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higan State University
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Macro and Global Economic Perspectives
“International Trade and Agricultural Markets.”
Kansas State University Department Of Agricultural Economics Extension Publication … consumed in the US market or exported back … Canadian and Mexican markets.
Disrupting this …
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Planted Acres
Opportunity to Reimagine Economic Development
Crop Acres and Ammonia Needs … … Despite competing interests (battery, transportation fuel, grid electricity, etc.), best use of locally produced green ammonia is for local consumption to produce value‐added crops and livestock• This coul …
November 21, 2012
USDA METSS Project
The “Rice Price Trends in Ghana (2006‐2011)” report is made possible by the generous support of the
American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The
contents are the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Kansas State
University, USAID or the United States Government.”
METSS‐Ghana Research and Issue Paper Series
No. 02‐2012 ‐ June 2012
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Rice Price Trends in Ghana (2006‐2011)
Vincent Amanor‐Boadu, PhD1
Per capita consumption of rice (Oryza spp. L.) in Ghana increased from 17.5 kg per annum
between 1999 and 2001 to 22.6 kg per annum between 2002 and 2004. By 2011, it had
reached 38 kg per annum and projected to reach 63 kg per annum by 2015.2 This increase has
transformed rice into Ghana’s most important cereal food crop after maize. The evolution of
rice prices, thus, has implications for national food security and income enhancement
objectives. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the trends in rice prices and discuss their
implication for policy. It used national monthly wholesale prices collected by the Statistical
Research and Information Directorate (SRID) of the Ghana Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
Ghana’s Rice Production Situation
Table 1 shows that while rice is grown in all ten regions of Ghana, production is very
concentrated: the top‐three regions (Northern, Upper East and Volta) accounted for nearly 80%
of total national output and 73% of total production area in 2010. These three regions also fall
in three of the country’s six agro‐ecological zones – Coastal savanna, Guinea savanna and Sahel
savanna. Average yield of 2.96 MT/Ha in these three regions exceeds the national average of
2.71 MT/Ha but is significantly lower than the average yield of 5.48 MT/Ha in the Greater Accra
region, suggesting that the right technologies and policies could enhance yields and output.
The opportunities are even higher when 2010 yields of 4.10 MT/Ha, 4.07 MT/Ha and 3.36
MT/Ha in neighboring countries of Senegal, Benin and Mali are considered.
Table 1: Distribution of Rice Production by Region and Agro‐Ecological Zones (2006)
Region …
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Contents
Macroeconomic Effects on Poverty Rate: A Case Study of Northern Ghana ............................................... 1
Income, Expenditure Shares, Food Choices and Food Security in Northern Ghana ................................... 16
Do Adult Equivalence Scales Matter in Poverty Estimates? A Case Study from Ghana ............................. 23
A Cautionary Note on Comparing Poverty Prevalence Rates ..................................................................... 43
Securing Africa’s Middle Class: The Case of Northern Ghana .................................................................... 53
The Effect of Transaction Costs on Grain and Oilseed Farmers’ Market Participation in Sub‐Sah …
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1000 Head
Calf Crop 47,208 42,068 39,226 … 3.68%
Feedlot Inventory/Calf Crop 27.65% 27.78% 32.52% 37.85 … 9
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Capacity # hd 2000 2005 2010 …
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Land Buying and Valuing
the average for each of the Crop Reporting Districts
(CRD … land sold through typical market channels and does not include … sale from being considered a market-based transaction.
Kansas State University Department of Agricultural Economics (Publication: AM‐MRT‐2016.2) …
August 1, 2017
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management, particularly crop insurance.
Art Barnaby … extension
education programs on market risk, government commodity … government commodity programs, crop insurance and public
policy …
June 27, 2017
KFMA Research
leverage,
financial policy, market position and business risk … Farm Type 2015 2016
Crop – Non-Irrigated (558 farms … 558 farms) 1.85% 1.97%
Crop – Irrigated (37 farms …