Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1088198 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere |
| NOMBRES | Ebenezer |
| APELLIDO | Owusu-Sekyere |
| FIRMA | OWUSU-SEKYERE E |
| AFILIACIONES | University for Development Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4993-5064 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Heterogeneity in quantity, scope and target connection in food sector firms’ reporting of sustainability indicators – examples from Sweden
Purpose Monitoring sustainability in the food system is vital, yet the firms operating between production and consumption in the value chain are often overlooked; they constitute a “missing middle”. We investigate sustainability indicator quantity, scope and target connection among food sector firms and assess how these are influenced by firm characteristics, including size, sector and multinational affiliation. Design/methodology/approach We con…
Factors influencing smartphone usage of rural farmers: Empirical analysis of five selected provinces in China
The increasing usage of smartphones by practitioners in various fields of expertise is attracting global attention. However, scanty evidence exists on smartphone usage among rural farmers in developing countries. Using data collected from 1286 rural farming households in five provinces in China, this study investigates the factors influencing rural farmers’ decisions to use smartphones. The findings from a Probit model reveal that education, heal…
Beyond the ‘hustling’: The everyday discourse of hope of informal traders in a Ghanaian city
Conventional literature on urban studies have often framed informality within the concept of ‘hustle’ at multiple sites in the city. Such studies usually examine the uncertainties and struggles of informal traders in the realms of city management. This article moves away from the over flocked issues of abuse and suppression to explore the practices of informal traders that produce hope to reflect and recast the uncertainties associated with urban…
From the Garden City of West Africa to a landscape of urban crises
This article examines the mutation of Kumasi from the ‘Garden City’ of West Africa to a landscape of urban crises. Although it focuses on contemporary issues, it also instigates into the discourse, historical perspectives to reveal the factors responsible for the urban crises using data from multiple sources. The results show dual city governance structure resulting from the socio-political power relations between the traditional set-up and the S…
Economic impact of investment in animal welfare–enhancing flooring solutions – Implications for promoting sustainable dairy production in Sweden
Purpose The purpose of this paper was to assess the economic impact of investment in different animal welfare–enhancing flooring solutions in Swedish dairy farming. Design/methodology/approach The authors developed a bio-economic model and used stochastic partial budgeting approach to simulate the economic consequences of enhancing solid and slatted concrete floors with soft rubber covering. Findings The findings highlight that keeping herds on s…
Revisiting preferences for agricultural insurance policies: Insights from cashew crop insurance development in Ghana
The development and uptake of agricultural insurance products by farmers in developing countries has been universally and disappointingly low. This paper investigates farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay for a variety of agricultural insurance products, including indemnity insurance, index insurance, benchmark insurance, and hybrid (indemnity-index) insurance in the Bono and Bono East Regions of Ghana. We employed hybrid latent class and m…
The Societal Significance of Informal Economics during the Covid-19 Pandemic in an African City
The COVID-19 pandemic compelled many African countries to make decisions that limited livelihood choices. This article examines how informal traders (IT) in Kumasi, Ghana responded to the COVID-19. It explores the livelihood capacities, socioeconomic, sociocultural, and sociopolitical values of informal economics. Using data from multiple sources, the purchase and sale of personal protective equipment (PPE) emerged as the dominant livelihood acti…
Conflicting urban land uses at the fringes: Issues and experiences of peri-urban farmers in an urbanizing city in Ghana
Farming under irrigation management transfer scheme and its impact on yield and net returns in Ghana
This article analyses smallholder irrigation management transfer (IMT) scheme participation and its impacts on yield and net farm returns of rice farmers in northern Ghana. We apply the endogenous switching regression and control function approaches to account for both observed and unobserved policy-relevant drivers of farmers’ decision to participate in IMT and potential endogeneity. Our results show that farmers’ participation in the IMT scheme…
Impact of government support programmes on household welfare in the Limpopo province of South Africa
