Isaac G K Ansah
Biographic Data
| ID | 232876 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isaac G K Ansah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isaac G K |
| FAMILY NAME | Ansah |
| SIGNATURE | ANSAH I G K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University for Development Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5071-6224 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Climate change coping and adaptation and its effect on livestock herd size and farmers’ welfare in the Upper West Region of Ghana
Mediation and moderation roles of resilience capacity in the shock–food-security nexus in northern Ghana
Using assets as resilience capacities for stabilizing food demand of vulnerable households
In the absence of governmental welfare support, assets have an important role in determining the capacity of vulnerable households of being resilient against economic shocks affecting their food needs. By focusing on the context of Sub-Saharan Africa, this paper analyses household responses in food demand to shocks affecting their food purchases. We analyze the effects of non-agricultural assets, livestock ownership, and crop stocks on stabilizin…
Shock interactions, coping strategy choices and household food security
Agriculture-based livelihoods in developing countries are often challenged by a multitude of unforeseeable shocks, but economic research mostly focuses on single shocks. This paper investigates how climate, health, pest and price shocks individually and in combination relate to farm households’ coping strategy choices. First, we use binary probit models to examine how interactions from coinciding shocks relate to coping strategy choices. Next, we…
Managing seasonality in West African informal urban vegetable markets: The role of household relations
Seasonality influences African informal agricultural markets, but existing literature inadequately explores its interactions with market actors' social relations and livelihood outcomes. Thus, agricultural commercialisation policy ineffectively supports such actors to manage seasonality. Across Bamako, Ouagadougou and Tamale, we conducted interviews, focus group discussions, and a survey of farmer and marketer profits across seasons. Hot, dry sea…
Effects of technology dissemination approaches on agricultural technology uptake and utilization in Northern Ghana
Ghana's Planting for Food and Jobs Programme: A Look at the Role of Capability in Farmers' Participation
An objective interpersonal comparison of wellbeing requires that people’s capabilities are considered. This paper operationalizes Sen’s capability concept in maize-based farming systems and assess how it influences farmers’ participation in the Planting for Food and Jobs programme in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District of the Northern region, Ghana. We used data from 314 households through multi-stage sampling procedure. Capability was quantified usin…
Contract farming and the adoption of climate change coping and adaptation strategies in the northern region of Ghana
Ghana's Planting for Food and Jobs Programme: A Look at the Role of Capability in Farmers' Participation
An objective interpersonal comparison of wellbeing requires that people’s capabilities are considered. This paper operationalizes Sen’s capability concept in maize-based farming systems and assess how it influences farmers’ participation in the Planting for Food and Jobs programme in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District of the Northern region, Ghana. We used data from 314 households through multi-stage sampling procedure. Capability was quantified usin…
Effects of technology dissemination approaches on agricultural technology uptake and utilization in Northern Ghana
Mediation and moderation roles of resilience capacity in the shock–food-security nexus in northern Ghana
Contract farming and the adoption of climate change coping and adaptation strategies in the northern region of Ghana
Effects of technology dissemination approaches on agricultural technology uptake and utilization in Northern Ghana
Ghana's Planting for Food and Jobs Programme: A Look at the Role of Capability in Farmers' Participation
An objective interpersonal comparison of wellbeing requires that people’s capabilities are considered. This paper operationalizes Sen’s capability concept in maize-based farming systems and assess how it influences farmers’ participation in the Planting for Food and Jobs programme in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District of the Northern region, Ghana. We used data from 314 households through multi-stage sampling procedure. Capability was quantified usin…
Shock interactions, coping strategy choices and household food security
Agriculture-based livelihoods in developing countries are often challenged by a multitude of unforeseeable shocks, but economic research mostly focuses on single shocks. This paper investigates how climate, health, pest and price shocks individually and in combination relate to farm households’ coping strategy choices. First, we use binary probit models to examine how interactions from coinciding shocks relate to coping strategy choices. Next, we…
Managing seasonality in West African informal urban vegetable markets: The role of household relations
Seasonality influences African informal agricultural markets, but existing literature inadequately explores its interactions with market actors' social relations and livelihood outcomes. Thus, agricultural commercialisation policy ineffectively supports such actors to manage seasonality. Across Bamako, Ouagadougou and Tamale, we conducted interviews, focus group discussions, and a survey of farmer and marketer profits across seasons. Hot, dry sea…
Using assets as resilience capacities for stabilizing food demand of vulnerable households
In the absence of governmental welfare support, assets have an important role in determining the capacity of vulnerable households of being resilient against economic shocks affecting their food needs. By focusing on the context of Sub-Saharan Africa, this paper analyses household responses in food demand to shocks affecting their food purchases. We analyze the effects of non-agricultural assets, livestock ownership, and crop stocks on stabilizin…
Climate change coping and adaptation and its effect on livestock herd size and farmers’ welfare in the Upper West Region of Ghana
Mediation and moderation roles of resilience capacity in the shock–food-security nexus in northern Ghana
Agriculture (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (5 works) · Agricultural economics (4 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Natural resource economics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)