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Explaining success in reducing under-nourishment numbers in Ghana

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  • Aggrey-Fynn, Emmanuel
  • Banini, Godsway
  • Croppenstedt, André
  • Owusu-Agyapong, Yvonne
  • Oduru, George

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In particular public sector and private formal sector employees and export farmers benefited from the complete turnaround in the macroeconomic environment and performance. Fundamentally this turnaround could not have happened without the political will to implement policies that were economically painful for many Ghanaians and which met with significant political opposition. Other indicators of food-poverty and under-nutrition suggest that while Ghana made progress in reducing hunger the achievements have not been as spectacular as indicated by FAO's measure of under-nourishment. Or, to turn this around, the evidence would suggest that food availability is no longer the key constraint. Rather the focus must be targeted at the lack of access to food by particular occupational groups such as food farmers and in particular regions, such as the Upper East and Upper West regions. Furthermore, the anthropometric data indicate that targeted interventions at, for example, mother's education and nutritional status, are required.

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  • Aggrey-Fynn, Emmanuel & Banini, Godsway & Croppenstedt, André & Owusu-Agyapong, Yvonne & Oduru, George, 2003. "Explaining success in reducing under-nourishment numbers in Ghana," ESA Working Papers 289089, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA).
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:faoaes:289089
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289089
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    1. Tsehay, Abrham Seyoum & Bauer, Siegfried, 2012. "Poverty and Vulnerability Dynamics: Empirical Evidence from Smallholders in Northern Highlands of Ethiopia," Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Humboldt-Universitaat zu Berlin, vol. 51(4), pages 1-32, November.
    2. Amos Quaye & Charles Hall & Valerie Luzadis, 2010. "Agricultural land use efficiency and food crop production in Ghana," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 12(6), pages 967-983, December.
    3. Tsehay, Abrham Seyoum & Bauer, Siegfried, 2012. "Poverty Dynamics and Vulnerability: Empirical Evidence from Smallholders in Northern Highlands of Ethiopia," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 126780, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    4. Tsehay, Abrham Seyoum & Bauer, Siegfried, 2012. "Poverty Dynamics and Vulnerability: Empirical Evidence from Smallholders in Northern Highlands of Ethiopia," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126873, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

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