The case of tomato in Ghana: Institutional support

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cg.coverage.countryGhanaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GHen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.creator.identifiershashi kolavalli: 0000-0002-9625-0463en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ghana Strategy Support Programen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Divisionen_US
cg.number22en_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Elizabeth J. Z.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKolavalli, Shashidharaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-01T14:05:15Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-10-01T14:05:15Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154974en_US
dc.titleThe case of tomato in Ghana: Institutional supporten_US
dcterms.abstractGhana's commitment to the tomato sector has its roots in the 1960s when three large tomato processing plants were established in the country. Though set up as part of President Nkrumah's development plan for Ghana, the current rationale for these processors typically is that they could be a solution to the perennial “gluts” in the tomato sector. And indeed processing to reduce gluts remains a popular refrain in the media and in government pronouncements. However, since they were opened, the processors have run considerably under capacity, if at all. Over the past two decades processing has all but stopped; yields and production of fresh tomato in Ghana have stagnated and possibly fallen; while in parallel, imports of fresh tomato from Burkina Faso and tomato paste from the EU and China have increased dramatically. There are limited time-series or recent data on yields, areas, or overall production of tomato. Data collection at the national level for tomato and other vegetables by SRID/MoFA stopped at the end of the 1980s, reflecting a lower commitment to vegetables than the main food security staples. Good research into the tomato sector has been funded and undertaken, but in isolation of any commitment to follow through with project recommendations. Against this backdrop, we consider the role of various institutions in agriculture, and specifically in Ghana's tomato sector.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRobinson, Elizabeth J. Z.; Kolavalli, Shashidhara. 2010. The case of tomato in Ghana: Institutional support. GSSP Working Paper 22. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154974en_US
dcterms.extent7 pagesen_US
dcterms.isPartOfGSSP Working Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2010en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/3159en_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen_US
dcterms.subjectinstitutionsen_US
dcterms.subjecttomatoesen_US
dcterms.subjectdata collectionen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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