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USAID/Ghana
Conference on Agriculture, Food and Trade: Ghana and the U.S.
April 1, 2014
Fenton B. Sands
Feed the Future
Feed the Future (FtF)
Origin? Obama 2009 visit to Ghana led to a USG global
commitment to address food security
Ghana was the first country asked to write a five-year
strategic plan for the U.S. government’s global hunger and
food security initiative.
The strategy represents a coordinated, whole-of-government
approach to address food security that aligns in support of our
partner country priorities
USAID was given the responsibility to design and implement
this all-of-USG Presidential Initiative
By 2017, the program will see Ghana meet more internal demand for targeted
staple crops, improved maternal and child nutrition, and Ghana poised to be a
food provider to the West Africa Region.
1) High-impact transformation of staple food value chain systems
2) Improved access and consumption of nutritious foods
3) Improved government capacity and policies
4) Significant increases in private sector investment in agriculture
Our Strategic Vision
KEY FOCUS AREA CHALLENGES POLICY OBJECTIVE
Agriculture
Productivity
Low adoption of technology
Low transfer and uptake of research findings by stakeholders
Improve science, technology and innovation application
Limited multiplication and production of planting materials and certification of seeds
Poor storage and untimely release of planting materials and certified seeds
Promote seed development
Job Creation
Inadequate private investments in agric-business venture
Facilitate private sector investments in agriculture
Ghana’s Agriculture Policy Framework
Ghana Shared Growth Dev Strategy I & II (2014-2017)
KEY FOCUS AREA CHALLENGES POLICY OBJECTIVE
Agricultural competitiveness and integration into domestic and international markets
Low, poor quality and irregular supplies of raw materials to agro-processing enterprises
Inadequate institutional arrangement to support commercial scale agro-processing
Improve post-production management
Limited access to market information
Develop an effective domestic market
Production risks/ bottlenecks in agriculture industry
Inadequate access to appropriate credit facilities
Improve agricultural financing
Absence of national agricultural land use policy
Promote sustainable environment , land and water management
Agriculture Policy Framework (continued)
Indicator Corresponding Issues and
Strategies
Number of improved technologies
released
Improved availability and access of improved technologies
Adoption rates of new agricultural technologies and good agricultural practices (GAPS) in commodities :
Maize, Rice, Sorghum, Cassava, Yam and fish (increased by 50%),
Total land area under improved technologies
Stimulate, support and facilitate adaptation and widespread adoption of farming, processing and sustainable land use practices.
Type, number and capacity of storage
facilities available- not at household level.
Geographic distribution and Adequacy of storage facilities
Percentage of agricultural investors with
access to services for agriculture and
rural development
strengthen all actors along the value
chain
Agricultural Sector Results
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Finance & investment Technology
transfer
Policy reform
Value chain promotion
Commercial agriculture 1. Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP)
2. Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Support
Services (METSS)
3. Agric & Agribusiness Unit in MOF
4. Agriculture Policy Project
Agriculture
Technology Transfer
(ATT)
Financing Ghanaian Agriculture
Project (FinGAP)
Agriculture Value Chain
Development Enhancement
(ADVANCE II)
Commercial Agriculture
Project (GCAP)
Increased
Competitiveness of
Major Food Value
Chains
Improved Enabling
Environment for
Private Sector
Investment
NRM 6% Technology
8%
Finance 9%
Nutrition 17%
Policy 27%
CommAg 33%
Feed the Future Resource allocation by cluster $285 million up to 2017
POLICY ISSUE USAID
Intervention Activities
Low adoption of technology
Low transfer and uptake of research findings by stakeholders
Technology Transfer Project (ATT)
1) Increase the capacity of Ghanaian
agricultural research to develop and disseminate technologies
2) Increase the number of productivity enhancing technologies available to smallholder producers including seeds, soil fertility
3) Increase the role and capacity of private
sector actors in technology development and dissemination
Inadequate private investments in agric-business venture
ADVANCE II Project
1) Marketing and linkages to buyers
2) Improved production technologies
3) Value-addition technologies
Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP)
1) Investment promotion, facilitating access to land
2) Facilitating private sector investment & smallholder linkages in the SADA-north
How USAID Implements FtF and the Agriculture Policy Framework
Ghana Commercial Agricultural Project (GCAP)
Best areas for maize and soybean in northern Ghana
Sawla-Tuna West Gonja
Central Gonja
Bole
East Gonja
Tolon Kumb-ungu
Tamale
West Mamprusi
East Mamprusi
Bunk- prugu
Savelugu Nanton
Karaga Gushiegu
Yendi
Saboba
Zabzugu
Nanumba North
Nanumba South
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Water source, e.g. river
Bulk water infrastructure – Pump and mains pipes, may include dam/ reservoir
Tier 1 – Professionally managed farm under pivot irrigation growing food and cash-crops
Tier 2 – Emergent farmers growing food and horticultural crops, supervised by the professional farmer (>5ha each).
