ftsiboe/okwaayeli

The objective is to ascertain whether observed production shortfalls in Ghana are solely due to farmer Inefficiency, technology gaps, or some combination of the two. okwaayeli: Agricultural Productivity Analysis in Ghana ================ *Collaborations with enthusiastic and committed graduate students are welcomed. For more details see the wiki on Graduate Student Opportunity to Lead Research on Agricultural Productivity in Ghana.* ## Contents - Overview - At a glance - Data - Methods - Pipeline - Published studies - Work in progress - Scheduled studies - Installation - Quick start - Contributing - Citation - Data and code availability - Contact - Funding ## 📘 Overview The primary objective of this project is to determine whether agricultural production shortfalls in Ghana are driven by farmer technical inefficiency, technology gaps, or a combination of both. It compiles a series of research articles that assess farmer-specific and institutional factors, exploring how they influence technical inefficiency and the adoption of advanced agricultural technologies. By identifying the root causes of production shortfalls, this project provides empirical evidence crucial for policy discussions aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity in contexts with limited access to new technologies. ## 📌 At a glance | | | |----|----| | **Published outputs** | 9 (7 peer-reviewed articles + 1 data paper + 1 conference paper) | | **Active manuscript streams** | 8 (disability, education, resource extraction, financial inclusion, land tenure, conflict/peace, income transfer, agricultural services) | | **Harmonized datasets released** | 11 farmer- and community-level GLSS datasets | | **GLSS rounds covered** | GLSS1 (1987/88) – GLSS7 (2016/17) | | **License** | GPL-3 | ## 📊 Data The project utilizes farm-level data from the Ghana Living Standards Surveys (GLSS), which are population-based surveys conducted periodically, approximately every five years, in Ghana: GLSS1, GLSS2, GLSS3, GLSS4, GLSS5, GLSS6, and GLSS7. The harmonized data products are documented in data-raw/releases/harmonized_data/codebook.md and distributed thr …