EKO Perspectives
Research, evidence and ideas by Elvis Kwame Ofori
Alan Manson · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0
One hectare, many promises
Climate, biodiversity, energy, housing and food are all asking more of the same land. The farmer who lives from it is rarely at the table.
Efo Komla · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
We cannot drink gold
Ghana arrests hundreds of illegal miners a year and convicts a handful. The deeper problem is who profits from the gold and who pays for the water.
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Thirty years of Irish tree-planting promises, checked against the record
Ireland has planted a fraction of the forest it promised since 1996. Licensing explains one bad stretch. Farmers walking away from planting explains more of the gap.
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About my research
My research examines how national agricultural, climate and land-use goals translate into different costs, opportunities and constraints across farms and places. I work with spatial, economic and behavioural models at the University of Galway.