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Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data

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  • Asante, Felix Ankomah
  • Bawakyillenuo, Simon

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Ghana’s rising population, coupled with erratic weather patterns and soil nutrient deficiencies, pose a significant challenge to food crop production. In responding to universal calls for actions to end poverty, the Government of Ghana (GoG) launched the flagship Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) program in 2017. PFJ is designed to promote on-farm productivity through the intensification of fertilizer subsidies and adoption of improved seeds of targeted crops, thereby enabling job creation in agriculture and other interrelated sectors. Implemented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), the PFJ program works in concert with other existing agricultural programs and policies to achieve the universal goal of ending hunger, achieving food security, and improving nutrition by promoting efficient and sustainable intensification and climate-proofing of agriculture by 2030 (Sustainable Development Goal 2).

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  • Asante, Felix Ankomah & Bawakyillenuo, Simon, 2021. "Farm-level effects of the 2019 Ghana planting for food and jobs program: An analysis of household survey data," GSSP working papers 57, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:gsspwp:57
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    1. Karl Pauw, 2022. "A review of Ghana’s planting for food and jobs program: implementation, impacts, benefits, and costs," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 14(5), pages 1321-1335, October.

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    Keywords

    GHANA; WEST AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA; farms; agricultural extension; postharvest losses; crops; yields; seed; fertilizers; subsidies; crop production; jobs; food security; households; surveys;
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