CHRONOLOGY First FAO Regional Workshop in Rice and Aquaculture Productivity increase and Market Access (Kampala -Uganda November 3-7, 2008) (1st CARD General Meeting)
Formation of Rice Task force to National Rice Development Strategy (NRDS) - (Accra-Ghana) December, 2008).
Interactive Workshop on Zero Draft of NRDS-(February 2-5, 2009, Benin Coutonou)
Submission of First NRDS draft to CARD May 2009
Second FAO Regional Workshop – to discuss draft NRDS – (Kampala, Uganda April 13-17, 2009).
NATIONAL RICE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (GHANA)
BACKGROUND Ghana 30% self-sufficient in rice production
Total rice demand (tons) : 600,000mt
Range of Domestic production (tons) : 200,000-300,000 tons (130,000-200,000 tons milled)
Agro-ecological Zones and Production
Irrigated : 8%
Lowland/Inland Valleys: 77%
Upland : 15%
Per Capita Production of rice : 20kg paddy/ 13kg milled
The per capita rice consumption (PCC):38kg/person/year
Based on population and demand growth rates – (PCC) 41.1kg by 2010 and 63.0kg by 2015 giving an aggregate demand of 1,680,000t/year Northern
Volta
Upper East
Ashanti
Upper West
Brong Ahafo
Eastern
Central
Western
Greater Accra
70% of Pdn 30% of Pdn
CHRONOLOGY First FAO Regional Workshop in Rice and Aquaculture Productivity increase and Market Access (Kampala -Uganda November 3-7, 2008) (1st CARD General Meeting)
Formation of Rice Task force to National Rice Development Strategy (NRDS) - (Accra-Ghana) December, 2008).
Interactive Workshop on Zero Draft of NRDS-(February 2-5, 2009, Benin Coutonou)
Submission of First NRDS draft to CARD May 2009
Second FAO Regional Workshop – to discuss draft NRDS – (Kampala, Uganda April 13-17, 2009). (2nd CARD General Meeting)
Introduction of Strategy to Development Partners (Accra-Ghana 23rd April, 2009).
MOFA Adoption of Strategy/During Workshop on Agriculture Sector Plan (30th April - 4th May, 2009)
Meeting of Task Force to incorporate comments of Donors/MOFA into final draft
Submission of Second NRDS draft to CARD (Nairobi-Kenya 15th May, 2009).
Validation and Initial launching of the NRDS (Accra-Ghana 24th November, 2009)
Presentation of Strategy to Peasant Farmers Association (Accra-Ghana 6th January, 2010).
Final Launching of the Ghana-NRDS Document (11th May, 2010) and submission to CARD
Mid-Year Stakeholder Meeting (MSM) – date to be arranged, and to involve development partners
NRDS Implementation Constraints Adequate funding for the implementation of the strategy.
Getting all relevant institutions (research, other MDAs) in the sector to plan to fit into the implementation of the strategy.
Closed /On-going Rice Projects GH1 - Food Security and Rice Producers Organization Project - AFD (Completed)
GH2 - Special Programme for Food Security in Ghana –FAO (Completed)
GH3- Project for Promotion of Farmers' Participation in Irrigation Management –JICA
(Completed)
GH4 - The Study on the Promotion of Domestic Rice in the Republic of Ghana- JICA
(Completed)
GH5 - Improvement of Drought Tolerance of Rice through Within-Species Gene
Transfer – AGRA (Completed)
GH6 - NERICA Rice Dissemination Project – AfDB (On-going)
GH7 - Inland Valleys Rice Development Project – AfDB (On-going)
GH8 - Small Scale Irrigation Development Project – AfDB (Completed)
GH9 - Small Farms Irrigation Project – BADEA (Completed)
GH10 - Rice Sector Support Project – AFD (On-going)
GH11 - Ghana Rice Inter-professional Body – AFD (On-going)
GH12 - Rice Seed Production - AGRA (On-going)
GH13 - Project for Sustainable Development of Rain-fed Lowland Rice Production –
JICA (On-going)
GH14 - Development of Improved Infrastructure and Technology for Rice Production
in Africa – JIRCAS (On-going)
GH15 - Japanese Government Grant Aid for Increased Food Production(2-KR/KR- (2-KR/ KR-2) (On-going)
List of On-Going/ Closed Interventions Comments On-Going/ Closed Interventions :
Irrigation projects have undertaken rehabilitation and improvement of existing structures; no new infrastructure constructed
Duration and coverage of project interventions for national impact and sustainability need to be considered
Baseline studies under the NRDS should consider impact assessment of past projects over the last 5 -10 year, using desktop methodology and on short term basis
“Unclassified”: When the intent or nature of the interventions are unclear
“Out”: Project Coordination/M & E components of projects
aGh-13 provided support for seed as part of agricultural support
bGH13-2-1 – provided support for fertilizer
cGH3-1,2 – addressed infrastructural development
dGH13-3 - addressed information/knowledge
e GH-5-1- addressed information/knowledge
fGH15-2 – on going project but not captured earlier (2-KR)
gGH7-3, GH7-3 – addressed quality improvement
hGH13-2-4- addressed information/knowledge
iGH9-3 – deleted from ‘unclassified’ because it has been taken care of under overall policy
Production Consumption Research Potential untapped Project sites Ghana Priority areas Seed distribution
facilities
(ii)Sub-sector Intervention Elements
Policy / institutional Infrastructure Human resource capacity Seed Fertilizer Irrigation / water management On-farm technology transfer
- Research and extension Mechanization Quality improvement
- Processing / Storage Access to market
- Promotion of local produce / branding Access to credit Overall policy tools
Priority Thematic Areas Policy / institutional Infrastructure Human resource capacity Seed
- breeding
- multiplication
- distribution Fertilizer
- production / importation
- distribution Irrigation / water management On-farm technology transfer
- Research and extension Mechanization Quality improvement
- Processing / Storage Access to market
- Promotion of local produce / branding Access to credit Overall policy tools
Linkages between Ghana - NRDS and other Development Strategies Ghana, among 12 Sub-Saharan CARD Priority Countries, expects to benefit from IFAD Small Grant Project which seeks to Link Rice Value Chains Development with the Growth and Poverty Reduction Processes in Africa.
Ghana has submitted names and CV’s of two proposed Consultants for review and selection of suitable candidate to integrate NRDS with national FASDEP II policy document
Future Steps Following launching and implementation of the Ghana-NRDS, lessons will be learnt to:
improve quality of implementation,
review key sub-sectors for intervention,
take steps to improve conformity of Ghana-NRDS with FASDEP II and
pursue demand for more investment assistance from both government and development partners
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