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Title: | The Economics of Drawdown Irrigation Farming: A Case Study of the Ampaem Area of Ghana | Contributor(s): | Ofei-Mensah, Albert (author); Pearse, R A (supervisor) | Conferred Date: | 1986 | Copyright Date: | 1985 | Open Access: | Yes | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11712 | Abstract: | In the study parametric linear programming is used to analyse the profitability of alternate crops (i.e. maize, tomatoes, okro, groundnuts and cowpeas) suited to the Ampaem locality of Ghana. Attention has been focused on the Ampaem drawdown area because the economic and technical opportunities available to farmers are better documented for the area. Moreover the environmental conditions in the area are similar to the other drawdown areas along the Volta Lake; therefore deductions from the analysis can be generally applied for policy recommendations. ... The results show that, out of the five recommended drawdown crops, groundnuts and tomatoes are important as cash crops while maize should be grown for subsistence. Moreover small-scale irrigated agriculture is to be given some attention by policy makers because of the drought nature of drawdown areas along the lake. This will, in turn, help to boost up food production in the country. Finally, in the study, a direct relationship has been established between the maximum lake level and the total drawdown area to be exposed in a particular cropping season. | Publication Type: | Thesis Masters Research | Rights Statement: | Copyright 1985 - Albert Ofei-Mensah | HERDC Category Description: | T1 Thesis - Masters Degree by Research |
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