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October 1, 2015
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Contents
Macroeconomic Effects on Poverty Rate: A Case Study of Northern Ghana ............................................... 1
Income, Expenditure Shares, Food Choices and Food Security in Northern Ghana ................................... 16
Do Adult Equivalence Scales Matter in Poverty Estimates? A Case Study from Ghana ............................. 23
A Cautionary Note on Comparing Poverty Prevalence Rates ..................................................................... 43
Securing Africa’s Middle Class: The Case of Northern Ghana .................................................................... 53
The Effect of Transaction Costs on Grain and Oilseed Farmers’ Market Participation in Sub‐Saharan
Africa: Recent Evidence from Northern Ghana ......................................................................................... 64
Reducing Gender Differences in Agricultural Performance in Northern Ghana ........................................ 82
Production Efficiency of Smallholder Farms in Northern Ghana ................................................................ 99
Does Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Matter in Children’s Health Status? Insights from Northern
Ghana ........................................................................................................................................................ 115
Recent Evidence of Health Effects of Women Empowerment: A Case Study of Northern Ghana ........... 130
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Macroeconomic Effects on Poverty Rate: A Case Study of Northern
Ghana
Yacob Zereyesus and Vincent Amanor‐Boadu
Department of Agricultural Economics
Kansas State University
March 2015
Introduction
The prevalence of extreme poverty is externally determined by the established poverty line. In recent
years, it has been based on a daily per capita expenditure of $1.25, measured in 2005 Purchasing Power
Parity (PPP). Using PPP aims to eliminate the effect of exchange rates.
PPP is based on the Law of One Price – in the absence of transaction costs and trade barriers, identical
traded goods will have the same price in all markets when the prices are denominated in the same
currency. This implies that in the presence of transaction costs and trade barriers, identical traded
goods do not have the same price in all markets.
PPP is calculated in three stages:
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March 2, 2018
Challenges may grow during 2018‐2019 (weights, demand, & trade…)
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Food for Thought…
Why do we BOTH import & export large volumes of beef?
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August 1, 2018
General Sessions
National animal ID & traceability
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Food for Thought…
Why do we BOTH import & export large volumes of beef?
… Challenges may grow (weights, demand, & trade…)
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More information available at:
This presentation will be available in PDF format at:http://www.agmanager.info/about/contributors/individual/tonsor.asp
Glynn …
September 15, 2011
Macro and Global Economic Perspectives
Domestic Demand (employment debt food demand)• Domestic Demand … Demand (employment, debt, food demand)
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Weekly …
General Sessions
the Dept. of
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at … animal welfare and handling, food safety, and price risk
management … at:
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Glynn …
General Sessions
the Dept. of
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at … animal welfare and handling, food safety, and price risk
management … at:
http://www.agmanager.info/about/contributors/individual/tonsor.asp
Glynn …
December 11, 2012
information regarding “how my
food is produced”
• Animal … produced”
• Animal welfare, food safety, antibiotics, hormone … at:
http://www.agmanager.info/about/contributors/individual/tonsor.asp
Glynn …
September 27, 2012
Growing interest in “how my food is produced”
• Animal … produced”
• Animal welfare, food safety, antibiotics, hormone … at:
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Glynn …
May 8, 2020
Recent Videos
AgM
(https://www.agmanager.info/contributors/tonsor) and Twitter (@TonsorGlynn)
Agricultural … reaffirmed
Retail vs Food Service (pre-COVID19) channeling … 2004
Agricultural Economics
Food Service to Retail Shift =
Divergent …
April 10, 2020
Recent Videos
Slowdowns
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/business/meat‐plant‐closures‐coronavirus/index.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020‐04‐08/the‐workers‐who‐produce‐america‐s‐meat‐are‐starting‐to‐die?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews
https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2020/04/08/smithfield‐foods‐sioux‐falls‐south‐dakota‐coronavirus‐covid‐19/2971621001/
Agricultural …