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 […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – June 2, 2014
Below are some current developments on Agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues Invest in Agriculture – Minister to Ghanaians The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Clement Kofi Humado has called on rich Ghanaians to invest in various areas of agriculture across Africa, especially in the fertilizer sector to help achieve a hunger-free and poverty-free Africa. According […]
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, […]
The Case of Tomato in Ghana: Institutional Support
The Ghana Strategy Support Program has released a new working paper that considers the role of various institutions in agriculture, and specifically in Ghana’s tomato sector. Ghana’s commitment to the tomato sector has its roots in the 1960s when three large tomato processing plants were established in the country. Though set up as part of […]
The Case of Tomato in Ghana: Processing
The Ghana Strategy Support Program has released a new working paper that examines why tomato processing in Ghana has not worked. Processing of highly perishable non-storable crops, such as tomato, is typically promoted for two reasons: as a way of absorbing excess supply, particularly during gluts that result from predominantly rainfed cultivation; and to enhance […]