Economic Growth

Stories from Ghana on Economic Growth

Ghana is a Feed the Future initiative country. USAID is committed to addressing the root causes of hunger that limit the potential of millions of people and to establishing a lasting foundation for change by aligning our resources with country-owned processes and sustained, multi-stakeholder partnerships. USAID programs increase the competitiveness of Ghana's private sector by improving the enabling environment for private sector development, modernizing the agricultural sector, and strengthening the private sector's capacity to produce quality agricultural and agro-processed products.

Activities include:

The Integrated Coastal and Fisheries Governance Program assists Ghana to sustainably manage its marine ecosystems and improve the livelihoods and food security of coastal communities. It is implemented by the University of Rhode Island and the University of Cape Coast.

The Ghana Strategic Support Program addresses specific knowledge gaps concerning agricultural and rural development strategy implementation and develops methods to improve the data and knowledge base.

The Ghana Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement program improves the competitiveness of the targeted agricultural commodity value chains: rice, maize and soya. The project operates in Ghana’s Northern Region, Upper West Region and Upper East Region.

Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund (BUSAC) project works on improving the business environment in Ghana to facilitate private sector growth, including in the agricultural sector. BUSAC activities have a strong focus on the three northern regions. This project is implemented in partnership with DANIDA and European Union, through a new delegated cooperation agreement.

Monitoring & Evaluation Technical Support Services provides direct technical support to the implementation of Ghana’s Medium Term Agriculture Sector Investment Plan (METASIP); and provides monitoring and evaluation services for both Feed the Future and METASIP. 

Through interventions at the grass-roots level, the Feed the Future (FtF) Initiative Partnership with Peace Corps aims to increase the capacity of partner communities to ensure their own food security.