FASDEP FINAL - FASDEP-II-FINAL1.pdfRepublic of Ghana
(FASDEP II)
August 2007
AEA Agricultural Extension Agent
AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AT Animal Traction
AU African Union
CBOs Community Based Organisations
CIF Cost Insurance and Freight
COCOBOD Cocoa Board
DAs District Assemblies
DPs Development Partners
EDF Extension Development Fund
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FASDEP Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy
FBO Farmer-Based Organisation
GADS Gender and Agricultural Development Strategy
GAP Good Agricultural Practices
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GMP Good Manufacturing Practices
GOG Government of Ghana
GPRS II Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy II
HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
HIV Human Immune Virus
HRD Human Resource Development
ICT Information Communication Technology
IMT Intermediate Means of Transport
IPM Integrated Pest Management
M & E Monitoring and Evaluation
MCA Millennium Challenge Account
MDBS Multi-Donor Budget Support
MDG Millennium Development Goals
MoFA Ministry of Food and Agriculture
MOH Ministry of Health
NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development
PLWHA People Living with HIV/AIDS
PPMED Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate
PPRSD Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate
PRA Pest Risk Analysis
PSIA Poverty and Social Impact Assessment
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SAM Social Accounting Matrix
SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment
SLM Sustainable Land Management
SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary
SWAp Sector-Wide Approach
WTO World Trade Organisation
Ernest A. Akubour Debrah (MP) Minister of Food and Agriculture
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been inimical to investments in the sector. MoFA will advocate shifts in government budget or
debt relief funds towards improving the physical environment for agricultural investments. In
addition it is proposed that the government shall remove corporate tax for producers and
processors in the sector.