This study employed the compensation variation (CV) and propensity score matching (PSM) methods to analyse the impact of government support services and programmes on the welfare of households. The findings revealed that government support programmes, such as Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) support, social grants and government-subsidised houses, impact positively on the welfare of households in low- and middle-income classes in th…
From Patches of Villages to a Municipality: Time, Space, and Expansion of Wa, Ghana
Urban space renaissance of a developing country city
African Governments are envisioning their cities in the images of world-class cities elsewhere. This has led to relentless inner-city regeneration but with some challenges. This article examines these challenges and their implications for urban development in the Ghanaian context. Through multiple research techniques, Ghana’s inner-city regeneration revealed contradictions and distortions typified by contestations and dispossessions. The challeng…
Exposures to multiple biophysical stressors and response capacities of riparian communities in Ghana
Does women's empowerment through policy intervention reduce food insecurity in South Africa
This article determines the extent to which the food insecurity status of women in South Africa can be reduced by participating in gardening around the homestead, using survey data from 207 women farmers. A household food insecurity average score index and an empirical model that accounts for observed and unobserved factors contributing to food insecurity were employed. The findings reveal that participating in the programme worked to reduce the …
The Central Medical Store Fire Disaster: A Test for Institutional Compliance in Disaster Prevention in Ghana
Although Ghana has developed institutional frameworks and has enacted legislations which among other things seek to guarantee the cooperation and coordination of key stakeholders in disaster prevention, compliance is still a mirage. This has resulted in increased susceptibility of national assets to preventable disasters. This article discusses what might have caused the inferno that razed down one of West Africa’s largest medical storage facilit…
Economic Water Productivities Along the Dairy Value Chain in South Africa: Implications for Sustainable and Economically Efficient Water-use Policies in the Dairy Industry
Landfill externalities and property values dilemma – emerging insights from three Ghanaian cities
Though debates about the negative impact landfill exerts on land and property values are by no means historically new, research into the case of developing countries has only recently begun. This article attempts to synthesise existing literature on the subject through the analysis of three case studies to enhance our understanding, especially the contextual conditions surrounding the relationship. Applying this theoretical framework to the dispo…
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Formalizing Informal Solid Waste Management Practices in Ghana
The changing volume and content of municipal waste has overwhelmed the containment capacities of city authorities to remediate the problem. This elusive enterprise has sparked as much dissatisfaction with the mad rush for foreign-based models as with the new conceptual interventions. Many have questioned why a monumental challenge still lingers on in spite of the “much-acclaimed” potentials of the new interventions. Our article extends the debate…
Tug of war: Street trading and city governance in Kumasi, Ghana
Kumasi, Ghana, has witnessed accelerated population growth in the past two decades, leading to a significant increase in joblessness following years of economic decline and labour market liberalisation. As a survival strategy, residents have resorted to street trading, making it an important source of livelihood. However, its associated implications for urban governance and management has placed city authorities in the spotlight over the years. E…
Tug of war: Street trading and city governance in Kumasi, Ghana
Kumasi, Ghana, has witnessed accelerated population growth in the past two decades, leading to a significant increase in joblessness following years of economic decline and labour market liberalisation. As a survival strategy, residents have resorted to street trading, making it an important source of livelihood. However, its associated implications for urban governance and management has placed city authorities in the spotlight over the years. E…
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Formalizing Informal Solid Waste Management Practices in Ghana
The changing volume and content of municipal waste has overwhelmed the containment capacities of city authorities to remediate the problem. This elusive enterprise has sparked as much dissatisfaction with the mad rush for foreign-based models as with the new conceptual interventions. Many have questioned why a monumental challenge still lingers on in spite of the “much-acclaimed” potentials of the new interventions. Our article extends the debate…
Revisiting preferences for agricultural insurance policies: Insights from cashew crop insurance development in Ghana
