IFPRI’s Ghana Strategy Support Program, and the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, will co-host a stakeholder meeting on July 3, 2018 in Accra to deliberate on the multisectoral contributions towards transforming nutrition outcomes in Ghana. This event will present initial findings from two new research initiatives in Ghana: Leveraging Food Systems for Nutrition and Stories of […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Improving the competitiveness of Ghana’s vegetable sector
Vegetables make up a large proportion of food consumption in Ghana comprising 12.8% of food expenditure (GLSS 2012/13). However, despite favorable agro-ecological conditions, local vegetable production fails to meet demand. Low yields and restricted access to marketing networks characterize the vegetable sector in the country, presenting a challenge as far as competitiveness and production incentives […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Is Ghana serious about decentralization?
By Danielle Resnick On March 15, Ghana celebrated the creation of 38 new metropolitan, municipal, and district assemblies (MMDA), increasing the total number from 216 to 254. Since 2000, the number of districts has more than doubled with new MMDAs also created in 2004, 2008, and 2012. As in each prior case, the government justified […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Testing agricultural technologies in Northern Ghana
In 2015, IFPRI collaborated with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), a Council for Industrial and Scientific Research (CSIR) research institute, to set up demonstration plots to test the productivity of maize varieties in Northern Ghana. Maize is an important food cereal in Ghana, but productivity is low. One […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Cash or food transfers combined with behavior change communication reduce IPV
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is widespread globally, with estimates showing that nearly 1 in 3 adult women worldwide have experienced some form of IPV. Source: Cash Transfer & Intimate Partner Violence Collaborative Research
