Internet use and farm households food and nutrition security nexus: The case of rural Ghana |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA;2. Department of Business, Wheeling University, Wheeling, WV, USA;3. School of Analytics, Finance and Economics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA;1. School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Beijing 100081, China;2. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Beijing 100081, China;3. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | Internet use Food security Nutrition security Endogenous treatment regression Ghana C31 Q01 Q12 |
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