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Direct linkvan den Ban, Anne – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
In order to profit from the economic growth in their society farmers can (1) increase the yields of their crops and animals, (2) switch to the production of high value products for which there is an increasing demand in the market, (3) increase the labour productivity on their farm, (4) find non-farm sources of income for some or all of their…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Income, Employment Patterns, Agriculture
Nsowah-Nuamah, Nicholas; Teal, Francis; Awoonor-Williams, Moses – Comparative Education, 2012
On the basis of official statistics, poverty has halved in Ghana over the period from 1991 to 2005. Our objective in this paper is to assess how far this fall was linked to the creation of better paying jobs and the increase in education. We find that earnings rose rapidly in the period from 1998 to 2005, by 64% for men and by 55% for women. While…
Descriptors: Evidence, Poverty, Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment
Morrissey, Elizabeth S. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1986
Discusses characteristics of counties with high poverty rates--sparser population, larger proportion of poor and most poverty-prone populations, less educated population, greater reliance on transfer payments, and higher proportions of income from farming. Suggests that government assistance in the form of income transfers could help alleviate…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Farm Management
