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Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa 2016
Ghana Baseline Survey

Ghana, 2016
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gha-isser-agra-2016-v1
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Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research
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African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research-Ghana Node Data Repository and Advocacy for Policy (DARAP)
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    gha-isser-agra-2016-v1

    Title

    Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa 2016

    Subtitle

    Ghana Baseline Survey

    Abbreviation or Acronym

    AGRA 2016

    Country
    Name Country code
    Ghana gha
    Study type

    Agricultural Survey

    Abstract

    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.

    Kind of Data

    Focus group and survey data

    Unit of Analysis

    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 1

    Version Date

    2016

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected the following data on households:
    Demographic data and data on education and literacy of household members, household Welfare (income, employment), food security, household assets, housing characteristics and access to credit and savings, womens empoyerment, time use, and womens dietary diversity.

    Agricultural data collected included:
    Agricultural production and input access
    Plot characteristics and soil quality
    Farm labour
    Chemical use
    Awareness of hybrid/improved seed varieties and usage
    Agricultural mechanisation
    Farmer based organisations' (fbos) membership
    Awareness and use of extension services and agronomic practices
    Crop yields and pre-harvest crop losses
    Post-harvest storage, crop sales, processing and market price

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    AGRA's five-year strategy covers the Brong Ahafo and Northern regions, located in the Guinea Savana and Transitional agro-ecological zones, where agricultural production mainly occurs.

    Geographic Unit

    The data is at the level of District and Community

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research University of Ghana

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2016-10-18 2016-12-07
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-Face Interviews and Focus Groups

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Ghana ACEIR Hub, ISSER University of Ghana www.isser.ug.edu.gh joanakwawu@gmail.com
    Access conditions

    Public access data, available to all

    Citation requirements

    Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research. Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa 2016, Ghana Baseline Survey [dataset]. Version 1. Accra: ISSER [producer], 2016. Accra: Ghana ACEIR Hub [distributor], 2021.

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research ISSER University of Ghana Metadata creator
    Date of Metadata Production

    2021-11-09

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    1

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