Ghana
Following an in-depth needs analysis through bilateral consultations organized between FAO and Ghana’s counterparts responsible for producing and using agricultural statistics, and based on the information collected through a questionnaire prepared by FAO and completed by the national agricultural statistical team, the following activities, planned for the period 2021-2024, are implemented in Ghana with the aim to fill gaps in different levels of technical expertise and capacities.
- Scholarship Programme: Participation in the scholarship programme;
- Master Sampling Frame (MSF): Technical assistance in developing, using and maintaining a cost-effective Master Sampling Frame (MSF) to implement an integrated system of agricultural surveys;
- LOSSES: Support in collecting, measuring and analysing data on agricultural losses;
- Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI): Training and support to the country in developing, implementing, and maintaining CAPI-based surveys to improve data quality and cost-efficiency of agricultural surveys;
- Dissemination: Develop awareness on the importance of statistical dissemination policies and build the skills required for data dissemination and preservation programmes;
- INDICATORS: Support in computing timely and reliable CAADP indicators;
- Farm Typology: Support in developing farm typologies for improved policy analysis.
News from Ghana
The Global Strategy Continues to Enhance Ghana's statistical Data dissemination Capacity, with a Focus on Agricultural Aggregated Data and Interactive Open Data Portals
12/10/2023
As part of the second phase of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS II), FAO organized a training focused on open data standards and dissemination. This workshop was hosted in Ghana from September 25 to 30, 2023, with the expertise of trainer Yasmine El Husseiny.
The Global Strategy builds capacity in the area of statistical dissemination in Ghana
21/06/2023
The Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS II) team organized the first of three trainings on DISSEMINATION in Ghana. It was held at FAO premises in Accra from 29 May to 2 June 2023.
The workshop included 15 participants from the Ministry of Food and Agricul...
National workshop on MSF and hand-on training in Ghana
13/04/2023
The national workshop on training on Master Sampling Frame (MSF) in Accra (Ghana) was done from 24 to 28 October 2022
This workshop covered two important activities of the MSF package: discussions on the type and structures of the MSF for the country and hand-on training on development a...
Ghana delivers training of enumerators for farm losses and pilot survey
13/04/2023
Under the framework of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), Ghana conducted a training on Farm Agricultural Losses Pilot Survey. The training was held from December 7th to the 9th, 2022.
The conduction of this pilot survey aims to test the data ...
First results on farm typology in Ghana presented to the key users
13/04/2023
The Global Strategy continued the assistance to Ghana on the definition of the national farm typology by organizing an online workshop (10 – 13 October 2022) led by the ESS statistician Mariana Toteva. Using the available data from the Ghana Census of Agriculture 2017-2018, the farm types were...
The Global Strategy focuses on CAADP indicators in Ghana workshop
30/09/2022
A training on CAADP indicators was held in...
The Global Strategy supports statisticians in Ghana in the development of typology of agricultural holdings
08/07/2022
FAO, through the Global Strategy, organizes a training on farm typology in Ghana, from 12 to 19 July 2022. The first session addresses larger public of producers and users of agricultural statistics in the country such as directorates of the Ministry of Agriculture (MOFA), National Statistical...
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