Enhancing Market Based Agriculture by small holders and private sector linkage

The total agricultural production in irrigation schemes of Ghana is increased.

COUNTRY/REC Ghana

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2016 - January 2021

PROJECT SITE Eastern

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA)
2 JICA

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 0 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 0 - 0
Project Goal

The total agricultural production in irrigation schemes of Ghana is increased.

Project Objectives

The agricultural production in Kpong Irrigation Scheme is increased.

Project Outputs

The capacity of GIDA for scheme management in KIS is developed.

The management capacity of WUAs is strengthened.

The productivity and profitability of rice cultivation is increased.

Market-Oriented Agriculture is promoted in KIS

Project activities

The capacity of GIDA for scheme management in KIS is developed

The productivity and profitability of rice cultivation is increased

Market-Oriented Agriculture is promoted in KIS

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools

Project Notes

Kpong Irrigation Scheme