Agriculture for development in Ghana: New opportunities and challenges

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dc.creatorBreisinger, Clemens
dc.creatorDiao, Xinshen
dc.creatorThurlow, James
dc.creatorAl-Hassan, Ramatu M.
dc.date2008
dc.date2024-11-21T09:52:42Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:52:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:40:26Z
dc.descriptionThis 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160936
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/111308
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBreisinger, 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
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectcomputable general equilibrium models
dc.subjectdevelopment policies
dc.subjectcaadp
dc.titleAgriculture for development in Ghana: New opportunities and challenges
dc.typeWorking Paper

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