Bolang Peter Dery, Osumanu Issaka Kanton
Lassia Tuolu Senior High School, Upper West Region, Ghana.
Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University for Development Studies, Wa, Ghana.
Heliyon. 2019 Aug 12;5(8):e02230. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02230. eCollection 2019 Aug.
This paper assesses the participation of formal sector employees in urban agriculture and their contributions to food supply in the Wa Municipality, north-western Ghana. A cross-sectional research design was employed with survey as the data collection method. Respondents were randomly selected from various public sector agencies within the Municipality. Logistic regression was employed to identify the factors influencing participation in agriculture. The findings revealed that majority (62.1%) of the respondents were not participating in agriculture. Respondents who participate in urban agriculture practice food crop farming or animal rearing or both. The probability of a formal sector worker participating in agriculture is influenced by sex, age, education, household size, finance and formal workload. Participation in agriculture contributes to household food supply through physical availability of food, income earning and savings. Providing formal sector workers with information about the significance of urban agriculture could be a way of encouraging their participation.
本文评估了加纳西北部瓦市正规部门员工参与都市农业的情况及其对粮食供应的贡献。采用横断面研究设计，以调查作为数据收集方法。从该市各公共部门机构中随机选取受访者。运用逻辑回归来确定影响农业参与度的因素。研究结果显示，大多数（62.1%）受访者未参与农业活动。参与都市农业的受访者从事粮食作物种植、畜牧养殖或两者皆有。正规部门员工参与农业的可能性受性别、年龄、教育程度、家庭规模、资金和正式工作量的影响。参与农业通过粮食的实际可得性、收入赚取和储蓄为家庭粮食供应做出贡献。向正规部门员工提供有关都市农业重要性的信息可能是鼓励他们参与的一种方式。
