Journals
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An academic or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published in University of Ghana. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and discussion of research. They are usually peer-reviewed or refereed.
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Item Cost-pricing of Fertilizer and its Challenges in a Subsidized Market: The Case of Ghana(Ghana Social Science Journal, 2015-05) Asante, F.A.; Awo, M.A.; Agyei-Sasu, F.This paper aims to examine the distribution of subsidized fertilizer in Ghana. In this regard, fertilizer cost, market price build-up and profit margins of five major fertilizer market centers in Ghana were analysed. The current challenges in the fertilizer industry identified by this study were also analysed. The objectives set out in this work were attained through desk reviews and in-depth interview with major actors in the fertilizer value chain in Ghana. The study found that in the supply chain of fertilizer handling, storage and transportation activities, costs increase from importers down to farmers. Also, the farther away a market center is from the Tema port, the more transportation adds on to the price buildup. In order to deal with bottlenecks regarding the fertilizer supply chain, this paper recommends tackling issues related to transportation lapses, as well as to timeliness of arrival and offloading of imported fertilizerItem A Brief Survey of the Literature on Microfinance and Agriculture(Ghana Social Science Journal, 2012-06) Ahiakpor, F.; Asmah, E.The factors that affect agrarian transformation are complex and often interrelated. Access to financial services is an important input necessary for such transformation. A type of financial service that has become of increasing importance to farmers is microfinance. An important question concerns the role that microfinance initiatives have played regarding the development of agriculture in developing countries, especially those in Africa. This brief literature review suggests that while microfinance may have had some positive impacts on agricultural development and transformation, it has not been the panacea for the myriad of problems facing farmers and the rural poor.Item Macroeconomic Environment and the Output of the Agricultural Sector in Nigeria, 1971 to 2010(Ghana Social Science Journal, 2012-06) Akinleye, O.S.; Ighodaro, C.A.U.This study examines the relationship between the macroeconomic environment and the output of the agricultural sector in Nigeria during the 40- year period from 1971 to 2010 using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model of cointegration analysis. Over the long run period, the levels of the real government expenditure and the value of loans disbursed in the agricultural sector were found to influence the level of agricultural sector output as measured by the value added to gross domestic product (GDP). The major implication of the study is that increased loans to the agricultural sector in Nigeria expand the output of that sector and provide favourable conditions for improved livelihood opportunities for rural people and urban poverty reduction through more stable food prices. Further, government resources going into the agricultural sector must emphasise their quality aspects with more attention paid to investment spending compared to recurrent expenditures