GSSP Publications

GSSP Working Papers

• Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana (2013)
• Analyzing profitability of maize, rice, and soybean production in Ghana (2012)
• Farmer based organizations in Ghana (2012)
• Irrigation Development in Ghana (2011)
• A long-term census and survey program for Ghana (2011)
• A strategy for agricultural statistics in Ghana (2011)
• Assessing crop production and input use patterns in Ghana (2011)
• Tomato in Ghana (2010)
• The case of tomato in Ghana - Institutional support (2010)
• The case of tomato in Ghana – Processing (2010)
• The case of tomato in Ghana – Marketing (2010)
• The case of tomato in Ghana – Productivity (2010)
• Operational Details of the 2008 Fertilizer Subsidy in Ghana (2009)
• Public expenditure and institutional review (2009)
• Decentralization and Local Public Services in Ghana: Do Geography and Ethnic Diversity Matter? (2008)
• Local Impacts of a Global Crisis: Food Price Transmission and Poverty Impacts in Ghana (2008)
• What Does Liberalization without Price Competition Achieve: The Case of Cocoa in Ghana (2008)
• Drivers of Change in Ghana’s Cocoa Sector (2008)
• Identifying Opportunities in Ghana’s Agriculture: Results from a Policy Analysis Matrix (2008)
• The role of cocoa in Ghana's future development (2008)
• Linking research and policy (2007)
• Does training strengthen capacity? (2007)
• Public spending at the district level in Ghana (2007)
• Accelerating growth and structural transformation (2007)
• Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana (2007)
• Reaching Middle-Income Status In Ghana By 2015 (2007)
• Public spending in Ghana (2007)
• Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana (2007)
• Regional disparities in Ghana (2007)
• Linking Smallholders to Markets (2006)

IFPRI Discussion Papers

• Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana (2013)
• Impact of food price changes on household welfare in Ghana (2013)
• Strategies and priorities for African agriculture (2012)
• Economic Transformation in Ghana (2012)
• The partially liberalized cocoa sector in Ghana (2012)
• The comprehensive Africa agriculture program as a collective institution (2012)
• Mechanization in Ghana: Searching for sustainable service supply models (2012)
• West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis - Ghana (2012)
• Cartels and rent sharing at the farmer-trader interface (2011)
• Cropping practices and labor requirements in field operations for major crops in Ghana (2011)
• Evaluating the Mexico city policy (2011)
• The renewed case for farmers’ cooperatives (2011)
• Foreign inflows and growth challenges for African countries (2010)
• Who has influence in multistakeholder governance systems? (2010)
• Decentralization and Local Public Services in Ghana: Do Geography and Ethnic Diversity Matter? (2009)
• Local Impacts of a Global Crisis: Food Price Transmission and Poverty Impacts in Ghana (2008)
• Reaching middle-income status in Ghana by 2015 (2008)
• Accelerating growth and structural transformation (2008)
• Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana (2007)

Discussion Briefs

• The traits of Ghanaian commercial farmers (2013)
• Economic growth and agricultural diversification matters for food and nutrition security in Ghana (2013)
• Economic Transformation in Africa (2013)
• Blue Skies: How one firm overcame binding constraints (2013)
• Are African Governments Serious About Agriculture? (2013)
• Dynamics of transformation insights from rice farming in Kpong Irrigation System KIS (2013)
• Curb your enthusiasm (2013)
• Smallholder Agriculture in Ghana (2007)
• Achieving Inclusive Agricultural Growth (2007)
• Aiming for Middle-Income Country Status  (2007)

GSSP Discussion Notes

• Economic transformation in Africa: Where will the path Lead? (2013)
• The comprehensive Africa agriculture development programme as a collective institution (2013)
• Green revolution in Ghana (2013)
• Performance of farmer-based organizations in Ghana (2013)
• Policy priorities to support Ghana’s commercial seed sector development (2013)
• Mechanization in Ghana searching for sustainable service supply meals (2013)
• Is specialization in agricultural mechanization a viable business model: the case of Ghana (2013)
• Land policy and governance reforms and agricultural transformation (2013)
• New developments in financial risk management tools for farmers (2013)
• Price setting in the cocoa sector (2013)
• Impact of food price increase on household welfare in Ghana (2013)
• New directions for revitalizing the national agricultural research system in the context of growing private sector R&D (2013)
• Evaluation of four special initiatives of the ministry of food and agriculture (2013)
• Ghana’s research system (2013)
• Food processing and agricultural productivity challenges: The case of tomatoes in Ghana (2013)
• The role of foreign investment in Ethiopia’s leather value chain: Lessons for Ghana (2013)
• Reflections on influencing country policies and strategies: The toy story (2013)
• Methods of capacity needs assessment: A discussion note (2013)
• Animal traction in Ghana (2013)
• Understanding the real budget process: The case of Ghana (2013)
• Political economy and donor responses to CAADP (2013)
• Economic growth and agricultural diversification matters for food and nutrition security in Ghana (2013)
• Political economy determinants of public investment decision-making in agriculture (2013)

Policy Notes

• How best to target agricultural subsides? (2013)
• Improving regional fertilizer markets in West Africa (2011)
• Managing oil revenue in Ghana (2010)
• Do formula-based intergovernmental transfer mechanisms eliminate politically motivated targeting? (2010)

Other Papers

• Strategies and priorities for African agriculture (2012)
• Institutions for agricultural mitigation (2012)
• Irrigation development in Ghana (2011)
• A new era of transformation in Ghana (2011)
• Measuring R&D performance from an innovation systems perspective (2011)
• Ghana: Recent developments in agricultural research (2010)