Production risk and technical efficiency of dry-season vegetable farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana.

ABSTRACT: The Ghanaian population is aware of the increasing health challenges in our health facilities and the need to consume more vegetables to improve their health status. This, coupled with population growth and changing consumer patterns has led to an increasing demand for vegetable products in Ghana. Smallholder farmers in the country have thus intensified the production of vegetables during the dry season to meet consumers' demand and to generate income. However, their outputs have been lower than the country's potential, so the research was conducted to identify the causes and determinants of the low yields. A total of 322 dry-season vegetable farmers in seven (7) districts in twenty-four (24) communities were selected from the Upper East Region of Ghana using a purposive random sampling te

SUBMITTER: Akolgo JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11824998 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature