USAID/Ghana

Conference on Agriculture, Food and Trade: Ghana and the U.S.

April 1, 2014

Fenton B. Sands

Feed the Future

Feed the Future (FtF)

Origin? Obama 2009 visit to Ghana led to a USG global

commitment to address food security

Ghana was the first country asked to write a five-year

strategic plan for the U.S. government’s global hunger and

food security initiative.

The strategy represents a coordinated, whole-of-government

approach to address food security that aligns in support of our

partner country priorities

USAID was given the responsibility to design and implement

this all-of-USG Presidential Initiative

By 2017, the program will see Ghana meet more internal demand for targeted

staple crops, improved maternal and child nutrition, and Ghana poised to be a

food provider to the West Africa Region.

1) High-impact transformation of staple food value chain systems

2) Improved access and consumption of nutritious foods

3) Improved government capacity and policies

4) Significant increases in private sector investment in agriculture

Our Strategic Vision

KEY FOCUS AREA CHALLENGES POLICY OBJECTIVE

Agriculture

Productivity

Low adoption of technology

Low transfer and uptake of research findings by stakeholders

Improve science, technology and innovation application

Limited multiplication and production of planting materials and certification of seeds

Poor storage and untimely release of planting materials and certified seeds

Promote seed development

Job Creation

Inadequate private investments in agric-business venture

Facilitate private sector investments in agriculture

Ghana’s Agriculture Policy Framework

Ghana Shared Growth Dev Strategy I & II (2014-2017)

KEY FOCUS AREA CHALLENGES POLICY OBJECTIVE

Agricultural competitiveness and integration into domestic and international markets

Low, poor quality and irregular supplies of raw materials to agro-processing enterprises

Inadequate institutional arrangement to support commercial scale agro-processing

Improve post-production management

Limited access to market information

Develop an effective domestic market

Production risks/ bottlenecks in agriculture industry

Inadequate access to appropriate credit facilities

Improve agricultural financing

Absence of national agricultural land use policy

Promote sustainable environment , land and water management

Agriculture Policy Framework (continued)

Indicator Corresponding Issues and

Strategies

Number of improved technologies

released

Improved availability and access of improved technologies

Adoption rates of new agricultural technologies and good agricultural practices (GAPS) in commodities :

Maize, Rice, Sorghum, Cassava, Yam and fish (increased by 50%),

Total land area under improved technologies

Stimulate, support and facilitate adaptation and widespread adoption of farming, processing and sustainable land use practices.

Type, number and capacity of storage

facilities available- not at household level.

Geographic distribution and Adequacy of storage facilities

Percentage of agricultural investors with

access to services for agriculture and

rural development

strengthen all actors along the value

chain

Agricultural Sector Results

FtF Strategic Approach

Program

Areas

Strategic Objectives

3 value

chains

8

Finance & investment Technology

transfer

Policy reform

Value chain promotion

Commercial agriculture 1. Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP)

2. Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Support

Services (METSS)

3. Agric & Agribusiness Unit in MOF

4. Agriculture Policy Project

Agriculture

Technology Transfer

(ATT)

Financing Ghanaian Agriculture

Project (FinGAP)

Agriculture Value Chain

Development Enhancement

(ADVANCE II)

Commercial Agriculture

Project (GCAP)

Increased

Competitiveness of

Major Food Value

Chains

Improved Enabling

Environment for

Private Sector

Investment

NRM 6% Technology

8%

Finance 9%

Nutrition 17%

Policy 27%

CommAg 33%

Feed the Future Resource allocation by cluster $285 million up to 2017

POLICY ISSUE USAID

Intervention Activities

Low adoption of technology

Low transfer and uptake of research findings by stakeholders

Technology Transfer Project (ATT)

1) Increase the capacity of Ghanaian

agricultural research to develop and disseminate technologies

2) Increase the number of productivity enhancing technologies available to smallholder producers including seeds, soil fertility

3) Increase the role and capacity of private

sector actors in technology development and dissemination

Inadequate private investments in agric-business venture

ADVANCE II Project

1) Marketing and linkages to buyers

2) Improved production technologies

3) Value-addition technologies

Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP)

1) Investment promotion, facilitating access to land

2) Facilitating private sector investment & smallholder linkages in the SADA-north

How USAID Implements FtF and the Agriculture Policy Framework

Ghana Commercial Agricultural Project (GCAP)

Best areas for maize and soybean in northern Ghana

Sawla-Tuna West Gonja

Central Gonja

Bole

East Gonja

Tolon Kumb-ungu

Tamale

West Mamprusi

East Mamprusi

Bunk- prugu

Savelugu Nanton

Karaga Gushiegu

Yendi

Saboba

Zabzugu

Nanumba North

Nanumba South

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3

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Water source, e.g. river

Bulk water infrastructure – Pump and mains pipes, may include dam/ reservoir

Tier 1 – Professionally managed farm under pivot irrigation growing food and cash-crops

Tier 2 – Emergent farmers growing food and horticultural crops, supervised by the professional farmer (>5ha each).

