Frimpong, S.

Gardebroek, C.

Kotu, Bekele Hundie

Mellon Bedi, Shaibu

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to obtain more information     about Africa RISING   Scan Me FindingsConclusions  1. Rates of adoptionFigure 2: Adopted SIPs by gender Figure 3:  Eﬀect of SIPs on maize yield(kg/ha).  Figure 4:  Eﬀect of SIPs on net income(GHC/ha).The gender of the plot manager does not aﬀect the adoption of SIPs. The adoption of SIPs diﬀers across female farmers in both male and female headed-headed households respectively.The adoption of SIPs depends on access to essential resources such as labour, land, livestock, and other factors.The adoption of the combined SIPs had the greatest beneﬁts in general. The adoption of improved maize had the greatest impact on maize yields. However, the  adoption is associated with the use of more inorganic fertilizers, which are very expensive to most small-scale farmers.ReferencePretty,J.,Toulman, C&Willams,S.(2011). Sustainable intensiﬁcation in African agriculture. Int.Jour of Agricultural Sustainability.263116 164038181595-147751-1668Improved maize  increased yield by 95%, CSD decreased yield by 14%, and improved maize with CSD increasedyield by 77%.Improved maize increased net income by 51%, CSD decreased net income by 16%, and improved maize with CSD increased net income by 68%.Mr. John Baanaah, a farmer in northern Ghana shows oﬀ hismaize harvested.Credit:IITA/Jonathan OdhonsWomen contribute greatly towards most farming activities and family food security in Africa. Nevertherless, they are confronted with many challenges such as low productivity, lack of institutional supports, low farm incomes, lack of access to credit, and family burdens including domestic chores.Sustainable Intensiﬁcation (SI) of smallholder agriculture systems can help address the contraints of low productivity and low farm incomes.SI involves the application of multiple inputs and practices in an integrated manner to increase productivity while increasing contributions to natural capital and environmental services (Pretty et al., 2011).  To explore the gender diﬀerentials in the adoption of Sustainable  Intensiﬁcation Practices (SIPs),  To determine the impact of SIPs on maize  yields and net income.A total of 468 farmers were randomly selected from 16 Africa RISING intervention communities for the survey (Figure 1). Farmers were  interviewed with a structured questionnaire. The questions were centered on areas such as crop production, marketing and transportation, etc.Three SIPs were considered in this study: improved maize, cropping system diversiﬁcation(CSD), and the combination of the two SIPs.A mixed multinomial endogenous treatment eﬀects model was used to explore the adoption of SIPs as well as extimate the impact of SIPs on maize yields and net income. The model was estimated using a Maximum Simulated Likelihood (MSL) approach.2. Adoption patterns of SIPsUsing non-adoption as a reference category. The model estimates show that;The gender of the plot manager does not inﬂuence the adoption of the SIPs.Female farmers in female-headed households are less likely to adopt improvedmaize and CSD, whiles their counterparts in male-headed households are morelikely to adopt CSD.Factors that aﬀect adoption and impact of SIPs include household size, land tenure, livestock ownership, educational level, farmer's age, group membership, improved seeds, number of traders the household knows, plot distance, soil characteristics, agro-ecological zone, and source of information on SIPs.2.1. Average treatment eﬀects of SIPsFigure1: Africa RISING intervention communities in northern GhanaExploring Gender Diﬀerentials in Adoption of Sustainable Intensiﬁcation Practices in Northern GhanaShaibu Mellon Bedi1*, Bekele Hundie Kotu2,Cornelis Gardebroek1,Stephen Frimpong21Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands2International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ghana*Corresponding author email: shaibu.mellonbedi@wur.nlAcknowledgementThis research  publication was made possible with support fromUnited State Agency for International development (USAID) through theAfrica Research In Sustainable Intensiﬁcation for the Next Generation(Africa RISING) program as part of  the US Government's Feed the FutureInitiative.IntroductionResearch  ObjectivesMaterial and Methods

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