Ghana Strategy Forum
The Role of Agriculture in Achieving Middle Income Status
November 16, 2007, Banking College, Airport Residential Area, Accra
IFPRI Press Release
IFPRI Press Release
Agenda
Opening Session
9:00- 10:30 am
- Chairperson: Prof. G. Gyan-Baffour, Deputy Minister, Finance & Economic Planning
- Introduction – Shashi Kolavalli, Program Leader, GSSP
- Opening Remarks – Prof. G. Gyan-Baffour, Deputy Minister, Finance & Economic Planning
- Hon. Ernest Debrah, Minister of Food & Agriculture
- USAID Representative
- Joachim Von Braun, Director General, IFPRI
Session 1: Achieving middle income: the role of Agriculture
11:00 – 13:00
Related Brief: (PDF 157K)
- Chairperson: Hon. J.H. Mensah (Sr. Minister & Head, NDPC)
- Aiming for Middle Income Country Status: What are the Growth Options?
Xinshen Diao (IFPRI)Presentation: (PPS 245K) - Comments: Prof. G. Gyan-Baffour
- Public Agriculture Investments to Support MIC
Sam Benin (IFPRI)Presentation: (PPS 277K) - Comments: Oku-Afari (Head, PAD-MoFEP)
- Aiming for Middle Income Country Status: What are the Growth Options?
Session 2: Achieving inclusive agricultural growth
14:00 – 15:30
Related Brief: (PDF 164K)
- Chairperson: Chris Jackson (World Bank)
- Service Delivery and Accountability
Regina Birner (IFPRI)Presentation: (PPS 4.2M) - Comments: Dr. Ahmed Alhassan (MP, Miom)
- Fiscal Decentralisation: What Role Could Local Government Finances Play for Agriculture?
Tewodaj Mogues (IFPRI)Presentation: (PPS 241K) - Comments: Dankwa, K.A. (Director, PBME-MLGRDE)
- Service Delivery and Accountability
Session 3: Developing smallholder agriculture
16:00 – 17:30
Related Brief: (PDF 133K)
- Chairperson: Dr. George Kwadzo (Tipcee/USAID)
- Targeting Smallholders for Agricultural Growth in Ghana
Jordan Chamberlin (IFPRI)Presentation: (PPS 2.1M) - Comments: Lena Otoo (MOFA)
- Servicing Smallholders for Market Access
Ramatu Alhassan (University of Ghana) - Comments: Philip Abayori (President, NFFAWAG)
- Drivers of Productivity Growth in Ghana's Cocoa Sector
Marcella Vigneri (ODI) - Comments: Nana Yiadom Boakye Kokroko II (Cocoa Farmer)
- Targeting Smallholders for Agricultural Growth in Ghana
Closing: Remarks and Reception
17:30 – 18:00
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- Concluding Remarks and Way Forward
Shashi Kolavalli (IFPRI)Presentation: (PPS 178K)
- Concluding Remarks and Way Forward