Benefts of farmer managed natural regeneration to food security in semi‑arid Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorMensah, S.O.
dc.contributor.authorIbrahim, S.K.
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, B.
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T18:28:54Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T18:28:54Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractPromoting Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) aims to increase the productive capacities of farmer households. Under FMNR, farmers select and manage natural regeneration on farmlands and keep them under production. While FMNR contributes to the wealth of farming communities, its contribution to household food security has rarely been researched. We, therefore, used a mixed-methods approach to address the research gap by measuring FMNR’s contribution to food security among farmer households in the Talensi district of Ghana. We adopted the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) and Food Consumption Score (FCS) to estimate food security status among 243 FMNR farmer households and 243 non-FMNR farmer households. Also, we performed a Chi-square test of independence to compare the frequency of each food group (present vs not present) between FMNR adopters and non-FMNR adopters to establish the relationship between adopting FMNR and consuming the FCS and HDDS food groups. Our results reveal that FMNR farmer households are more food secure than non-FMNR farmer households. The HHDS of the FMNR farmer households was 9.6, which is higher than the target value of 9.1. Conversely, the HHDS of the non-FMNR farmer households was 4.3, which is lower than the target value of 9.1. Up to 86% and 37% of the FMNR farmer households and non-FMNR farmer households fell within acceptable FCS; 15% and 17% of FMNR farmer households and non-FMNR farmer households fell within borderline FCS. While none of the FMNR farmer households fell within poor FCS, 46% of non-FMNR farmer households fell within poor FCS. Adopting FMNR is signifcantly related to consuming all food groups promoted and benefting from FMNR practices. The paper recommends enabling farmers in semi-arid environments to practice and invest in FMNR for long-term returns to food security.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-024-10546-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/41423
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAgriculture and Human Valuesen_US
dc.subjectFarmer managed natural regenerationen_US
dc.subjectFood consumption scoreen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titleBenefts of farmer managed natural regeneration to food security in semi‑arid Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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