The development and uptake of agricultural insurance products by farmers in developing countries has been universally and disappointingly low. This paper investigates farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay for a variety of agricultural insurance products, including indemnity insurance, index insurance, benchmark insurance, and hybrid (indemnity-index) insurance in the Bono and Bono East Regions of Ghana. We employed hybrid latent class and m…
The Societal Significance of Informal Economics during the Covid-19 Pandemic in an African City
The COVID-19 pandemic compelled many African countries to make decisions that limited livelihood choices. This article examines how informal traders (IT) in Kumasi, Ghana responded to the COVID-19. It explores the livelihood capacities, socioeconomic, sociocultural, and sociopolitical values of informal economics. Using data from multiple sources, the purchase and sale of personal protective equipment (PPE) emerged as the dominant livelihood acti…
Does women's empowerment through policy intervention reduce food insecurity in South Africa
This article determines the extent to which the food insecurity status of women in South Africa can be reduced by participating in gardening around the homestead, using survey data from 207 women farmers. A household food insecurity average score index and an empirical model that accounts for observed and unobserved factors contributing to food insecurity were employed. The findings reveal that participating in the programme worked to reduce the …
Tug of war: Street trading and city governance in Kumasi, Ghana
Kumasi, Ghana, has witnessed accelerated population growth in the past two decades, leading to a significant increase in joblessness following years of economic decline and labour market liberalisation. As a survival strategy, residents have resorted to street trading, making it an important source of livelihood. However, its associated implications for urban governance and management has placed city authorities in the spotlight over the years. E…
The Central Medical Store Fire Disaster: A Test for Institutional Compliance in Disaster Prevention in Ghana
Although Ghana has developed institutional frameworks and has enacted legislations which among other things seek to guarantee the cooperation and coordination of key stakeholders in disaster prevention, compliance is still a mirage. This has resulted in increased susceptibility of national assets to preventable disasters. This article discusses what might have caused the inferno that razed down one of West Africa’s largest medical storage facilit…
Economic Water Productivities Along the Dairy Value Chain in South Africa: Implications for Sustainable and Economically Efficient Water-use Policies in the Dairy Industry
Landfill externalities and property values dilemma – emerging insights from three Ghanaian cities
Though debates about the negative impact landfill exerts on land and property values are by no means historically new, research into the case of developing countries has only recently begun. This article attempts to synthesise existing literature on the subject through the analysis of three case studies to enhance our understanding, especially the contextual conditions surrounding the relationship. Applying this theoretical framework to the dispo…
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Formalizing Informal Solid Waste Management Practices in Ghana
The changing volume and content of municipal waste has overwhelmed the containment capacities of city authorities to remediate the problem. This elusive enterprise has sparked as much dissatisfaction with the mad rush for foreign-based models as with the new conceptual interventions. Many have questioned why a monumental challenge still lingers on in spite of the “much-acclaimed” potentials of the new interventions. Our article extends the debate…
From Patches of Villages to a Municipality: Time, Space, and Expansion of Wa, Ghana
Urban space renaissance of a developing country city
African Governments are envisioning their cities in the images of world-class cities elsewhere. This has led to relentless inner-city regeneration but with some challenges. This article examines these challenges and their implications for urban development in the Ghanaian context. Through multiple research techniques, Ghana’s inner-city regeneration revealed contradictions and distortions typified by contestations and dispossessions. The challeng…
Exposures to multiple biophysical stressors and response capacities of riparian communities in Ghana
Does women's empowerment through policy intervention reduce food insecurity in South Africa
This article determines the extent to which the food insecurity status of women in South Africa can be reduced by participating in gardening around the homestead, using survey data from 207 women farmers. A household food insecurity average score index and an empirical model that accounts for observed and unobserved factors contributing to food insecurity were employed. The findings reveal that participating in the programme worked to reduce the …
Impact of government support programmes on household welfare in the Limpopo province of South Africa
