project paper
Financial feasibility of developing solar groundwater irrigation in Ghana
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation (FTF-ILSSI) Project Notes | 2023 | Pages: 3
Open Access
Citation
Xie, Hua; and Ringler, Claudia. 2023. Financial feasibility of developing solar groundwater irrigation in Ghana. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation (FTF-ILSSI) Project Notes. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136781
Ghana is home to 32 million people, 13 million of whom live in rural areas and work mostly in agriculture. Although substantial progress has been made, food insecurity still affects a large share of the population; during 2019–2021 more than one third of the population experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, and in 2020 14% of children below the age of five were stunted.