Transcript Ghana`s Initiatives by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture

REGIONAL & GLOBAL FOOD
SECURITY ARCHITECTURE
GHANA`S INITIATIVES
PRESENTATION BY:
ASANTE-KROBEA EMMANUEL
DIRECTOR OF CROPS SERVICES MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
– GHANA
MAIN FEATURES OF GHANA`S
AGRICULTURE
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Typifies SSA agricultural setting
It’s the largest sector of the Ghanaian economy
Contributes 34% GDP
Employs about 56.2% about 13million people.
Contributes about 35% of foreign exchange.
The sector comprises food and industrial
crops(59%),
cocoa(14%),
L`stock(5%),
Fisheries(11%) & Forestry(11%).
• Smallholders-:0.5-2Ha produce 80% Total output
Challenges to Agric. Production
Agriculture in Ghana(SSA) is characterized by low
Productivity as a result of the following:
• Reliance on rain-fed agriculture,
• Low level and low performing irrigation schemes in
the face of climate change,
• Land degradation and Tenure Challenges
• High On-Farm postharvest losses coupled with
Inadequate Postharvest Storage infrastructure
• Low level and ineffective agricultural finance,
• Inadequate extension services as a result of several
structural and institutional challenges,
Challenges Cont…
• Inadequate markets and processing facilities,
• Low performing indigenous breeds of livestock
and poor husbandry practices,
• Competition from imports
• Inappropriate management of livestock products
• Overfishing of natural water bodies coupled with
undeveloped fish value chains and inadequate
skills in aquaculture.
• Weak response of Research to current challenges
• Under-developed feeder road network
POLICY DIRECTION
LONG TERM
FOOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
DEVELOPMENT POLICY(FASDEP)
MEDIUM TERM (5 years)-2011-2015
MEDIUM TERM AGRIC. SECTOR INVESTMENT
POLICY(METASIP)
Consistent with CCADP to achieve the MDGs
SOME INTERVENTIONS TO ACHIEVE FOOD
SECURITY
INFRASTRUCTURE
Provision of Irrigation Schemes
• Rehabilitations of existing Schemes
• Developing New Schemes
• Provision of Pumps(subsidized)
• Exploration of Underground Water
INFRASTRUCTURE (contd..)
Provision of Postharvest Storage infrastructure
• Provision of Appropriate Machinery
• On-farm storage structures (e.g. Narrow Cribs)
• Rehabilitation of Bulk Silos
• Introduction on other storage Technologies
Provision of Markets
• National Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO)
INFRASTRUCTURE (contd..)
Development of Road
Networks
• Various Government
Budget Funded
Initiatives and
Donor/Bilateral Projects
LAND TENURE ISSUES
• Land Policy consists of a comprehensive set of
proposals for improving access to land, ensuring
security of tenure and protection of land rights,
and ensuring planned land use (LAP).
• Policy strategies currently in place are the
establishment of land banks to enhance access,
enforcing title registration to ensure security, and
development and establishment of land use plans
at the district, regional and national levels.
PROVISION OF SERVICES
• Extension Services
• Agricultural
Mechanization Services
(AMSEC- 170)
• Market Information
Services (Radio, TV,
Mobile phone etc)
• Development of Value
Chains
PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
• Micro Credit Schemes (Projects, ADIF, OVCF)
• Input Credit Support Schemes (Block Farms
and Youth in Agriculture)
• Price Support Schemes(Fertilizer subsidy)
RESPONSIVE RESEARCH
• Support to Research Development
– Planting Material
– Breed Improvement
– Food Processing and Preservation
CONDUCIVE POLICY ENVIRONMENT
• Responsible and responsive regulatory
frameworks(eg Bio-safety regulations etc)
• Conducive non-discriminatory Trade, Price &
Subsidies Policies
• Public Security and the Rule of Law
• Gender Equity
RESULTS OBTAINED
• Ghana has made great strides in achieving National
Food Security and Agricultural Development
• These achievements attest to the need for
sustained prioritization and increased investment.
• The progress made by Ghana from 1985 to date
have been endorsed by the international
community through a number of awards, key
amongst which are;
RESULTS OBTAINED…
– The Hunger Project’s “1993 Africa Prize for Leadership
for the Sustainable End of Hunger”;
– “FAO’s Agricola Medal 2000” for outstanding efforts in
the promotion of sustainable food production and the
eradication of poverty; and
– “2011 World Food Prize” awarded jointly to Ghana and
Brazil for food security and poverty reduction.
• Underpinning these international recognitions is
the acknowledged role of the smallholder farmer
and women in food production, processing, family
nutrition and ultimately Food Security. These
Actors, should be our Focus of Investment.
CONCLUSION
• Ghana is Committed to Continue Investing in
Agriculture
• Harnessing all Resources and Instituting Measures
to Utilize its Oil Revenue to fund Agriculture and
Sustain Food and Nutrition Security
• Africa can attain Food security ONLY if we put our
MINDS to it and COMMIT ADEQUATE RESOURCES
to the Key Actors in the FOOD PRODUCTION
CHAIN and Ensuring Sound POLITICAL STABILITY in
the Region
THANK YOU