Exploring the impact of agricultural digitalization on smallholder farmers' livelihoods in Ghana.

ABSTRACT: With the government's pursuit of a digitalization agenda, Ghana is at the forefront of championing digital transformation in Africa. However, people in rural areas are being left behind in harnessing the immense benefits of digitalization for their livelihoods. This study contributes to policy efforts aimed at bridging that gap by investigating the drivers of agricultural digitalization (AD) as well as its effects on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in rural Ghana. Data from a cross-sectional survey of 525 rural farmers across northern, middle and southern Ghana was employed. The study used the probit and tobit estimators to analyze the drivers and intensity of adoption of digital technologies in agriculture and the inverse probability weighting and regression adjustment estimator to

SUBMITTER: Addison M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10963240 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature