Effects of sustainable agricultural practices on farm income and food security in northern Ghana

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 1 Different SAP categories

SAPs	Category details	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative percentage
I₀F₀S₀	None of the SAPs (base category)	87	6.78	6.78
I₁F₀S₀	Improved seed only	0	0	6.78
I₀F₁S₀	Fertilizer only	215	16.74	23.52
I₀F₀S₁	Soil and water conservation only	198	15.42	38.94
I₁F₁S₀	Improved seed and fertilizer	26	2.02	40.96
I₁F₀S₁	Improved seed and soil and water conservation	9	0.70	41.66
I₀F₁S₁	Fertilizer and Soil and water conservation	657	51.17	92.83
I₁F₁S₁	All the SAPs categories (Improved seed, fertilizer, and soil and water conservation)	92	7.17	100
Total		1284	100

We merged I₁F₁S₀ and I₁F₀S₁ into one group (coded as I₁F₁S₀) in the empirical analysis due to small sample sizes