Women in northern Ghana use a dehusking machine to process shea nuts. Photo Credit: Bedru Balana/IFPRI By Futoshi Yamauchi, Bedru Balana, Hazel Malapit, Eduardo Maruyama, Doreen Kufoalor, Sena Amewu, Seth Asante, and Samson Dejene Key takeaways In northern Ghana, shea trees—locally known as “women’s gold”—have anchored rural livelihoods for generations. The tree’s oil-rich nuts are an […]
Making a Difference: How farmers in Ghana benefit from the Agricultural Mechanization Services Enterprise Centers Program
Impact of Ghana’s Agricultural Mechanization Services Enterprise Centers Program Africa’s agricultural sector, particularly south of the Sahara, has enormous potential to provide jobs and food for a growing population—contributing to food security, economic growth, and poverty reduction. But none of this will happen on its own; realizing this promise requires robust, sustained investment into the […]
2025 Global Food Policy Report | Food Policy: Lessons and Priorities for a Changing World
Hybrid Event at IFPRI-HQ 1201 Eye St NW 12th floor conference room Washington, D.C., United States May 28, 2025 Register Conflicts, extreme weather events, and rising inequality are hindering progress in accelerating economic growth and eradicating poverty, hunger and malnutrition, and are exacerbated by reductions in international development assistance and growing geopolitical tensions. Although national policies […]
Agricultural Input Markets in Ghana: A Descriptive Assessment of Input Dealers in Eight Districts
This study by Asante et al., provides a description of the agricultural input market in Ghana in 2019 across six districts with high maize production and two municipal districts noted for agricultural marketing activities. Since 2017, Ghana’s agricultural policy has been heavily focused on implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) program, which […]
Mapping the implementation process for subsidized fertilizer distribution under Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs Program
The Ghana Strategy Support Program assessed the implementation process of the PFJ input subsidy program, which is the qualitative component of a broader evaluation study on the PFJ program conducted by IFPRI, ISSER and MOFA with support from AGRA . The study focused only on fertilizer distribution as a distinct complex process of importance, although […]
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