International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 49 Issue 4

Revisiting the food security system in India in the pandemic era: the case of a Southern Indian state

Vandita Dar, Madhvi Sethi, Saina Baby, S. Dinesh Kumar, R. Shrinivas

The objective of this paper was twofold-revisiting the in-kind public distribution system (PDS) – India's flagship food security intervention and seeking beneficiary perspectives…

Validating second-order model for economic welfare scale: evidence from Nigeria

Bashir Kurfi Babangida, Roslan Abdul Hakim, Hussin Bin Abdullah

The goal of this paper is to validate the second-order model for the economic welfare scale in the context of violence. This study also aims to assess the relationship between the…

Participation in farmer organizations and adoption of farming technologies among rice farmers in Ghana

Kwabena Nyarko Addai, Omphile Temoso, John N. Ng'ombe

The authors examine the factors influencing membership in farmer organizations (FO) and their effects on the decision to adopt farm technologies by rice farmers in Ghana.

Assessing the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program as a conditional income transfer: a search for a conceptual framework

Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel Karakara, Ernest Amoabeng Ortsin

Ghana has implemented different kinds of pro-poor program and policies since its independence to reduce poverty. The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) is one of such…

An analysis of the effect of fall armyworm on the food security status of maize-producing households in Ghana

Richard Kwasi Bannor, Helena Oppong-Kyeremeh, Daniel Anthony Aguah, Samuel Kwabena Chaa Kyire

The paper aims to examine fall armyworm's (FAW) effect on Ghana's farming households' income and food security status.

The impact of population ageing on the environmental quality in late-demographic dividend countries

Nur A'mirah Mohd Yaziz, A.A. Azlina, Nor Ermawati Hussain, Roshanim Koris

The current study examined the impact of population ageing on environmental quality in 17 late-demographic dividend (LDD) countries.

Banning markets for moral reasons: is the abolition of slavery a role model for the future of animal production?

Stefan Mann

The market for slaves is one of the few cases where trade is banned for moral reasons in every country. While animal activists often link animal production to slavery, they fail…

Employment effect of large-scale agricultural investment on women empowerment in Gambella Region, Ethiopia

Amanuel Kussia Guyalo, Esubalew Abate Alemu, Degefa Tolossa Degaga

Despite intense debates about the outcomes of large-scale agricultural investment in developing countries, gender issues and employment effects of such investment on women…

Poverty-alleviation programs in Tunisia: selection processes and targeting performance indicators at the regional level

Khaled Nasri

This paper aims to evaluate the social safety nets in Tunisia using targeting performance indicators which consider the divergence observed between the beneficiary selection…