In the absence of a vaccine, countries globally have resorted to social distancing, travel restrictions and economic lockdowns to reduce transmission of the coronavirus. While necessary to preserve human life, the socioeconomic costs of these blunt policy measures are high, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where many live hand-to-mouth and lack access to safety nets to […]
MoFA and IFPRI Analyze Commodity Market Price Trends Before and After PFJ
As part of the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) program, the Statistics Research and Information Directorate (SRID) and the Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate (PPMED) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), in partnership with IFPRI’s Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP), recently published a series of […]
Value Chain Development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions
Value chains are series of activities or processes that aim at creating and adding value to any product at every step during the production process. How, where, and when might it be appropriate to intervene in value chains, particularly to benefit smallholders? In their paper on value chain development, Shashi Kolavalli and co-authors examined interventions […]
Climate and Poverty in Africa South of the Sahara
Smallholder farmers appear to be the most vulnerable to weather variability, both for floods and droughts, compared to both large-holder farmers and non-farming households.
Agricultural Growth Key to Spur Ghana’s Economic Growth
With the right kinds of policies and investments, Ghana could enhance its agricultural exports, reduce its food imports, and in the process create many more productive jobs along agricultural value chains.