Tier 3 – Smallholder gardens under basic of irrigation, e.g. furrow (0.5 - 1ha each).

Pump house

Nucleus farm with storage, processing and logistics facilities – connected to infrastructure (roads, power)

Large Scale Investor Linked to an Out-grower Scheme

FtF Target Audience?: the small farmer to change peoples lives

Nucleus Farmer: Khama Farms

Out-grower farmers

Building on an existing relationships

to strengthen & expand

everybody’s business

and improve household

food security

Out-grower: Madam Alhassan Memunatu

Outcome in One Year:

• Improved yield by 50% (1 to 1.5 Mt)

• Sold at better price to Khama

• Improved income

• Better nutrition for her family (from soya for home consumption)

• Enrolled daughter in training college, rebuilt collapsed building and better meals for the family

• Increase private investment in select commodity chains (warehousing, processing etc.) and the…

• Services (e.g. extension) which support them while …

• Ensuring small farmer participation and gender equity,

• Builds sustainability through market led approach

Value Chain Transformation Market

opportunities

Buyers

Traders

Commercial farmers

Rural farmers

Services

Finance

Information

Equipment

Inputs

Tech Asst

Bontanga Food Growers & Marketing Union

Bontanga Food Growers & Marketing Union

300 Farmers Cooperative Members

Wumpini Agrochemicals

Ltd.

Product Capacity Credit

Inputs

AMSIG Resources

Southern Aggregators and the Open Market

Premium Foods

Sales

Sales

Sales Credit Fertilizer, tractor services & cash

Jasmine 85 Rice Seed Variety

Sales ADVANCE

Three Volunteers

ADVANCE

JK Technology Supply of Agric

Machinery

Fertilizer and Weedicide

Peace Corps Volunteer & Cooperative Development Specialist

Seed Equipment Volunteer

Seed Inspection Unit

Credit Fertilizer &

cash

ADVANCE GRIB

Contracted to build capacity

SRI training

Business Development

Business facilitation

Value Chain finance training

Credit

In 2013, 2,102 beneficiaries

were trained on numeracy, of

which 98% were women

Women are supported to access credit

and this enables them buy the necessary

production inputs to improve their

productivity.

Some significant results achieved in 2013

Commodity Yield (Mt/Ha) Gross margin

(US$/Ha)

Male Female

Male Female

Maize 2.1 2.6 487 588

Rice 2.5 2.9 587 641

Soybean 1.1 1.3 557 484

Human Capital

Agricultural processing

Meal preparation

Nutritional status

Kept for household

Sold at market

Non-food cash crops

Livestock, fish, non-

timber forest products

Food crops

Income

Care

Dietary

Intake

Agriculture and

Nutrition Pathways

Food

Assets & Resources

International Center for Research on Women

Health

Reach the most vulnerable populations in the Northern

Region to achieve:

1. Increased consumption of diverse quality food, especially among

women and young children

2. Improved behaviors related to nutrition for women and children

3. Strengthened local support networks addressing the ongoing

(nutrition and livelihoods) needs of vulnerable households

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African governments make policy reforms and public funding

commitments to promote investment

Development partners align assistance against country-led policy reform

agendas

Private sector partners make concrete investment commitments aligned

with country priorities

The New Alliance will drive private sector investment in African agriculture

The New Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security brings international donors, partner countries and private sector companies together to

drive agricultural transformation, improve nutritional status and unlock sustainable

economic growth.

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Investment Opportunities in Ghanaian Agriculture

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Maize, Soybean &

Rice Farm, Tono

Rice & Banana Farms,

Accra Plains Rice Block Irrigated

Farms, Lower Volta

Maize & Soybean

Farm, Branam

Rice Nucleus Farm,

Bamboi

Cassava Maize Rice

Soybean Poultry Cashew Sorghum

Ghana’s Private Sector Investment Plan for Agricultural Development Monitor Group, May 2012 – for Grow Africa

Feed the Future

Thank You!