The State, Agricultural Policies and Food Security in Ghana (1983–1994)

Puplampu, Korbla P.

doi:10.1080/02255189.1999.9669835

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“…The evolution of agricultural policy in Ghana has been well documented (Akoto, ; Asiedo‐Saforo, ; Gibbon, ; Miracle, ; Puplampu, , Ministry of Food and Agriculture, ), and since Independence it has been dominated by cocoa. While there has been a series of large programmes aimed at supporting the agricultural sector, most of which were financed by major development partners such as the World Bank, only a few of these dealt specifically with livestock, and none were focused exclusively, or even primarily, on the poultry sector.…”

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Poultry and policy in Ghana: Lessons from the periphery of an agricultural policy system

Sumberg

Awo

Kwadzo

2017

Development Policy Review

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We analyze poultry‐related policy documents from Ghana and ask how the problems identified and the actions proposed have changed over time. The analysis highlights the fact of limited and poor quality data, and associated uncertainty, ambiguity and poor specification of both problems and interventions. It also points to a long‐term commitment to intensive commercial production as the preferred pathway to deliver more animal protein. However, in the face of persistent feed constraints and economic liberalization, imports of frozen chicken have sky‐rocketed since the early 2000s, and a new pathway has come to dominate. We discuss this outcome and what it says more generally about policy around minor crops and livestock species.

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Poultry and policy in Ghana: Lessons from the periphery of an agricultural policy system

Sumberg

Awo

Kwadzo

2017

Development Policy Review

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“…Chalfin (2000), for example, recalls how the market conditions for nut traders in the Bawku District of Northern Ghana became less reliable during the mid 1990s because of the presence of an increased number of private firms. Similarly, Puplampu (1999) describes how the adoption of SAP policies for agriculture has impacted large-and small-scale farmers differently; in the case of cocoa farming in the Ashanti Region, the net income per acre for the two largest farm size groups is nearly 60 per cent higher than for the two smallest farm size groups. The subsistence rural wage economy has deteriorated in the process, as workers' salaries have been unable to keep pace with currency devaluation and inflation.…”

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Structural Adjustment and Subsistence Industry: Artisanal Gold Mining in Ghana

Hilson

Potter

2005

Development & Change

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Since the implementation of Ghana's national Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), policies associated with the programme have been criticized for perpetuating poverty within the country's subsistence economy. This article brings new evidence to bear on the contention that the SAP has both fuelled the uncontrolled growth of informal, poverty-driven artisanal gold mining and further marginalized its impoverished participants. Throughout the adjustment period, it has been a central goal of the government to promote the expansion of large-scale gold mining through foreign investment. Confronted with the challenge of resuscitating a deteriorating gold mining industry, the government introduced a number of tax breaks and policies in an effort to create an attractive investment climate for foreign multinational mining companies. The rapid rise in exploration and excavation activities that has since taken place has displaced thousands of previously-undisturbed subsistence artisanal gold miners. This, along with a laissez faire land concession allocation procedure, has exacerbated conflicts between mining parties. Despite legalizing small-scale mining in 1989, the Ghanaian government continues to implement procedurally complex and bureaucratically unwieldy regulations and policies for artisanal operators which have the effect of favouring the interests of established large-scale miners.

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“…Agriculture sector reforms continued in the early 1990s with SAP III, focused on private sector development, privatization of State Owned Enterprises, removal of all input subsidies, phasing out of state intervention in the supply of inputs and farmer services, continued removal of trade restrictions, and improvements in trade facilitation. 46,64,65 Agricultural policy objectives continued to focus on increased productionparticularly for export -and food security 59,[66][67][68] This focus on production and export was reflected in comments by interviewees. Three interviewees noted agricultural export promotion and diversification in the late 1990s to include non-traditional exports (such as horticultural products).…”

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Understanding the Impact of Historical Policy Legacies on Nutrition Policy Space: Economic Policy Agendas and Current Food Policy Paradigms in Ghana

Thow

Apprey

Winters

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Int J Health Policy Manag

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Background: The global food system is not delivering affordable, healthy, diverse diets, which are needed to address malnutrition in all its forms for sustainable development. This will require policy change across the economic sectors that govern food systems, including agriculture, trade, finance, commerce and industry – a goal that has been beset by political challenges. These sectors have been strongly influenced by entrenched policy agendas and paradigms supported by influential global actors such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Methods: This study draws on the concept of path dependency to examine how historical economic policy agendas and paradigms have influenced current food and nutrition policy and politics in Ghana. Qualitative data were collected through interviews with 29 relevant policy actors, and documentary data were collected from current policies, academic and grey literature, historical budget statements and World Bank Group Archives (1950-present). Results: Despite increased political priority for nutrition in Ghana, its integration into food policy remains limited. Food policy agendas are strongly focused on production, employment and economic returns, and existing market-based incentives do not support a nutrition-sensitive food supply. This policy focus appears to be rooted in a liberal economic approach to food policy arising from structural adjustment in the 1980s and trade liberalization in the 1990s, combined with historical experience of ‘failure’ of food policy intervention and an entrenched narrowly economic conception of food security. Conclusion: This study suggests that attention to policy paradigms, in addition to specific points of policy change, will be essential for improving the outcomes of food systems for nutrition. An historical perspective can provide food and health policy-makers with insights to foster the revisioning of food policy to address multiple national policy objectives, including nutrition.

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The State, Agricultural Policies and Food Security in Ghana (1983–1994)

Cited by 9 publications

References 25 publications

Poultry and policy in Ghana: Lessons from the periphery of an agricultural policy system

Poultry and policy in Ghana: Lessons from the periphery of an agricultural policy system

Structural Adjustment and Subsistence Industry: Artisanal Gold Mining in Ghana

Understanding the Impact of Historical Policy Legacies on Nutrition Policy Space: Economic Policy Agendas and Current Food Policy Paradigms in Ghana

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