Agricultural Issues
Ghana's grain production grew by 6% in 2010 – Ahwoi
Ghana Business News
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture says in 2010, grain production in the agricultural sector grew by 6% as compared to previous years.
Given the breakdown, the Food and Agricultural Minister, Mr Kwesi Ahwoi said, in 2010 rice production grew by 28.9 per cent, sorghum by 8 percent as well as 10 per cent increase of production in maize.
$2.15m Secured for Poverty Reduction
Ghana
Parliament yesterday approved a 215 million US dollar loan facility from the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the seventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC-7).
The credit is to support the government’s efforts to enhance budgetary discipline and tackle long standing public sector and energy issues, protect the poor and prepare for the oil era.
Food Crisis/Security
Small farms, big ideas for food security | CIPE Development Blog
By Julie Mancuso
While the best interventions for addressing the root causes of the food crisis remain an ongoing and somewhat complex debate, what cannot be argued is the implicit value of simply asking the people themselves what they need to in order to ... Most FBO members are smallholders, constituting roughly 80 percent of the total agricultural production in Ghana, and many are women. CIPE and PEF found that one of the major needs for sustained development of FBO's was their ability ...
Local Government/Decentralization
Making Decentralization Work for the Poor
Ghana
SEND - Ghana an NGO based in Accra, has launched the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), monitoring report entitled “Making Decentralization work for the poor”, in Accra.
The Country Director of SEND-Ghana, Mr. Samuel Akologo, said some of the key issues the report touches on are those related to budgets and fiscal policy, the power of citizens to participate in their governance, transparency of government and citizens’ access to information, effectiveness of service delivery and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, issues of equity and social exclusion.
Open Data was launched in April 2010 by President Zoellick. Many important datasets are now freely available and much easier to access and use. Thanks to the efforts of many staff in PREM and DEC, the Open Data Initiative has been a tremendous success, and we have had extremely positive feedback from many data users.
But we've heard that some researchers, analysts, think tanks and academics -- especially in developing countries -- are still not aware of the data and tools available. To make sure that as many users can access and use the Bank's datasets as possible, we would like you to connect with your contacts and networks and promote Open Data, whenever an opportunity arises, such as when making presentations or interventions at meetings or events, or through social media channels like Facebook, Twitter, and Blogs.
We highly recommend that you watch and share this very short video that describes the key features of the Open Data web site: http://youtu.be/N4HO8_jDO6U. The Open Data team in DEC can also provide a variety of materials and services, including demonstrations and presentations, to support your outreach efforts: a brochure is attached in pdf format, and printed copies are also available. Some of the tools and applications provided as part of the Open Knowledge and Open Data initiatives are also described in a recent Today story. For more information and resources, please contact Azita Amjadi: aamjadi@worldbank.org.
The Open Data Initiative has provided many opportunities for increased collaboration throughout the Bank, and we hope that you too have found data easier to access and use. We encourage you to join in and participate!