Ghana's maize market
Maize is a widely consumed and cultivated staple crop in Ghana. It accounts for more than one-quarter of calories consumed, about double that of the second crop, cassava (GSS 2018). About three-quarters of maize consumption is from own production, suggesting maize has limited appeal as a cash crop (...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana International Food Policy Research Institute Amewu, Sena Arhin, Eunice Danso, Jane Doughan, Roland Ato Nafrah, Christiana Owusu, Ivy Pauw, Karl |
| author_browse | Amewu, Sena Arhin, Eunice Danso, Jane Doughan, Roland Ato International Food Policy Research Institute Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana Nafrah, Christiana Owusu, Ivy Pauw, Karl |
| author_facet | Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana International Food Policy Research Institute Amewu, Sena Arhin, Eunice Danso, Jane Doughan, Roland Ato Nafrah, Christiana Owusu, Ivy Pauw, Karl |
| author_sort | Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana |
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| description | Maize is a widely consumed and cultivated staple crop in Ghana. It accounts for more than one-quarter of calories consumed, about double that of the second crop, cassava (GSS 2018). About three-quarters of maize consumption is from own production, suggesting maize has limited appeal as a cash crop (Gage et al. 2012). This is set to change as Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative, launched in 2017, prioritizes maize seed and fertilizer distribution and encourages market participation by smallholders (MoFA 2019). Already average maize output over the period 2017 to 2019 has been 40 percent higher than the average output achieved between 2013 and 2016 (MoFA 2020a). Government attributes this dramatic production response to PFJ. It is uncertain whether the maize market in Ghana can absorb increased this increased maize output without significant impacts on market prices or the profitability of maize cultivation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1437962025-11-06T07:09:48Z Ghana's maize market Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana International Food Policy Research Institute Amewu, Sena Arhin, Eunice Danso, Jane Doughan, Roland Ato Nafrah, Christiana Owusu, Ivy Pauw, Karl food production domestic trade maize capacity development markets trade food consumption food prices international trade Maize is a widely consumed and cultivated staple crop in Ghana. It accounts for more than one-quarter of calories consumed, about double that of the second crop, cassava (GSS 2018). About three-quarters of maize consumption is from own production, suggesting maize has limited appeal as a cash crop (Gage et al. 2012). This is set to change as Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative, launched in 2017, prioritizes maize seed and fertilizer distribution and encourages market participation by smallholders (MoFA 2019). Already average maize output over the period 2017 to 2019 has been 40 percent higher than the average output achieved between 2013 and 2016 (MoFA 2020a). Government attributes this dramatic production response to PFJ. It is uncertain whether the maize market in Ghana can absorb increased this increased maize output without significant impacts on market prices or the profitability of maize cultivation. 2020-03-01 2024-05-22T12:16:56Z 2024-05-22T12:16:56Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143796 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133694 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133698 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133697 https://doi.org/10.2499/1032568216 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133661 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133201 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2020. Ghana's maize market. MoFA-IFPRI Market Brief 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133696. |
| spellingShingle | food production domestic trade maize capacity development markets trade food consumption food prices international trade Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana International Food Policy Research Institute Amewu, Sena Arhin, Eunice Danso, Jane Doughan, Roland Ato Nafrah, Christiana Owusu, Ivy Pauw, Karl Ghana's maize market |
| title | Ghana's maize market |
| title_full | Ghana's maize market |
| title_fullStr | Ghana's maize market |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ghana's maize market |
| title_short | Ghana's maize market |
| title_sort | ghana s maize market |
| topic | food production domestic trade maize capacity development markets trade food consumption food prices international trade |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143796 |
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