In 2015, IFPRI collaborated with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), a Council for Industrial and Scientific Research (CSIR) research institute, to set up demonstration plots to test the productivity of maize varieties in Northern Ghana. Maize is an important food cereal in Ghana, but productivity is low. One […]
Picking winners in agriculture depends on policy objectives
It is common for developing country governments or development partners to identify priority agricultural subsectors or value chains that receive targeted support to achieve policy objectives. In Ghana, for example, the new administration has prioritized the maize, rice, sorghum, soya and vegetables value chains under its Planting for Food and Jobs initiative. But how are […]
CSIS report launch: A Role for Social Protection Investments to Support Food and Nutrition Security: Lessons from Ghana
Social protection programs are increasingly favored for tackling food security as they often directly target the most vulnerable. In Ghana, investments have been made in the Government of Ghana's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program to extend the cash transfer to pregnant women, and children under the age of one, as this early stage of […]
Options for reducing poverty in remote areas of northern Ghana: Can maize contract farming schemes help?
Contract farming (CF) arrangements are written or oral agreements between farmers and CF scheme operators, where farmers commit to produce a certain commodity and operators commit to buying the commodity. These agreements typically contain further specifications such as the quantity, quality or price of the commodity, and can come with the provision of inputs, credits […]
World Bank Launches report on the impact of laws and regulations on the Business Environment of Agriculture
The World Bank has launched its report on Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) 2017, which analyses the impact of regulatory environment on agricultural performances and identifies good practices for enabling the business of agriculture. The report provides valuable insights into regulatory frameworks and institutions that can potentially increase access to inputs and markets for higher agricultural productivity and […]
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