Ghana Agricultural Sector Risk Assessment : Risk Prioritization

Improved agricultural risk management is one of the core enabling actions of the Group of Eight’s (G-8’s) New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. The Agricultural Risk Management Team (ARMT) of the Agriculture and Environment Services Department of the World Bank conducted an agricultural s...

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Main Authors:	Choudhary, Vikas, D'Alessandro, Stephen
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	CROP RESEARCH FERTILIZER COCOA PRICES SORGHUM BEANS SOIL CONSERVATION DRY SEASONS PESTICIDE LABOR FORCE PLANT PROTECTION CASSAVA SOYA BEANS MANGOES COMPENSATION TO FARMERS IFPRI PRODUCTION COST FARM INCOME HEAVY RAINFALL CULTIVARS INTERCROPPING OIL PALM FERTILIZERS ONIONS PEPPERS CACAO GRAZING ANIMAL HEALTH CROP YIELD PLANTS YAMS CROPPING SYSTEMS CROP PRODUCTION CEREALS SPRING LABOR COSTS PRODUCTION SYSTEM COMMERCIAL BANK SEEDS CROP ROTATION MAIZE COBS PALM OIL PADDY SEED DRAINAGE VEGETABLES INDICATORS FARMERS CHOCOLATE ANIMAL PRODUCTION COCOA GRAIN BORER CROPS HUSBANDRY SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS BLACK SIGATOKA CROP YIELDS PASTORALISM FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES AGRONOMIC PRACTICES CROP PLANTAINS ECOLOGICAL ZONES CULTIVATION MAIZE YIELDS MAIZE PRODUCTION PEANUTS REPORTS FAO DRY SEASON MALNUTRITION PEST MANAGEMENT EGGS CROP LOSSES DAM REPLANTING FISHERIES GROWING SEASON CORN FARM FOOD CROPS FOOD SUPPLY SWEET POTATOES CLIMATIC ZONES SOIL TYPES YIELDS SOIL FERTILITY GRAIN CEREAL CROPS TILLAGE POOR HOUSEHOLDS CGIAR RICE PRICES TROPICAL AGRICULTURE POULTRY TARO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FARMER DOUBLE CROPPING COCONUTS FOOD CONSUMPTION CROPLAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS INSECT PESTS LEGUMES ROOT CROPS ANIMALS PAPAYA COWPEAS PLANTING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION TOMATOES VEGETABLE CROPS WILT PLANNING TREES WATER HARVESTING AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE PLANS COCONUT MAIZE CROP INSURANCE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ECOLOGICAL ZONE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ANIMAL DISEASES CASH CROPS COTTON PRICES TREE CROPS AGRICULTURAL MARKETS PRODUCTION OF RICE DATES POPULATION GROWTH GROUNDNUT PRICE VOLATILITY COMMERCIAL FARMERS CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TRANSHUMANCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CROP SCIENCE HERBICIDES CROP PROTECTION FARMING BY-PRODUCTS POULTRY INDUSTRY PLOWING PLANTING DATES GRAINS POULTRY PRODUCTION CROP DISEASES CONSUMER DEMAND FOOD PRODUCTION PRODUCE SEED VARIETIES PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH FOOD SECURITY CROP PESTS MULCHING VEGETATION RICE YIELDS CROP PRICES COCOA BEANS DEFORESTATION ANIMAL FEED MILLET TUBERS CROPPING AGRICULTURAL LAND CHEMICAL INPUTS RICE PRODUCTION ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HARVESTING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS CROP DEVELOPMENT COTTON CROP DAMAGE GROUNDNUTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS POTATOES FARM STORAGE CLIMATIC ZONE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS CASSAVA PRODUCTION GRASSES GROUNDWATER FARMS MEAT SOILS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CROP RESIDUES RICE GREEN REVOLUTION SHADING COMMODITY PULSES LAND MANAGEMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24838843/ghana-agricultural-sector-risk-assessment-risk-prioritization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22498

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Summary:	Improved agricultural risk management is one of the core enabling actions of the Group of Eight’s (G-8’s) New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. The Agricultural Risk Management Team (ARMT) of the Agriculture and Environment Services Department of the World Bank conducted an agricultural sector risk assessment to better understand the dynamics of agricultural risks and identify appropriate responses, incorporate agricultural risk perspective into decision-making, and build capacity of local stakeholders in risk assessment and management.

Ghana Agricultural Sector Risk Assessment : Risk Prioritization

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