This study employed the compensation variation (CV) and propensity score matching (PSM) methods to analyse the impact of government support services and programmes on the welfare of households. The findings revealed that government support programmes, such as Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) support, social grants and government-subsidised houses, impact positively on the welfare of households in low- and middle-income classes in th…
Conflicting urban land uses at the fringes: Issues and experiences of peri-urban farmers in an urbanizing city in Ghana
Farming under irrigation management transfer scheme and its impact on yield and net returns in Ghana
This article analyses smallholder irrigation management transfer (IMT) scheme participation and its impacts on yield and net farm returns of rice farmers in northern Ghana. We apply the endogenous switching regression and control function approaches to account for both observed and unobserved policy-relevant drivers of farmers’ decision to participate in IMT and potential endogeneity. Our results show that farmers’ participation in the IMT scheme…
The Societal Significance of Informal Economics during the Covid-19 Pandemic in an African City
The COVID-19 pandemic compelled many African countries to make decisions that limited livelihood choices. This article examines how informal traders (IT) in Kumasi, Ghana responded to the COVID-19. It explores the livelihood capacities, socioeconomic, sociocultural, and sociopolitical values of informal economics. Using data from multiple sources, the purchase and sale of personal protective equipment (PPE) emerged as the dominant livelihood acti…
Economic impact of investment in animal welfare–enhancing flooring solutions – Implications for promoting sustainable dairy production in Sweden
Purpose The purpose of this paper was to assess the economic impact of investment in different animal welfare–enhancing flooring solutions in Swedish dairy farming. Design/methodology/approach The authors developed a bio-economic model and used stochastic partial budgeting approach to simulate the economic consequences of enhancing solid and slatted concrete floors with soft rubber covering. Findings The findings highlight that keeping herds on s…
Revisiting preferences for agricultural insurance policies: Insights from cashew crop insurance development in Ghana
The development and uptake of agricultural insurance products by farmers in developing countries has been universally and disappointingly low. This paper investigates farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay for a variety of agricultural insurance products, including indemnity insurance, index insurance, benchmark insurance, and hybrid (indemnity-index) insurance in the Bono and Bono East Regions of Ghana. We employed hybrid latent class and m…
Beyond the ‘hustling’: The everyday discourse of hope of informal traders in a Ghanaian city
Conventional literature on urban studies have often framed informality within the concept of ‘hustle’ at multiple sites in the city. Such studies usually examine the uncertainties and struggles of informal traders in the realms of city management. This article moves away from the over flocked issues of abuse and suppression to explore the practices of informal traders that produce hope to reflect and recast the uncertainties associated with urban…
From the Garden City of West Africa to a landscape of urban crises
This article examines the mutation of Kumasi from the ‘Garden City’ of West Africa to a landscape of urban crises. Although it focuses on contemporary issues, it also instigates into the discourse, historical perspectives to reveal the factors responsible for the urban crises using data from multiple sources. The results show dual city governance structure resulting from the socio-political power relations between the traditional set-up and the S…
Factors influencing smartphone usage of rural farmers: Empirical analysis of five selected provinces in China
The increasing usage of smartphones by practitioners in various fields of expertise is attracting global attention. However, scanty evidence exists on smartphone usage among rural farmers in developing countries. Using data collected from 1286 rural farming households in five provinces in China, this study investigates the factors influencing rural farmers’ decisions to use smartphones. The findings from a Probit model reveal that education, heal…
Heterogeneity in quantity, scope and target connection in food sector firms’ reporting of sustainability indicators – examples from Sweden
Purpose Monitoring sustainability in the food system is vital, yet the firms operating between production and consumption in the value chain are often overlooked; they constitute a “missing middle”. We investigate sustainability indicator quantity, scope and target connection among food sector firms and assess how these are influenced by firm characteristics, including size, sector and multinational affiliation. Design/methodology/approach We con…
Economics (16 obras) · Geography (14 obras) · Business (13 obras) · Economic growth (13 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Agriculture (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (6 obras) · Corporate governance (5 obras) · Environmental planning (5 obras)