Ghana’s cocoa industry has achieved consistent growth, but low global market prices, a lack of management transparency, and a shortage of younger farmers loom as major challenges.
Testing agricultural technologies in Northern Ghana
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 […]
Mothers’ Non-Farm Entrepreneurship and Child Secondary Education in Rural Ghana
New discussion paper provides an empirical insight into the impact of mothers’ non-farm entrepreneurship on the propensity of child secondary school enrollment.
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