Value chain development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions
This study examines interventions in two agricultural development projects in Ghana which aimed to build competitiveness of selected value chains to generate growth and reduce poverty – the Northern Rural Growth Project, implemented between 2009 and 2016, and the Market Oriented Agriculture Programm...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Kolavalli, Shashidhara Agandin, John Ampofo, Aaron Kemeze, Francis Amewu, Sena |
| author_browse | Agandin, John Amewu, Sena Ampofo, Aaron Kemeze, Francis Kolavalli, Shashidhara |
| author_facet | Kolavalli, Shashidhara Agandin, John Ampofo, Aaron Kemeze, Francis Amewu, Sena |
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| description | This study examines interventions in two agricultural development projects in Ghana which aimed to build competitiveness of selected value chains to generate growth and reduce poverty – the Northern Rural Growth Project, implemented between 2009 and 2016, and the Market Oriented Agriculture Programme, which began in 2004 and is still in place. These projects aimed to sustainably increase rural households’ income through the development of inclusive and profitable agricultural commodity and food value chains to generate agricultural surpluses and to benefit from improved access to remunerative markets. In this study, the efficacy of four sorts of value chain interventions implemented by the two projects are examined in the context of the strengthening maize, pineapple, mango, and citrus value chains: • Facilitating interactions among value chain actors to encourage technical and institutional innovations, • Improving the operations of individual actors, such as producers, service providers, traders, and processors; • Helping develop new services for producers or initiating new producer institutions; and • Improving infrastructure. The study sought to identify how, where, and when might it be appropriate to intervene in value chains, particularly to benefit smallholders. While the lessons from this study do not comprehensively answer these questions, a better understanding is provided on the reasons behind the outcomes the projects attained in seeking to strengthen agricultural commodity value chains and some guidance is offered on how interventions aimed at doing so should be designed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1433512025-11-06T07:31:29Z Value chain development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions Kolavalli, Shashidhara Agandin, John Ampofo, Aaron Kemeze, Francis Amewu, Sena value chains technology adoption ananas comosus agricultural value chains technology maize smallholders agricultural development poverty poverty reduction This study examines interventions in two agricultural development projects in Ghana which aimed to build competitiveness of selected value chains to generate growth and reduce poverty – the Northern Rural Growth Project, implemented between 2009 and 2016, and the Market Oriented Agriculture Programme, which began in 2004 and is still in place. These projects aimed to sustainably increase rural households’ income through the development of inclusive and profitable agricultural commodity and food value chains to generate agricultural surpluses and to benefit from improved access to remunerative markets. In this study, the efficacy of four sorts of value chain interventions implemented by the two projects are examined in the context of the strengthening maize, pineapple, mango, and citrus value chains: • Facilitating interactions among value chain actors to encourage technical and institutional innovations, • Improving the operations of individual actors, such as producers, service providers, traders, and processors; • Helping develop new services for producers or initiating new producer institutions; and • Improving infrastructure. The study sought to identify how, where, and when might it be appropriate to intervene in value chains, particularly to benefit smallholders. While the lessons from this study do not comprehensively answer these questions, a better understanding is provided on the reasons behind the outcomes the projects attained in seeking to strengthen agricultural commodity value chains and some guidance is offered on how interventions aimed at doing so should be designed. 2020-02-01 2024-05-22T12:13:33Z 2024-05-22T12:13:33Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143351 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150981 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780198845348_08 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133696 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133694 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133698 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133697 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kolavalli, Shashidhara; Agandin, John; Ampofo, Aaron; Kemeze, Francis; and Amewu, Sena. 2020. Value chain development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions. GSSP Working Paper 51. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133661. |
| spellingShingle | value chains technology adoption ananas comosus agricultural value chains technology maize smallholders agricultural development poverty poverty reduction Kolavalli, Shashidhara Agandin, John Ampofo, Aaron Kemeze, Francis Amewu, Sena Value chain development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions |
| title | Value chain development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions |
| title_full | Value chain development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions |
| title_fullStr | Value chain development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Value chain development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions |
| title_short | Value chain development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions |
| title_sort | value chain development to benefit smallholders in ghana the effectiveness of selected interventions |
| topic | value chains technology adoption ananas comosus agricultural value chains technology maize smallholders agricultural development poverty poverty reduction |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143351 |
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