[PDF][PDF] How the fertilizer subsidy program can boost economic growth and employment in Ghana

AM Iddrisu, DW Gafa, M Abubakari, CA Emini… - Policy …, 2020 - researchgate.net
AM Iddrisu, DW Gafa, M Abubakari, CA Emini, O Beaumais
Policy Brief, 2020researchgate.net
Ghana's agricultural sector has performed sluggishly in recent years, expanding at just 3.6%
a year between 2010 and 2016, compared with average growth of 7.2% in the economy
overall. Any growth in the sector has mostly been attributed to land expansion rather than
improvements in productivity, raising serious concerns about sustainability, especially given
Ghana's rising levels of urbanization. During the 2015 planting season, figures from the
Ministry of Food & Agriculture (MoFA) show maize, rice and sorghum reached only 35 …
Ghana’s agricultural sector has performed sluggishly in recent years, expanding at just 3.6% a year between 2010 and 2016, compared with average growth of 7.2% in the economy overall. Any growth in the sector has mostly been attributed to land expansion rather than improvements in productivity, raising serious concerns about sustainability, especially given Ghana’s rising levels of urbanization.
During the 2015 planting season, figures from the Ministry of Food & Agriculture (MoFA) show maize, rice and sorghum reached only 35%, 46% and 55% of their potential yields, respectively. This low productivity has been linked to a lack of access to nutrient fertilizer, partly due to high prices.
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