concerns about the implementation and effective monitoring of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in Ghana. This paper examines farmers’ perceptions and impact of the PFJ programme on yield and profitability of maize in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Using data from 400 maize producers, we employ perception indices, endogenous regression, propensity score matching and inverse probability weighted regression adjustment approach to evaluate farmers’ perceptions about the programme and investigate the determinants of farmers’ participation in the PFJ programme and its impact on maize yield and profitability. Our results showed that farmers have a positive perception about the PFJ programme. Furthermore, the key factors influencing participation in PFJ are years of formal education, political affiliation, farm size, experience in maize farming, marital status, offfarm income, credit access, political affiliation and distance from farmer location to district capital. In addition, the results show that the PFJ programme has a significant positive impact on maize yield and profitability. For effective participation, the interventions should target educated farmers with large farm sizes- and living farther from the district capital. There is the need for periodic sensitization and education of farmers to encourage participation in the PFJ programme for improved yield and profitability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ee95b7b8d8a4f7f918d53b88e2890022023-12-01T08:31:55ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Food & Agriculture2331-19322023-12-019110.1080/23311932.2023.2249928Impact of agricultural policy intervention on yield and profitability of maize farmers: The case of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in GhanaStephen Prah0Bright O. Asante1Robert Aidoo2James O. Mensah3Fred Nimoh4Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaAbstractThere have been rising concerns about the implementation and effective monitoring of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in Ghana. This paper examines farmers’ perceptions and impact of the PFJ programme on yield and profitability of maize in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Using data from 400 maize producers, we employ perception indices, endogenous regression, propensity score matching and inverse probability weighted regression adjustment approach to evaluate farmers’ perceptions about the programme and investigate the determinants of farmers’ participation in the PFJ programme and its impact on maize yield and profitability. Our results showed that farmers have a positive perception about the PFJ programme. Furthermore, the key factors influencing participation in PFJ are years of formal education, political affiliation, farm size, experience in maize farming, marital status, offfarm income, credit access, political affiliation and distance from farmer location to district capital. In addition, the results show that the PFJ programme has a significant positive impact on maize yield and profitability. For effective participation, the interventions should target educated farmers with large farm sizes- and living farther from the district capital. There is the need for periodic sensitization and education of farmers to encourage participation in the PFJ programme for improved yield and profitability.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311932.2023.2249928maizeyieldprofitabilitypropensity score matchingagricultureparticipation |
| spellingShingle | Stephen Prah Bright O. Asante Robert Aidoo James O. Mensah Fred Nimoh Impact of agricultural policy intervention on yield and profitability of maize farmers: The case of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in Ghana Cogent Food & Agriculture maize yield profitability propensity score matching agriculture participation |
| title | Impact of agricultural policy intervention on yield and profitability of maize farmers: The case of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in Ghana |
| title_full | Impact of agricultural policy intervention on yield and profitability of maize farmers: The case of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Impact of agricultural policy intervention on yield and profitability of maize farmers: The case of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of agricultural policy intervention on yield and profitability of maize farmers: The case of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in Ghana |
| title_short | Impact of agricultural policy intervention on yield and profitability of maize farmers: The case of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in Ghana |
| title_sort | impact of agricultural policy intervention on yield and profitability of maize farmers the case of planting for food and jobs pfj programme in ghana |
| topic | maize yield profitability propensity score matching agriculture participation |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311932.2023.2249928 |
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