Ghanas Maize Market
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Author | : Ragasa, Catherine |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 2014-09-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
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Maize is an important food crop in Ghana, accounting for more than 50 percent of the countrys total cereal production. The Ghana Grains Development Project (19791997) and the Food Crops Development Project (20002008) made major investments to improve maize yield. Despite these efforts, the average maize yield in Ghana remains one of the lowest in the world, much lower than the average for Africa south of the Sahara.
Author | : Amewu, Sena |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 19 |
Release | : 2021-12-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
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Ghana has a long history of intervening in food markets to balance consumers’ expectations of low and stable food prices, farmers’ demands for high farmgate prices, and traders’ demand for predictability in seasonal price patterns. However, government interventions may also alter the behavior of markets and alter incentives or risks for all market actors. The Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative, launched in 2017, signaled a renewed commitment from government to agriculture and is Ghana’s flagship strategy for boosting smallholder production, strengthening market linkages, and developing value chains. Given this significant policy shift, we examine agricultural commodity price patterns before and after 2017 to identify potential structural shifts in price behavior in maize, tomato, and onion markets, three key sectors targeted by PFJ. Results show maize and tomato prices drop below their long-term trend under PFJ, but not onion prices. Tomato and onion prices exhibit smaller seasonal price variations. These results are indicative of a structural shift in food markets, although further analysis is required to conclusively attribute these changes to PFJ.
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Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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Author | : Harold Alderman |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 41 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Mercadeo agropecuario |
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Author | : Derek Byerlee |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781555877767 |
Intended for policymakers and scholars, the 15 contributions in this volume are divided into two sections: the first provides six country case studies of the evolving maize economies of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria. The second part synthesizes major technological, institutional, and policy issues with chapters on research and extension, soil fertility, seed and fertilizer delivery systems, and marketing and price policy. Paper edition (754-0), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 336 |
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Author | : Aziz Elbehri |
Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : 9789251075302 |
This book offers an in-depth analyses of value chain policies, past and present in West Africa. The book contains a large number of in-depth case studies of food value chains in particular countries, including traditional export commodities (cocoa, cotton), high value exports (mangoes, horticulture) and the most important staple food value chains (oil palm, rice, maize, sorghum and millet and cassava) in the region. It also contains a large number of private and public initiatives, and thematic analyses relating to the role of the private agro-industry and producer organizations and their role as market agents.
Author | : Xinshen Diao |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0198845340 |
Using Ghana as a case study, this work integrates economic and political analysis to explore the challenges and opportunities of Africa's growth and transformation.
Author | : Fafchamps, M. |
Publisher | : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) |
Total Pages | : 4 |
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Author | : Diao, Xinshen, ed. |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 2020-12-07 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0896293807 |
Agricultural mechanization in Africa south of the Sahara — especially for small farms and businesses — requires a new paradigm to meet the needs of the continent’s evolving farming systems. Can Asia, with its recent success in adopting mechanization, offer a model for Africa? An Evolving Paradigm of Agricultural Mechanization Development analyzes the experiences of eight Asian and five African countries. The authors explore crucial government roles in boosting and supporting mechanization, from import policies to promotion policies to public good policies. Potential approaches presented to facilitating mechanization in Africa include prioritizing market-led hiring services, eliminating distortions, and developing appropriate technologies for the African context. The role of agricultural mechanization within overall agricultural and rural transformation strategies in Africa is also discussed. The book’s recommendations and insights should be useful to national policymakers and the development community, who can adapt this knowledge to local contexts and use it as a foundation for further research.