Internet use and farm households food and nutrition security nexus: The case of rural Ghana

2021
The impact of internet use on food and nutrition security of rural households in Ghana is investigated in this study. To offset the potential challenge of selection bias, an endogenous treatment regression (ETR) technique is utilized for the analysis.. The results reveal that Internet use can improve smallholder farmers' food and nutrition security. Internet usage has a profound positive effect on the food security of households with off-farm work and larger size of landholding. Our results suggest the intensification of efforts to enhance Internet connectivity across the nation by the government and policymakers is essential since it can go a long way to affect household welfare. The findings also highlight the importance of information and communication technologies (ICTs), the Internet, patronization to improve rural household welfare.
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY
卷号:65
ISSN:0160-791X
收录类型
SSCI
发表日期
2021
学科领域
循证社会学
国家
中国
语种
英语
DOI
10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101592
其他关键词
EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE; IMPACT; INCOME
EISSN
1879-3274
资助机构
Soft Science Program of Sichuan Department of Scitechnology [18RKX0773]; Sichuan Agriculture University, College of Economics
资助信息
We gratefully acknowledge the financial supports from the Soft Science Program of Sichuan Department of Scitechnology (Grant No. 18RKX0773) and Sichuan Agriculture University, College of Economics. The authors also extend enormous gratitude to the anonymous reviewers for their helpful review and critical comments. All errors and omissions are the responsibility of the authors.
被引频次(WOS)
1
被引更新日期
2022-01
来源机构
Sichuan Agricultural University Flinders University South Australia Changsha University of Science & Technology University of Cape Coast Southern Illinois University System Southern Illinois University
关键词
Internet use Food security Nutrition security Endogenous treatment regression Ghana