GHANA SUNS-WAVE I PRELIM RESULTS

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1 Soy Uptake in Rural Ghana: GHANA SUNS-WAVE I PRELIM RESULTS Kathleen Ragsdale, PhD Mary Read-Wahidi, PhD SSRC ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR SSRC POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW Amanda Gochanour, MA SSRC GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT Audrey L. Reid, MA(c) SSRC GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT SIL 3rd Annual Researcher Retreat Ξ December 12-14, 2016 Ξ Mississippi State University Feed the Future Soybean Innovation Lab (P. Goldsmith, PI) is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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3 by empowering women farmers with the same access to land, new technologies and capital as men, we can increase crop yields by as much as 30 percent USAID, 2016

4 Women soybean farmers in Karaga District of Ghana participate in a SUNS focus group conducted by Dr. Kathleen Ragsdale and Audrey Reid of Mississippi State University, Emmanuel Osei-Mensah of Catholic Relief Services and Ghana Ministers of Food & Agriculture Extension Agent Red Alhassan. (Photo Credit: Dr. Kathleen Ragsdale) Dr. George Awuni, Soybean Innovation Lab SMART Farm Manager (center) with delegates from the Church of the Brethren, discuss appropriate soybean agronomics in a SIL SMART Farm field a the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute in Nyunkpala, Ghana. (Photo Credit: Dr. Dennis Thompson)

5 2014 WEAI+ Women s Empowerment in Agriculture Index + Soy Modules (N=675) 2016 Ghana SUNS-Wave I Soybean Uptake & Network Survey (N=834) 2016 ICT4AgD Focus Groups (N=28) 2016 GRADA-Wave I Gender Responsive Agricultural Development Assessment (N~250)

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7 Ghana SUNS-Wave I: Demographics (N=818) Demographics M F Gender Married Dual-adult HH (married couple) Muslim < Primary education (no school)

8 Ghana SUNS-Wave I: Household Hunger Scale (N=818) IN PAST 4 WEEKS: How often was there NO FOOD to eat of any kind in your HH because of lack of resources to get food? M F Never 71.4 (292) 82.6 (338) 1-2 times* 20.5 (84) 13.9 (57) 3-10 times** 7.6 (31) 3.2 (13) 11 or more times*** 0.5 (2) 0.2 (1) *Occasional hunger = experiencing the hunger event 1-2 times in past 4 weeks **Moderate hunger = experiencing the hunger event 3-10 times in past 4 weeks ***Severe hunger = experiencing the hunger event 11 times in past 4 weeks

9 Ghana SUNS-Wave I: Household Hunger Scale (N=818) IN PAST 4 WEEKS: How often did you or any HH member go to sleep at night hungry because there was not enough food? M F Never 76.3 (312) 86.3 (353) 1-2 times* 17.8 (73) 11.2 (46) 3-10 times** 5.6 (23) 2.4 (10) 11 or more times*** 0.2 (1) *Occasional hunger = experiencing the hunger event 1-2 times in past 4 weeks **Moderate hunger = experiencing the hunger event 3-10 times in past 4 weeks ***Severe hunger = experiencing the hunger event 11 times in past 4 weeks

10 Ghana SUNS-Wave I: Household Hunger Scale (N=818) IN PAST 4 WEEKS: How often did you or any HH member go a whole day and night without eating because there was not enough food? M F Never 84.8 (347) 87.5 (358) 1-2 times* 11.0 (45) 10.8 (44) 3-10 times** 4.2 (17) 1.7 (7) 11 or more times*** *Occasional hunger = experiencing the hunger event 1-2 times in past 4 weeks **Moderate hunger = experiencing the hunger event 3-10 times in past 4 weeks ***Severe hunger = experiencing the hunger event 11 times in past 4 weeks

11 Ghana SUNS-Wave I: Household Hunger Scale (N=818) Food Insecurity in Past 4 Weeks M F HH lacked resources to get food 28.6 (117) 17.4 (71) HH member(s) went to sleep hungry 23.7 (97) 13.7 (56) HH member(s) went a whole day and night without food 15.2 (62) 12.5 (51)

12 Ghana SUNS-Wave I: Planted Soybean in Past Cropping Season (N=818) 80% 70% 60% 73.8% 60.9% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 26.2% 39.1% 0% Men Yes No Women

13 Ghana SUNS-Wave I: You Received Free Soybean Seed in Past 12 Months? (N=818) 80% 70% 64.3% 66.7% 60% 50% 40% 35.7% 33.3% 30% 20% 10% 0% Men Yes No Women

14 Ghana SUNS-Wave I: If Yes: From WhomDid You Receive Free Soybean Seed in Past 12 Months (N=818) Source of Free Soybean Seed M F NGO, Soybean Innovation Lab, CRS 28.9 (118) 27.1 (111) MoFA Extension Agent 7.8 (32) 10.5 (43) Seed Company Agent 0.7 (3) 0.5 (2) Relative in Village 0.5 (2) 0.2 (1)

15 Ghana SUNS-Wave I: Other HH Member Received Free Soybean Seed in Past 12 Months? (N=818) 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 79.5% 75.6% 40% 30% 20% 10% 20.5% 24.4% 0% Men Yes No Women

16 Socioeconomic & Gender Equity Research Goals Soy sustainability Culturally & technology appropriate agriculture and food security interventions Close the gender gap in cash crop production

17 Photo: Catholic Relief Services

18 When we talk about Feeding the Future we think about maize and yams to put into the pot. So how will this project help us? Soy is a cash crop, so it can feed the future by paying for school fees and for doctors fees, so your children have a bright future Sheila Assibey- Yeboah/CRS, 2014

19 Me das se! ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY MARY READ-WAHIDI, PHD POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY AMANDA GOCHANOUR, MA AUDREY REID, MA (C) GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY Photo: K. Ragsdale KATHLEEN RAGSDALE, PHD