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DOI	10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106932
	Carbon farming training and welfare: Evidence from Northern Ghana
	Okyere, Charles Yaw; Kornher, Lukas
通讯作者	Okyere, CY
来源期刊	LAND USE POLICY
ISSN	0264-8377
EISSN	1873-5754
出版年	2023
卷号	134
英文摘要	Carbon farming, particularly soil carbon climate strategies, has emerged as a popular tool in addressing climate change and variability in worldwide agriculture. Yet, there is a paucity of evidence on its application, and even more so, limited evidence exists on the welfare impacts in developing countries, where the negative impacts of climate change and variability remain disproportionately higher. One potential option of increasing adoption of carbon farming practices is training for farm households to produce their own organic inputs from locally available resources. This study evaluates a biochar and compost production training undertaken in three semi-arid regions of Northern Ghana using inverse probability weighting regression adjustment (IPWRA) model. Sensitivity analyses are performed by employing least absolute shrinkage and selection operator treatment effects (TELASSO) method. The results show that participation in carbon farming training increased the adoption of compost and perception on soil quality. We also find that the intervention had statistically significant positive effects on agricultural productivity (measured as maize yield) and welfare outcomes (such as increase in per capita household expenditure and reduction in poverty status). These positive results show the importance of using soil carbon climate strategies in improving the welfare of farm households in developing countries. The study recommends that carbon farming capacity building initiatives should be scaled up to improve farm productivity and poverty reduction of farm households in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
英文关键词	Climate-smart agriculture Carbon farming Biochar Compost Welfare Poverty Northern Ghana
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Submitted
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:001100021500001
WOS关键词	CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE ; BIOCHAR PRODUCTION ; SOIL QUALITY ; COMPOST ; AFRICA ; IMPACT ; INFRASTRUCTURE ; PRODUCTIVITY ; EMISSION ; FARMERS
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/397776
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Okyere, Charles Yaw,Kornher, Lukas. Carbon farming training and welfare: Evidence from Northern Ghana[J],2023,134.
APA	Okyere, Charles Yaw,&Kornher, Lukas.(2023).Carbon farming training and welfare: Evidence from Northern Ghana.LAND USE POLICY,134.
MLA	Okyere, Charles Yaw,et al."Carbon farming training and welfare: Evidence from Northern Ghana".LAND USE POLICY 134(2023).