Ghana's rice market

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dc.creatorMinistry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana
dc.creatorInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.creatorAmewu, Sena
dc.creatorArhin, Eunice
dc.creatorDanso, Jane
dc.creatorDoughan, Roland Ato
dc.creatorNafrah, Christiana
dc.creatorOwusu, Ivy
dc.creatorPauw, Karl
dc.date2020-03-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:16:56Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:16:56Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:28:31Z
dc.descriptionRice is an important staple in Ghana and is cultivated across all agroecological zones. Paddy rice output grew at around 10 percent per annum between 2008 and 2019, with an especially sharp increase of 25 percent in 2019. However, domestic production continues to fall short of demand with the import share of rice consumed remaining above 50 percent (MoFA 2018). This reflects a growing preference for rice among Ghanaian households, especially as consumers become wealthier and more urbanized. The large dependence on rice imports heightens concerns around foreign exchange imbalances and vulnerability to international rice price shocks. Hence, the National Rice Development Strategy of 2009 and the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) campaign launched in 2017 not only prioritize rice but set ambitious expansion targets for domestic rice production (MOFA 2017a). Policy objectives include substituting rice imports and producing a higher-quality product that is more acceptable to Ghanaian consumers and can compete with imported rice.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143797
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/105502
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133694
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133696
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133698
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/1032568216
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133661
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133201
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2020. Ghana's rice market. MoFA-IFPRI Market Brief 2. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133697.
dc.subjectfood production
dc.subjectdomestic trade
dc.subjectrice
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjectfood prices
dc.subjectinternational trade
dc.titleGhana's rice market
dc.typeBrief

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