Tier 3 – Smallholder gardens under basic of irrigation, e.g. furrow (0.5 - 1ha each).
Pump house
Nucleus farm with storage, processing and logistics facilities – connected to infrastructure (roads, power)
Large Scale Investor Linked to an Out-grower Scheme
FtF Target Audience?: the small farmer to change peoples lives
Nucleus Farmer: Khama Farms
Out-grower farmers
Building on an existing relationships
to strengthen & expand
everybody’s business
and improve household
food security
Out-grower: Madam Alhassan Memunatu
Outcome in One Year:
• Improved yield by 50% (1 to 1.5 Mt)
• Sold at better price to Khama
• Improved income
• Better nutrition for her family (from soya for home consumption)
• Enrolled daughter in training college, rebuilt collapsed building and better meals for the family
• Increase private investment in select commodity chains (warehousing, processing etc.) and the…
• Services (e.g. extension) which support them while …
• Ensuring small farmer participation and gender equity,
• Builds sustainability through market led approach
Value Chain Transformation Market
opportunities
Buyers
Traders
Commercial farmers
Rural farmers
Services
Finance
Information
Equipment
Inputs
Tech Asst
Bontanga Food Growers & Marketing Union
Bontanga Food Growers & Marketing Union
300 Farmers Cooperative Members
Wumpini Agrochemicals
Ltd.
Product Capacity Credit
Inputs
AMSIG Resources
Southern Aggregators and the Open Market
Premium Foods
Sales
Sales
Sales Credit Fertilizer, tractor services & cash
Jasmine 85 Rice Seed Variety
Sales ADVANCE
Three Volunteers
ADVANCE
JK Technology Supply of Agric
Machinery
Fertilizer and Weedicide
Peace Corps Volunteer & Cooperative Development Specialist
Seed Equipment Volunteer
Seed Inspection Unit
Credit Fertilizer &
cash
ADVANCE GRIB
Contracted to build capacity
SRI training
Business Development
Business facilitation
Value Chain finance training
Credit
In 2013, 2,102 beneficiaries
were trained on numeracy, of
which 98% were women
Women are supported to access credit
and this enables them buy the necessary
production inputs to improve their
productivity.
Some significant results achieved in 2013
Commodity Yield (Mt/Ha) Gross margin
(US$/Ha)
Male Female
Male Female
Maize 2.1 2.6 487 588
Rice 2.5 2.9 587 641
Soybean 1.1 1.3 557 484
Human Capital
Agricultural processing
Meal preparation
Nutritional status
Kept for household
Sold at market
Non-food cash crops
Livestock, fish, non-
timber forest products
Food crops
Income
Care
Dietary
Intake
Agriculture and
Nutrition Pathways
Food
Assets & Resources
International Center for Research on Women
Health
Reach the most vulnerable populations in the Northern
Region to achieve:
1. Increased consumption of diverse quality food, especially among
women and young children
2. Improved behaviors related to nutrition for women and children
3. Strengthened local support networks addressing the ongoing
(nutrition and livelihoods) needs of vulnerable households
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African governments make policy reforms and public funding
commitments to promote investment
Development partners align assistance against country-led policy reform
agendas
Private sector partners make concrete investment commitments aligned
with country priorities
The New Alliance will drive private sector investment in African agriculture
The New Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security brings international donors, partner countries and private sector companies together to
drive agricultural transformation, improve nutritional status and unlock sustainable
economic growth.
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Investment Opportunities in Ghanaian Agriculture
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Maize, Soybean &
Rice Farm, Tono
Rice & Banana Farms,
Accra Plains Rice Block Irrigated
Farms, Lower Volta
Maize & Soybean
Farm, Branam
Rice Nucleus Farm,
Bamboi
Cassava Maize Rice
Soybean Poultry Cashew Sorghum
Ghana’s Private Sector Investment Plan for Agricultural Development Monitor Group, May 2012 – for Grow Africa