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, […]
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 […]
The Case of Tomato in Ghana: Summary of Stakeholder Dialogue
The Ghana Strategy Support Program has released a new working paper that summarizes the stakeholder dialogue hosted by Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and titled “Transforming Agriculture: The Case of Tomatoes in Ghana.” On 23 April 2010, farmers, traders, processors, agribusiness, Ghanaian and international academics, […]
2007 Ghana Strategy Forum Proceedings
The proceedings of the November 2007 Ghana Strategy Forum “The Role of Agriculture in Achieving Middle Income Status” 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: Growth, Poverty […]