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Interviews & Viewpoints | Joseph Boahen Aidoo, CEO, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD): Interview from The Report: Ghana 2019
Articles & Analysis | Ghana prioritises securing food distribution networks and reducing post-harvest loses from The Report: Ghana 2019
Ghana’s agricultural sector is dominated by small-scale farmers, who make up 80% of the farming population. The reliance on smallholders presents challenges for food distribution because crop output is geographically dispersed across the country’s different ecological zones and results in high levels of post-harvest loss as food is transported...
Articles & Analysis | Ghana aims to boost rice production and decrease imports from The Report: Ghana 2019
Rice is one of the major food staples consumed in Ghana, but one in which the country is food insecure, with consumption outstripping domestic production and 66% of rice consumed being imported. The economic costs of relying on imported rice are high and rising. Between 2007 and 2015 the amount spent on imported rice rose from $151m to $1.2bn...
Articles & Analysis | Improved inputs and irrigation methods boost Ghana's agricultural output from The Report: Ghana 2019
The Ghanaian agriculture sector experienced consistent growth between 2014 and 2018. According to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), agriculture grew by 5.5% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2018, outpacing general non-oil GDP growth the same year. Budget figures show agriculture grew by 6.1% in 2017, more than double the 2.9% in 2016,...
Chapter | Agriculture from The Report: Ghana 2019
Ghana’s agricultural output increased in 2017 and 2018, driven in large part by government
policy and expenditure. According to the Ghana Statistical Service, agriculture grew 5.5% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2018, outpacing general non-oil GDP growth the same year.
Industrialisation and productivity improvement programmes are expected to expand the yields from the agriculture sector,...
Ghana continues to be one of the most stable countries in sub-Saharan Africa and has developed substantially over the years. Now one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, the country is starting to move away from traditional resource dependency. However, it faces the challenge of ensuring the widest benefit from that expansion, given its growing and increasingly urbanised population.