Browsing Policy Briefs by Subject "Ghana"
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Plantation, outgrower and medium- scale commercial farming in Ghana: Which model provides better prospects for local development
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016)There has been a sustained push for agricultural commercialisation in developing countries. In Africa, this has been pursued in different ways over time. During the colonial era, most governments believed that plantations ... -
Plantation, outgrower and medium-scale commercial farming in Ghana: which model provides better prospects for local development?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape and Future Agricultures Consortium, 2016)African governments are making important policy choices in their quest to modernise agriculture, with some promoting largescale farming on plantations while others promote small- or medium-scale commercial farming. -
Plantation, outgrower and mediumscale commercial farming in Ghana: Which model provides better prospects for local development?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016)There has been a sustained push for agricultural commercialisation in developing countries. In Africa, this has been pursued in different ways over time. During the colonial era, most governments believed that plantations ... -
Towards a more resilient agri-food system in Ghana post COVID-19
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2021)This policy brief draws from a study of agri-food system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. We examined how the pre-COVID-19 stresses in the agri-food system have interacted with the fallouts of the pandemic to ...