This paper examines price volatility and transmission of rice markets in Ghana and draws
implications for food security. Using monthly rice price data from 2013 to 2019, the paper …

Rice, which is one of the major sources of energy, vital nutrients and a staple food, is in short
supply in many Nigerian households. Nigeria is among many African countries that have …

Prompted by the persistent increase in rice imports (and the implications thereof) amidst
implementation of various import reduction policies and strategies in Ghana, this study …

Functioning agricultural markets are fundamental to unlock economic growth and to
accelerate agricultural development. Understanding the behavior of agriculture markets is …

The agricultural sector plays a major role in Ghana's economy, contributing 21.5% to the
Gross Domestic Product [GDP], employing about 69% of the labour force and serving as a …

Summary The Programme of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI) is
supported by the German Government through GIZ and implemented in Africa by the Forum …

The research aims at assessing the supply response of domestic rice and the price risk as
well as the factors influencing the supply by estimating autoregressive distributed lag (ADL) …

After a period of relatively low international food price volatility since the 1970s, prices
spiked in 2007/2008 and 2011. These international price changes transmitted to domestic …

Grain markets in many African countries exhibit large price variability which is driven by
strong seasonality. Seasonal production and limited storage are identified as major causes …

Agricultural policy-makers are drudging through mar and marketing channels to ensure food
security, we between the affluent and deprived regions their response to each other. This …