In this report, Karl Pauw examines the evolution of farm input subsidy programs in Ghana, with a focus on the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative, which was introduced in 2017 and replaced the Fertilizer Subsidy Program (FSP) that was launched in 2008. A review of PFJ implementation reports and other official data sources […]
Commerical Seed Sector in Ghana
Ghana’s seed sector has undergone some significant changes in the past few years, including the establishment of a new seed law and regulations, the appointment of a National Seed Council, and the emergence of a more diversified commercial seed sector. In a recently released GSSP working paper, three factors critical to the direction of seed […]
Assessing Crop Production and Input Use Patterns in Ghana
The Ghana Strategy Support Program has released a new working paper that examines what we can learn from the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS5). Agriculture in Ghana accounts for about 40 percent of national economy, three quarters of export earnings, and employs 60 percent of the labor force. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy […]
IFPRI-ODI Cocoa Workshop Proceedings
The proceedings of the IFPRI-ODI Workshop "Production, Markets and the Future of Smallholders: the Role of Cocoa in Ghana" are now available. (Note: the proceedings document contains links to the other workshop files. All of the files should be downloaded to the same folder for the links to work properly.) Proceedings Agenda Participants Presentations: The […]
Production, Markets and the Future of Smallholders: the Role of Cocoa in Ghana
When: 19 November 2007 from 14:30-17:30 Where: Conference Center, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Airport Residential Area, Accra, Ghana GSSP and the Rural Policy and Governance Group of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) are co-organizing a one-day workshop intended to strengthen links between research and policy for more effective management of the cocoa sector. […]