The Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP), initiated in 20025, supports agricultural policymaking in Ghana by conducting research and providing advice on strategic policy options to support agricultural growth, rural development, and economic transformation. Program activities include rigorous policy research, policy outreach, and capacity building.
The GSSP development strategies and governance research theme examines key policy and investment alternatives in Ghana through the application of state-of-the-art analytical methods, including economic modeling techniques that capture economywide impacts of policy changes, analysis of public expenditures, and microeconomic evaluative analysis. We also assess ways incentivize individual actors, civil society, and public administrations to actively pursue such policies.
Under the agrifood system transformation research theme, we examine policy options to support Ghana’s transformation from an agriculture-based economy to a more urbanized industrial service-based economy, to ensure this transformation contributes to poverty reduction, food security, and improved nutrition.
Strengthening capacity for policy analysis is a key component of GSSP work. To strengthen policy analysis capacity among academics, civil society actors, and key government representatives, we undertake periodic training and participatory research activities.
The GSSP has received funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in prior years. Currently, the program is funded through various projects supported by CGIAR, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), AGRA, and the Government of Japan.
To learn more, visit the IFPRI Ghana website or contact Seth Asante.
