Monica Addison

Monica Addison
Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology | KNUST · Bureau of Integrated Rural Development

Doctor of Philosophy
Monica has been working on policy relevant research, focusing on gender dynamics in rural poverty reduction in Ghana

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Introduction
Dr. (Mrs.) Monica Addison is a Development Planner and Agricultural Economist currently employed as a Senior Research fellow at BIRD, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana. Monica has been involved in rural development for the past 25 years, focusing mainly on gender dynamics in the agricultural sector and poverty reduction in rural areas. Specifically, Monica has expertise in rural development, gender and development, gender and agricultural innovations, monitoring and evaluation, qualitative research, and mix

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Publications (27)
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Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) is a global health issue that affects one third of preschool children and 15% of pregnant women worldwide. Roughly 30% of preschool children in Ghana suffer from iron and vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A, though very important, cannot be produced in the human body and must be taken from outside the body through the diet. G...
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The differential impact of development efforts on women and men has critically brought out the need to take a gender-transformative approach to development processes. Despite the tremendous efforts made, there persist some seemingly impossible obstacles to gender equality. The main objective of this study was to analyze the main obstacles to gender...
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With the government's pursuit of a digitalization agenda, Ghana is at the forefront, of championing digital transformation in Africa. However, people in rural areas are being left behind in harnessing the immense benefits of digitalization for their livelihoods. This study contributes to policy efforts aimed at bridging that gap by investigating th...
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The issue of equitable income distribution has always been a critical objective of societies. Yet, little attention has been given to the influence of gender on outcomes of interventions. A study has established that gender is among the variables that affects income distribution of users of agricultural technologies but the extent and nature of its...
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Over the past three decades, improved rice technologies have been actively promoted and disseminated in Ghana. Prominent among the improved technologies are improved seed and CF. These technologies have the potential to increase yield, address food insecurity and provide income to farmers. Yet, adoption remains low and rigorous analyses based on fa...
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Smallholder rice producers have limited demand for their locally produced rice due to the complex market outlets choice decisions challenges they become confronted with as well as their limited knowledge of appropriate entrepreneurial traits required for successful rice production and marketing. This study assessed the entrepreneurial behaviours of...
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Purpose Various models and approaches are implemented to provide technical assistance and support to improve cocoa farmers' welfare in Ghana. The Farmer Business School (FBS), which is analogous to Farmer Field School (FFS), is one of the few initiatives of GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD...
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Although there is considerable research on women’s political representation, not much is known within local government and sub-national political spaces. This article, therefore, investigates the nature of women’s political representation and their performance as assemblywomen under Ghana’s district assembly system of local government and developme...
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Background Government of Ghana’s effort to reduce income inequality consistently poses a major challenge to public policy formulation. The promotion and dissemination of agricultural technologies as a pathway out of income inequality in rural Ghana have received widespread support. Yet, knowledge about the impact of agricultural technologies on rur...
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The paper assesses the potential impact of the adoption of improved cassava varieties on yields of smallholder farmers. Agricultural intensification is associated with increasing yields per hectare through the use of improved varieties. Studies have established the relationship between adoption and yield, yet this relationship is understudied in th...
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The paper offers empirical authentication of the assumption that microfinance beneficiaries are generally characterized by certain socio-economic attributes with evidence from the Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) microfinance beneficiaries. Data were gathered from 361 randomly sampled beneficiaries using a mixed method design and cross -sectional survey appr...
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The importance of Cassava in the food systems of Ghanaians cannot be underestimated. As a main staple crop, Cassava contributes about 22% and 30% to the Agricultural Gross Domestic Product (AGDP) and daily calories intake respectively. Per capita consumption of 152 kg makes it the highest among all food crops. Due to Cassava’s importance, there hav...
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Purpose A key strategy in the policy of saw millers and artisanal millers supplying the domestic market with legal and sustainable lumber is the transformation of chainsaw operators into legal artisanal millers to stop the production of illegal timber and supply only authorized wood to local trade points. The challenge, however, is how to develop t...
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The use of improved agricultural technologies that lead to improved productivity, income and food security, could also destabilize intra-household time allocation. Using primary data from 917 rice farmers in Ashanti and Upper East Regions of Ghana, this paper employs a two-stage Bourguignon, Fournier, and Gurgand (BFG) selection bias correction mod...
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This paper assesses the role of gender in intra-household income in Ghana. Household equity in income is a key objective of societies. The study utilises a primary data-set generated from nine hundred and seventeen (917) rice farming households in Ghana and employs a two-stage Bourguignon, Fournier, and Gurgand (BFG) selection bias correction model...
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The article investigates the linkages between gender, development and utilisation of technological innovations in Ghana. The study adopted an exploratory design and used thematic content analysis for the qualitative data derived from in-depth interviews with rice scientists and farmers. The findings revealed that research institutions lack the requ...
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The study sought to test the hypothesis that gender influences adoption of innovations in the rice sector of Ghana. There is an existence of gender gap in adoption of farm innovations in Ghana. After desk review, it was found that the existing literature has not provided a clear linkage between gender and adoption of agricultural technologies. Thus...
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The aim of the research was to quantify the extent to which gender affects the adoption of improved rice technology, intra-household time allocation and intra-gender income distribution in Ghana. Rice is gradually becoming a major staple as well as cash crop in Ghana. Given its importance, government has facilitated the promotion of improved rice v...
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This paper examined gender role, input use and technical efficiency between male and female rice farmers. Similar studies have been conducted, however, the relationships between gender role, input use and farmer efficiency remains neglected and under researched. The question addressed in this study is ‘Does gender role influence input use and farme...
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The paper offers empirical authenticationof the assumption that microfinance beneficiaries are generally characterized by certain socio-economic attributes with evidence from the Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) microfinance beneficiaries. Data were gathered from 361 randomly sampled beneficiaries using a mixed method design and cross-sectional survey approa...
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This paper sought to contribute to the on-going discussion on improving rice production in Ghana. The objective of the study was to analyse the effect of rice value chain development initiative on domestic rice production in the Ahafo Ano North district of Ghana. Primary data for the study gathered through focus group discussions and key informant...
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This study examined the constraints and differences in varietal preferences for male and female rice farmers in lowland rice ecosystem in Ashanti Region of Ghana. Successful development interventions such as dissemination of improved rice varieties are, by their nature, transformative but paying attention to gender constraints and varietal preferen...
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In recognition of the vital role of agriculture in Ghana’s economy, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture initiated the Rural Transport Infrastructure Project, with a key objective to promote use of Intermediate Means of Transport (IMT), especially donkey-drawn carts, bicycle-trailers and power tillers, among rural farming communities. A survey was...

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