Below are some current developments on Agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues Statistical Service Budgets $20 million for Agricultural Census Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), is to spend 20 million dollars on the on-going Agricultural Census spanning 2014-2017. Mr. Anthony Amuzu, Director of Survey Organization and Census Directorate, said the census is being undertaken by the GSS […]
Reflection on agriculture data information systems in Ghana
Data and information are the raw materials of economic analysis. They lend substance to description. Properly ordered, they reveal problems and solutions to problems. Lack of accurate and reliable data in many developing countries has hampered planning, monitoring and impact assessment of development programs to promote evidence-based policy making. Lack of commitment by national governments, […]
GAPS Review
The Ghana Agricultural Production Survey (GAPS), a pilot being implemented by SRID and supported by GSSP, has made significant progress over the past year. Last month, SRID and GSSP invited a team to participate in an assessment to review the pilot survey, determine the potential for scaling it up to include more districts, and develop […]
A Long-term Census and Survey Program for Ghana
The Ghana Strategy Support Program has released a new working paper that develops a long term census and survey program for Ghana. This paper tries to develop a vision of the long-term census and survey system through interviews held with diverse stakeholders. I thus identified the clients and their expectations. The next step was to […]
A Strategy for Agricultural Statistics in Ghana
The Ghana Strategy Support Program has released a new working paper that discusses a strategy for agricultural statistics in Ghana. Agriculture is the backbone of the Ghanaian economy. It plays an important role in the socioeconomic development of Ghana as it contributes to ensuring food security, provides raw materials for local industries, generates foreign exchange, […]