Improvement of rice value chain in Central Region

COUNTRY/REC Ghana

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD August 2019 - December 2023

PROJECT SITE Central

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA)
2 Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 8,000,000.00 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 8,000,000.00 - 0

Project Objectives

To improve rice production and rice value chain activities in four districts in the Central Region

Project Outputs

Improving capacity and rice seed development

Providing agricultural machinery and equipment

The construction of a rice milling plant and agricultural equipment storage facility

Project activities

The selection of good plant varieties

Seed distribution

Training

Improved cultivation techniques

Agricultural machinery support

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