Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa 2016

Ghana Baseline Survey

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) aims to effect market-led agricultural transformation in Africa. The 2016 study included Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali and Mozambique. Data for the first three countries is available from the ISSER ACEIR Data Hub. In Ghana, its objectives are to increase farmer productivity through access to quality inputs, reduce post-harvest losses through access to post-harvest storage technologies and support farmers through an enabling policy environment. The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) was tasked to conduct a baseline survey of farmer households in two regions in Ghana, Brong Ahafo and Northern, to create baseline data of farming practices, yields, post-harvest loss and other features of the value chain in the cultivation of four major crops; namely maize, rice, cassava and soybean. The data is intended to help identify key challenges to the production of these crops in the two regions, and support the development and subsequent evaluation of AGRA interventions over a five-year period.