The Ghana Strategy Support Program has released a new working paper that discusses irrigation development in Ghana and identifies ways to strengthen the country's irrigated agricultural sector. Agriculture has a central socioeconomic position in Ghana. This sector accounts for about 65 percent of the work force, about 40 percent of the gross domestic product, and […]
Understanding Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the University of Ghana are organizing an international conference on Economic Transformation in Africa to be held on May 10-11, 2011, in Accra, Ghana. This conference will bring together leading researchers, policymakers and representatives of development organizations from Sub-Saharan Africa and around the world to present and […]
A Long-term Census and Survey Program for Ghana
The Ghana Strategy Support Program has released a new working paper that develops a long term census and survey program for Ghana. This paper tries to develop a vision of the long-term census and survey system through interviews held with diverse stakeholders. I thus identified the clients and their expectations. The next step was to […]
A Strategy for Agricultural Statistics in Ghana
The Ghana Strategy Support Program has released a new working paper that discusses a strategy for agricultural statistics in Ghana. Agriculture is the backbone of the Ghanaian economy. It plays an important role in the socioeconomic development of Ghana as it contributes to ensuring food security, provides raw materials for local industries, generates foreign exchange, […]
Assessing Crop Production and Input Use Patterns in Ghana
The Ghana Strategy Support Program has released a new working paper that examines what we can learn from the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS5). Agriculture in Ghana accounts for about 40 percent of national economy, three quarters of export earnings, and employs 60 percent of the labor force. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy […]
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