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 […]
National Validation Workshop on Ghana’s Agrifood Systems Transformation under the CAADP Kampala Declaration
Organized by IFPRI and partnersDate 28th – 29th July 2026Venue: Mensvic Grand Hotel, Accra, Ghana Ghana enters the Kampala Declaration implementation period with strong institutional foundations, extensive experience with the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), and well-established systems for agricultural planning, sector review, and stakeholder engagement. Building on progress made during the Malabo Declaration […]
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 […]
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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