Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data

Felix Ankomah Asante and Simon Bawakyillenuo

No 57, GSSP working papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Ghana’s rising population, coupled with erratic weather patterns and soil nutrient deficiencies, pose a significant challenge to food crop production. In responding to universal calls for actions to end poverty, the Government of Ghana (GoG) launched the flagship Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) program in 2017. PFJ is designed to promote on-farm productivity through the intensification of fertilizer subsidies and adoption of improved seeds of targeted crops, thereby enabling job creation in agriculture and other interrelated sectors. Implemented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), the PFJ program works in concert with other existing agricultural programs and policies to achieve the universal goal of ending hunger, achieving food security, and improving nutrition by promoting efficient and sustainable intensification and climate-proofing of agriculture by 2030 (Sustainable Development Goal 2).

Keywords: fertilizers; seeds; agricultural extension; surveys; crops; employment; households; crop production; farms; yields; subsidies; food security; postharvest losses; Ghana; Western Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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