Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data
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) pro...
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| author | Asante, Felix Ankomah Bawakyillenuo, Simon |
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| description | 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). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1433462025-11-06T06:19:04Z Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data Asante, Felix Ankomah Bawakyillenuo, Simon fertilizers seeds agricultural extension surveys crops employment households crop production farms yields subsidies food security postharvest losses 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). 2021-07-07 2024-05-22T12:13:32Z 2024-05-22T12:13:32Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143346 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134353 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134432 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134481 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134895 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-022-01287-8 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Asante, Felix Ankomah; and Bawakyillenuo, Simon. 2021. Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data. GSSP Working Paper 57. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134458. |
| spellingShingle | fertilizers seeds agricultural extension surveys crops employment households crop production farms yields subsidies food security postharvest losses Asante, Felix Ankomah Bawakyillenuo, Simon Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data |
| title | Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data |
| title_full | Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data |
| title_fullStr | Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data |
| title_short | Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data |
| title_sort | farm level effects of the 2019 ghana planting for food and jobs program an analysis of household survey data |
| topic | fertilizers seeds agricultural extension surveys crops employment households crop production farms yields subsidies food security postharvest losses |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143346 |
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