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While high fertility levels in sub-Saharan Africa pose multiple challenges for economic, social, and environmental prospects, the perspectives of actors from this region have not been well documented…
28 January 2024 | Peer Reviewed | GhanaKey findings Soil conservation activities (i.e., mixed cropping) in the south-south and northwest regions of the country in 2015 are influenced by a high prevalence of neighbours’ activities in 2012…
22 August 2022 | Research Brief | Ghana, NigeriaAbstract Soil erosion is one of the most devastating issues that farmers face in Nigeria and in many rural communities in the Global South. Studies on factors that affect soil conservation may…
18 May 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | NigeriaThe tradeoff that women face between work and family depends largely on a country’s institutional settings. Provisions like stable employment, maternity benefits, and childcare services can affect…
26 May 2021 | Peer Reviewed | GhanaInvestigating the long-term effects of child labor on household poverty and food insecurity in Ghana
Abstract This paper explores the extent to which child labor perpetuates the cycle of household poverty, as well as food insecurity using the sixth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey. The…
26 May 2021 | Peer Reviewed | GhanaThe varying social representations of, and cultural preferences for, body size and their implications for sexual behaviour and risk are necessarily contextual. However, the representational paucity of…
26 May 2021 | Peer Reviewed | GhanaThis research paper aims to understand the effects of time spent in domestic work, including childcare, on women’s mental health in Ghana. The paper adopted a triangulation convergence mixed methods…
26 May 2021 | Peer Reviewed | GhanaAbstractClose to 14 million people in Nigeria, including children, are malnourished. I hypothesize that demographic considerations play an important role in food insecurity within Nigerian households…
26 May 2021 | Peer Reviewed | GhanaHIGHLIGHTS Status inconsistencies and women’s resource possession provoke intimate partner violence. Any move toward status equality is a risk factor for women’s experience of abuse. Policies that…
27 May 2021 | Peer Reviewed | GhanaA scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes
Abstract The increasing pressure on agricultural production systems to achieve global food security and prevent environmental degradation necessitates a transition towards more sustainable practices…
26 May 2021 | Peer Reviewed | Ghana