Agriculture for development in Ghana: New opportunities and challenges
This paper has been prepared in support of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) roundtable in Ghana. The study also takes a fresh perspective on the role of agriculture for development in light of the global food crisis. It addresses two main questions: what are the impac...
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| author | Breisinger, Clemens Diao, Xinshen Thurlow, James Al-Hassan, Ramatu M. |
| author_browse | Al-Hassan, Ramatu M. Breisinger, Clemens Diao, Xinshen Thurlow, James |
| author_facet | Breisinger, Clemens Diao, Xinshen Thurlow, James Al-Hassan, Ramatu M. |
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| description | This paper has been prepared in support of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) roundtable in Ghana. The study also takes a fresh perspective on the role of agriculture for development in light of the global food crisis. It addresses two main questions: what are the impacts of Green-revolution type agricultural growth to reach the CAADP goal in Ghana? Given the large investments required to achieve such productivity-led growth, what is the sector's contribution to the overall economy? Results from the dynamic computable general equilibrium model suggest that by closing the existing yield gaps in crop production and supporting essential growth in the livestock sector Ghana can achieve CAADP's 6 percent growth target. In this process, agriculture supports the rest of the economy through substantial and largely invisible monetary transfers to the nonagricultural sectors, which are primarily driven by the reduction of domestic food prices. Thus, CAADP growth benefits both rural and urban households, and reduces poverty by more than half within 10 years. However, widening regional disparities between the North and the rest of Ghana will increasingly pose a challenge for the development. Additional measures more targeted towards generating growth in the lagging North will be necessary to bridge the income gap and reach Ghana's poorest of the poor. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1609362025-11-06T07:22:19Z Agriculture for development in Ghana: New opportunities and challenges Breisinger, Clemens Diao, Xinshen Thurlow, James Al-Hassan, Ramatu M. agriculture poverty computable general equilibrium models development policies caadp This paper has been prepared in support of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) roundtable in Ghana. The study also takes a fresh perspective on the role of agriculture for development in light of the global food crisis. It addresses two main questions: what are the impacts of Green-revolution type agricultural growth to reach the CAADP goal in Ghana? Given the large investments required to achieve such productivity-led growth, what is the sector's contribution to the overall economy? Results from the dynamic computable general equilibrium model suggest that by closing the existing yield gaps in crop production and supporting essential growth in the livestock sector Ghana can achieve CAADP's 6 percent growth target. In this process, agriculture supports the rest of the economy through substantial and largely invisible monetary transfers to the nonagricultural sectors, which are primarily driven by the reduction of domestic food prices. Thus, CAADP growth benefits both rural and urban households, and reduces poverty by more than half within 10 years. However, widening regional disparities between the North and the rest of Ghana will increasingly pose a challenge for the development. Additional measures more targeted towards generating growth in the lagging North will be necessary to bridge the income gap and reach Ghana's poorest of the poor. 2008 2024-11-21T09:52:42Z 2024-11-21T09:52:42Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160936 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Breisinger, Clemens; Diao, Xinshen; Thurlow, James; Al-Hassan, Ramatu M. 2008. Agriculture for development in Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper; ReSAKSS Working Paper 784; 16. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160936 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture poverty computable general equilibrium models development policies caadp Breisinger, Clemens Diao, Xinshen Thurlow, James Al-Hassan, Ramatu M. Agriculture for development in Ghana: New opportunities and challenges |
| title | Agriculture for development in Ghana: New opportunities and challenges |
| title_full | Agriculture for development in Ghana: New opportunities and challenges |
| title_fullStr | Agriculture for development in Ghana: New opportunities and challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agriculture for development in Ghana: New opportunities and challenges |
| title_short | Agriculture for development in Ghana: New opportunities and challenges |
| title_sort | agriculture for development in ghana new opportunities and challenges |
| topic | agriculture poverty computable general equilibrium models development policies caadp |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160936 |
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