Ghana's maize 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.accessioned2026-06-27T15:31:36Z
dc.descriptionMaize is a widely consumed and cultivated staple crop in Ghana. It accounts for more than one-quarter of calories consumed, about double that of the second crop, cassava (GSS 2018). About three-quarters of maize consumption is from own production, suggesting maize has limited appeal as a cash crop (Gage et al. 2012). This is set to change as Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative, launched in 2017, prioritizes maize seed and fertilizer distribution and encourages market participation by smallholders (MoFA 2019). Already average maize output over the period 2017 to 2019 has been 40 percent higher than the average output achieved between 2013 and 2016 (MoFA 2020a). Government attributes this dramatic production response to PFJ. It is uncertain whether the maize market in Ghana can absorb increased this increased maize output without significant impacts on market prices or the profitability of maize cultivation.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143796
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/106902
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133694
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133698
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133697
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 maize market. MoFA-IFPRI Market Brief 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133696.
dc.subjectfood production
dc.subjectdomestic trade
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjectfood prices
dc.subjectinternational trade
dc.titleGhana's maize market
dc.typeBrief

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