Mechanization in Ghana: Searching for sustainable service supply models
This paper assesses the sustainability of the current supply network for mechanization, given government policy. Stylized models of mechanization supply are developed based on experience in Bangladesh, China, and India during similar stages of agricultural transformation. Ghana’s supply network is t...
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| author | Diao, Xinshen Cossar, Frances Houssou, Nazaire Kolavalli, Shashidhara Jimah, Kipo Aboagye, Patrick Ohene |
| author_browse | Aboagye, Patrick Ohene Cossar, Frances Diao, Xinshen Houssou, Nazaire Jimah, Kipo Kolavalli, Shashidhara |
| author_facet | Diao, Xinshen Cossar, Frances Houssou, Nazaire Kolavalli, Shashidhara Jimah, Kipo Aboagye, Patrick Ohene |
| author_sort | Diao, Xinshen |
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| description | This paper assesses the sustainability of the current supply network for mechanization, given government policy. Stylized models of mechanization supply are developed based on experience in Bangladesh, China, and India during similar stages of agricultural transformation. Ghana’s supply network is then analyzed in light of key lessons from the Asian experience. The analysis focuses on two policy issues: (1) whether the current model promoted by the government has left enough room for the private sector to develop the supply chain, including machinery imports and trade, and (2) whether this model can better link smallholders’ demand for mechanized services to its supply, such that supply can further induce demand and mechanization can broaden its role in agricultural transformation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1541382025-11-06T06:34:50Z Mechanization in Ghana: Searching for sustainable service supply models Diao, Xinshen Cossar, Frances Houssou, Nazaire Kolavalli, Shashidhara Jimah, Kipo Aboagye, Patrick Ohene agricultural policies mechanization policies intensification subsidies This paper assesses the sustainability of the current supply network for mechanization, given government policy. Stylized models of mechanization supply are developed based on experience in Bangladesh, China, and India during similar stages of agricultural transformation. Ghana’s supply network is then analyzed in light of key lessons from the Asian experience. The analysis focuses on two policy issues: (1) whether the current model promoted by the government has left enough room for the private sector to develop the supply chain, including machinery imports and trade, and (2) whether this model can better link smallholders’ demand for mechanized services to its supply, such that supply can further induce demand and mechanization can broaden its role in agricultural transformation. 2012 2024-10-01T13:59:45Z 2024-10-01T13:59:45Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154138 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Diao, Xinshen; Cossar, Frances; Houssou, Nazaire; Kolavalli, Shashidhara; Jimah, Kipo; Aboagye, Patrick Ohene. 2012. Mechanization in Ghana: Searching for sustainable service supply models. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1237. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154138 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural policies mechanization policies intensification subsidies Diao, Xinshen Cossar, Frances Houssou, Nazaire Kolavalli, Shashidhara Jimah, Kipo Aboagye, Patrick Ohene Mechanization in Ghana: Searching for sustainable service supply models |
| title | Mechanization in Ghana: Searching for sustainable service supply models |
| title_full | Mechanization in Ghana: Searching for sustainable service supply models |
| title_fullStr | Mechanization in Ghana: Searching for sustainable service supply models |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechanization in Ghana: Searching for sustainable service supply models |
| title_short | Mechanization in Ghana: Searching for sustainable service supply models |
| title_sort | mechanization in ghana searching for sustainable service supply models |
| topic | agricultural policies mechanization policies intensification subsidies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154138 |
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