by Maxwell Young Ghana’s steady economic growth since the 1980s has helped reduce poverty and improve food security and is considered one of the development success stories of Africa south of the Sahara. Ghana’s agricultural transformation—improvements in farming technology, value chains, crop diversity, and other changes—has been key to that growth. Less clear, however, is […]
International Women’s Day: Reflecting on progress for women in agriculture
A decade ago, women’s empowerment in agriculture wasn’t even on the agenda. Whether there has been sufficient progress in women’s empowerment in agriculture depends on how one defines “sufficient.” The fact that the question is being asked is itself a sign of progress. A decade ago, women’s empowerment in agriculture wasn’t even on the agenda. […]
Highlights from 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, we reflect on GSSPs accomplishments. Here are some of the highlights from the year. We hope you enjoy this recap and thank you for your interest and collaboration. Looking forward to another productive year in 2019! Ghana’s cocoa industry is a key component of the agriculture sector and has […]
Too good to be true? A model for reaching poor farmers and reducing subsidy costs in Ghana
It is no secret that fertilizer subsidies are back in vogue across SSA as the preferred tool for governments trying to boost incomes of poor smallholder farmers by increasing farm production and agricultural productivity. The financial burden of fertilizer subsidies is also widely recognized, exacerbated by the expense of improving the accuracy of targeting, as […]
Changing gender roles in agriculture
Gender roles have important implications for agriculture and food security and have been a key consideration in the discourse on agricultural development over the last few decades. However, some commonly repeated facts about gender relations do not seem to hold true today in Ghana and elsewhere in the developing world. IFPRI-Ghana researchers interrogated 20 years […]
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