IFPRI recently released a book entitled “Strategies and Priorities for African Agriculture: Economy-wide Perspectives from Country Studies” that examines the potential of agriculture to contribute to national growth and poverty reduction in Africa and evaluates the costs of accelerating agricultural growth. The chapter on Ghana reviews the structure of agriculture and notes that, like many […]
Measuring Research and Development Performance
IFPRI recently released a working paper entitled Measuring R&D Performance from an Innovation Systems Perspective: An Illustration from the Nigeria and Ghana Agricultural Research Systems from the ASTI-IFPRI/FARA Conference held in Accra in December. The paper combines elements of organizational design, institutional analysis, and innovation systems literature to empirically measure organizational performance of agricultural research […]
Course on Case Study Development Held at GIMPA
As Ghana gears up to implement its medium term plan (METASIP) with its emphasis on working with the private sector, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has recently established an agribusiness support unit within the ministry. The majority of the training of ministry staff takes place at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration […]
Agribusiness and Governance Training in India
As agriculture becomes a district issue as a result of the decentralization process currently underway in Ghana, GSSP is working to sensitize leaders at the district level on the importance of agriculture in general, as well as providing training in the development of policy alternatives. As part of these efforts, GSSP organized a course at […]
Economic Transformation in Ghana: Where Will the Path Lead?
The Ghana Strategy Support Program recently released a discussion paper entitled Economic Transformation in Ghana: Where Will the Path Lead? The paper looks at patterns of growth, sectoral transformation, and agglomeration and provides a case study of Ghana’s transformation. It discusses how industry, which should be the first characteristic of economic growth, is the least […]
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