Policies for competitive and sustainable agricultural production systems: A case study of Ghana’s recent mechanization interventions

Hiroyuki Takeshima, Xinshen Diao and Patrick Ohene Aboagye

Chapter 5 in 2020 Annual trends and outlook report: Sustaining Africa's agrifood system transformation: The role of public policies, 2020, pp 45-56 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This chapter highlights the emerging areas of market failure associated with agricultural mechanization and how SSA governments, including the Ghanaian government, have adapted their strategies over the years in attempting to overcome these market failures. The chapter focuses more on Ghana, rather than SSA as a whole, while also discussing how Ghana’s experiences are still relevant to other SSA countries. To retain clarity on the policy dynamics aspects, the chapter limits its focus to tractors in the crop subsector, as well as mechanization-specific policies, while leaving other types of mechanization technologies or subsectors, or other broader mechanization-sensitive interventions and policies, to future studies.

Keywords: agricultural production; policies; agriculture; agrifood systems; agricultural mechanization; public policies; Ghana; Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Western Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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