Stephen Prah
Biographic Data
| ID | 3505588 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Prah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Prah |
| SIGNATURE | PRAH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0482-087X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Who knows about climate change? Determinants of climate awareness among rural farmers in Zambia using supervised machine learning
Climate-related shocks increasingly threaten smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the need to strengthen farmers’ climate change awareness for effective adaptation. Using survey data from 1499 rural farmers in Zambia, we apply supervised machine learning models – logistic regression, ridge, and Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) to identify key predictors of climate change awareness, and a random forest…
Green gardens for greener lives
Despite the growing discourse on sustainable development, the potential of climate-smart agriculture to transform agri-food systems, alleviate poverty, and reduce hunger framed in the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030 in Africa remains underexplored. Specifically, the influence of home gardening as a climate-smart agriculture practice on household food security and quality of life has not been adequately investigated. This paper aims to b…
Who Manages Better? Gendered Perspectives on Food Security and Subjective Wellbeing in Ghana
In Africa, the pursuit of food security and subjective wellbeing among farming households is not only shaped by access to resources, but by deeply embedded gender dynamics that necessitate greater policy and research attention. Yet, evidence on gender disparities in household wellbeing remains limited, creating a critical gap in understanding how gender shapes outcomes across agricultural systems. This study addresses this gap by examining gender…
Cultivating a thriving agricultural sector
Participation in agricultural development interventions has not been encouraging among smallholder farmers in developing countries. However, agricultural productivity has been low and characterized by a lack of access to improved production technologies and agricultural services. Using a random sample of 477 maize farmers, this paper examines the drivers of participation in an integrated delivery model of the smallholder inclusive productivity an…
Modelling the Record Keeping Behaviour of Cocoa Farmers in Ghana
This study models the record-keeping behaviour of cocoa farmers in order to stimulate well-informed education and sensitization of the practice among cocoa farmers. The paper uses cross-sectional primary data collected from 400 cocoa farmers in Ghana. Descriptive statistics, a triple hurdle econometric strategy, and Kendall’s Coefficient of Concordance were the methods of analysis. The findings reveal that the majority of the cocoa farmers keep f…
Enhancing sustainable agriculture
Agricultural cooperatives boost food security through input subsidies in rural Zambia
Access to dry season community water resources and children's school attendance and work
Agricultural services and rural household welfare
Purpose This paper aimed to examine the impacts of agricultural services on welfare of rural farmers in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Using data from 1431 rural maize farmers, we employ multinomial endogenous switching regression and multivalued inverse probability weighted regression adjustment to assess the impacts. Findings Results show that 19.8%, 9.7% and 3.42% of farmers adopted solely irrigation, extension and mechanization, respectiv…
Consumption patterns of organic vegetable consumers in Ghana
The study examined organic vegetable attributes, consumer decisions and consumption patterns of consumers in Ghana. A sample of 399 consumers was selected using a simple random sampling technique and data was collected through structured questionnaires. The study analyzed the important attributes of organic vegetables using Kendall's coefficient of concordance. The factors influencing consumers' decision to consume organic vegetables and the prop…
Consumer perception and willingness to pay for packaged asaana
Purpose In view of the increasing trend in food policies targeting the promotion of consumer interest in locally produced foods and growing developments in willingness-to-pay (WTP) methodologies, the authors investigate consumer preference for packaged traditional drink asaana. Design/methodology/approach The study used a simple random sample of 336 consumers to draw on perception index and contingent valuation methods to evaluate consumers' perc…
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Consumption patterns of organic vegetable consumers in Ghana
The study examined organic vegetable attributes, consumer decisions and consumption patterns of consumers in Ghana. A sample of 399 consumers was selected using a simple random sampling technique and data was collected through structured questionnaires. The study analyzed the important attributes of organic vegetables using Kendall's coefficient of concordance. The factors influencing consumers' decision to consume organic vegetables and the prop…
Consumer perception and willingness to pay for packaged asaana
Purpose In view of the increasing trend in food policies targeting the promotion of consumer interest in locally produced foods and growing developments in willingness-to-pay (WTP) methodologies, the authors investigate consumer preference for packaged traditional drink asaana. Design/methodology/approach The study used a simple random sample of 336 consumers to draw on perception index and contingent valuation methods to evaluate consumers' perc…
Cultivating a thriving agricultural sector
Participation in agricultural development interventions has not been encouraging among smallholder farmers in developing countries. However, agricultural productivity has been low and characterized by a lack of access to improved production technologies and agricultural services. Using a random sample of 477 maize farmers, this paper examines the drivers of participation in an integrated delivery model of the smallholder inclusive productivity an…
Modelling the Record Keeping Behaviour of Cocoa Farmers in Ghana
This study models the record-keeping behaviour of cocoa farmers in order to stimulate well-informed education and sensitization of the practice among cocoa farmers. The paper uses cross-sectional primary data collected from 400 cocoa farmers in Ghana. Descriptive statistics, a triple hurdle econometric strategy, and Kendall’s Coefficient of Concordance were the methods of analysis. The findings reveal that the majority of the cocoa farmers keep f…
Enhancing sustainable agriculture
Agricultural cooperatives boost food security through input subsidies in rural Zambia
Access to dry season community water resources and children's school attendance and work
Agricultural services and rural household welfare
Purpose This paper aimed to examine the impacts of agricultural services on welfare of rural farmers in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Using data from 1431 rural maize farmers, we employ multinomial endogenous switching regression and multivalued inverse probability weighted regression adjustment to assess the impacts. Findings Results show that 19.8%, 9.7% and 3.42% of farmers adopted solely irrigation, extension and mechanization, respectiv…
Who knows about climate change? Determinants of climate awareness among rural farmers in Zambia using supervised machine learning
Climate-related shocks increasingly threaten smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the need to strengthen farmers’ climate change awareness for effective adaptation. Using survey data from 1499 rural farmers in Zambia, we apply supervised machine learning models – logistic regression, ridge, and Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) to identify key predictors of climate change awareness, and a random forest…
Green gardens for greener lives
Despite the growing discourse on sustainable development, the potential of climate-smart agriculture to transform agri-food systems, alleviate poverty, and reduce hunger framed in the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030 in Africa remains underexplored. Specifically, the influence of home gardening as a climate-smart agriculture practice on household food security and quality of life has not been adequately investigated. This paper aims to b…
Who Manages Better? Gendered Perspectives on Food Security and Subjective Wellbeing in Ghana
In Africa, the pursuit of food security and subjective wellbeing among farming households is not only shaped by access to resources, but by deeply embedded gender dynamics that necessitate greater policy and research attention. Yet, evidence on gender disparities in household wellbeing remains limited, creating a critical gap in understanding how gender shapes outcomes across agricultural systems. This study addresses this gap by examining gender…
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