Planting for Food and Jobs

To contribute to modernization of agriculture sector that will lead to structural transformation of national economy

COUNTRY/REC Ghana

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD April 2017 - December 2020

PROJECT SITE Whole country

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA)

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 717,548,000.00 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 717,548,000.00 - 0
Project Goal

To contribute to modernization of agriculture sector that will lead to structural transformation of national economy

Project Objectives

To ensure immediate and adequate availability of selected food commodities.

To provide job opportunities for the teeming unemployed youth in the agriculture and allied sectors.

To create general awareness for all formal workers and public institutions to farm and establish backyard gardens.

To serve as food imports substitution.

Project Outputs

To adopt certified seeds and fertilizers

Project activities

Subsidized inputs (seed & fertilizer)

Extension support

Creation of market avenues and data collection

Create employment opportunities along the commodities’ value chains

Beneficiaries

Direct Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number
1 Farmers 1000000
2 Nucles farms 5000
3 FBOs 2000
Indirect Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number

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

Crosscutting

Women

Youth

Nutrition

Climate Change

Food system

Media

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