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Ghana Agriculture Sector Policy Note: Transforming Agriculture for Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Food Security

dc.date.accessioned 2017-09-25T18:25:19Z
dc.date.available 2017-09-25T18:25:19Z
dc.date.issued 2017-06
dc.description.abstract The objective of this note is to help the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) identify strategic policy directions and reform areas that are fundamental to accelerate and sustain agriculture sector growth. Sustained agricultural growth will contribute to overall resiliency ofthe economy as it undergoes structural transformation as it moves beyond lower middle-income status.The Agriculture Sector Policy Note is based on a number of sector studies and reports prepared by the Bank to support the existing investment projects. The objective of the Agricultural Sector Policy Note is to help Ghana achieve transformation and modernization of its agriculture sector. There are both challenges and opportunities towards achieving transformation and modernization of the agriculture sector in Ghana. The agricultural sector accounts for one fifth of Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employs nearly half of the workforce and is the main source of livelihood for the majority of the country’s poorest households.Ghana’s agricultural sector is characterized by low yields for both staple and cash crops.Ghana is a net importer of basic foods (raw and processed) including rice, poultry, sugar, and vegetable oils.Ghana has significant agricultural potential, particularly in the semi-arid NorthernSavannah (agro-)Ecological Zone (NSEZ), including the Afram Plains.The first priority is to improve public expenditure allocation and management as well as budget coordination in agriculture.The second priority is for MoFA to improve the collection and analysis of agriculturalstatistics to produce high quality and credible data for sector planning on a regular basis.Third, MoFA should improve the efficiency and effectiveness of input subsidy programs and fix gaps in input supply legislation.Fourth, prioritization of public investments in infrastructure, particularly in high agricultural potential areas, such as the NSEZ (including the Afram Plains) is critical to sustain Ghana’s agricultural growth. The government should promote coordination in the the implementation of its National Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Security Action Plan, following the principles laid down in the National Climate Change Policy as well as the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC). The Government should also strengthen research on climate-smart agricultural technologies, strengthen the research-extension linkages to promote farmers’ technology adoption especially in fragile but high potential environments such as the NSEZ. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/336541505459269020/Ghana-Agriculture-sector-policy-note-transforming-agriculture-for-economic-growth-job-creation-and-food-security
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28394
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject STAPLE CROPS
dc.subject COCOA
dc.subject PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject AGRICULTURE RESEARCH
dc.subject IRRIGATION
dc.subject NORTHERN SAVANNAH ECOLOGICAL ZONE
dc.subject JOBS
dc.subject FOOD SECURITY
dc.title Ghana Agriculture Sector Policy Note en
dc.title.subtitle Transforming Agriculture for Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Food Security en
dc.type Policy Note en
dc.type Document de politique générale fr
dc.type Documento de políticas es
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2017-09-14
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Notes
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/336541505459269020/Ghana-Agriculture-sector-policy-note-transforming-agriculture-for-economic-growth-job-creation-and-food-security
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/28394
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 090224b084fb2603_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 27981846
okr.identifier.report 119753
okr.imported true
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/336541505459269020/pdf/119753-PN-P133833-PUBLIC-Ghana-Policy-Note-Ag-Sector-Review.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.region.country Ghana
okr.sector Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry
okr.theme Economic management :: Analysis of economic growth
okr.topic Agriculture :: Agribusiness
okr.topic Agriculture :: Agricultural Research
okr.topic Agriculture :: Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topic Agriculture :: Climate Change and Agriculture
okr.topic Agriculture :: Crops & Crop Management Systems
okr.topic Agriculture :: Food Security
okr.unit AGR GP AFR1 (GFA01)
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