How can Ghana transform agriculture into a modernized sector that makes substantial contribution to overall economic growth? This year, GSSP is implementing a new workplan organized around this single underlying strategic question. Our research will focus on (1) identifying opportunities for change, (2) analyzing costs and benefits of such development opportunities, (3) identifying constraints to […]
New Background Papers
The Ghana Strategy Support Program has released six new Background Papers: The Role of Cocoa in Ghana’s Future Development looks at the growth and poverty reduction implications of future growth in the country’s cocoa sector. It finds that increasing cocoa production by about 60,000 tons annually is necessary for Ghana to reach its middle-income country […]
2007 Ghana Strategy Forum Proceedings
The proceedings of the November 2007 Ghana Strategy Forum “The Role of Agriculture in Achieving Middle Income Status” are now available. (Note: the proceedings document contains links to the other workshop files. All of the files should be downloaded to the same folder for the links to work properly.) Proceedings Agenda Participants Presentations: Growth, Poverty […]
IFPRI-ODI Cocoa Workshop Proceedings
The proceedings of the IFPRI-ODI Workshop "Production, Markets and the Future of Smallholders: the Role of Cocoa in Ghana" are now available. (Note: the proceedings document contains links to the other workshop files. All of the files should be downloaded to the same folder for the links to work properly.) Proceedings Agenda Participants Presentations: The […]
Discussion Briefs and Presentations from the Strategy Forum
2007 Ghana Strategy Forum briefs and presentations are now available on the IFPRI website.