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By Patience Gbeze \/Abena Sika Otchere, GNA<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

By Patience Gbeze \/Abena Sika Otchere, GNA<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Accra, Aug. 20, GNA \u2013 A study\u00a0 conducted by the Africa RISING Project, Ghana
\nhas revealed that access to extension services, guaranteed markets for produce
\nand poor road networks continue to be major problems confronting farmers in the
\ncountry.<\/span><\/p>\n

The study, \u201cAssessing institutions enabling
\nor constraining access to output and input markets by farm house-holds and
\ndelivery pathways for sustainable intensification technologies\u201d, was conducted
\nin the three northern regions of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

It called for improved policies and
\ninstitutional arrangements to increase participation of farm families,
\nespecially women and youth in the output and input markets and decision-making;
\nand advocated for implementation by national government, policy makers and
\ndevelopment partners.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Science and Technology Policy Research
\nInstitute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-STEPRI)
\nis a collaborating agency for the Africa RISING Project and since 2017 it has
\nbeen analyzing policies that impact on small-holders farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Africa RISING project, being implemented
\nin West Africa and East Africa with several collaborators (farmers,
\nresearchers, policy institutions, among others), is aimed at generating and
\ndisseminating technologies for the adoption of small holder farmers for
\nimproved livelihoods.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Adams Abdulai, Research Scientist and the
\nTeam Leader, speaking at a validation workshop in Accra, said in Ghana, the
\nproject targets small holder farmers in northern Ghana engaged in crop (maize
\nand cowpea and livestock (small ruminants) production and technologies
\ngenerated in those areas were disseminated to farmers through the concept of
\n\u201cTechnology Parks\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the project was linked to the
\nSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1, 2 and 15 relating to anger, job creation
\nand employment.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the validation workshop was to
\ngather more inputs into the study report and share widely the findings and
\nrecommendations of the report for greater policy and institutional support at
\nvarious levels to improve the living conditions of farming households.<\/span><\/p>\n

The aim of African rising program is to
\ncreate opportunities for small holder households to come out of hunger and
\npoverty using Sustainable Intensification (SI) as a tool.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Abdulai said currently the project
\noperates in Southern, Eastern and Western Africa.\u00a0 In West Africa it covers Ghana and Mali.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said various factors influence the choice
\nof farmers in using different market channels and called for action based on
\nthe significant variables revealed for the market channels, effective extension
\nservice delivery coupled with the provision of business advisory service.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Adams said other areas that needed
\nattention are the financial support to small holder farmers to facilitate the
\nadoption of Sustainable Intensification practices and marketing and enforcing
\ngrades and standards in markets to increase the economic welfare of farmers
\nthrough fair practice in trading.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Mavis Dayie, a Research Scientist,
\npresenting research findings on \u201cDelivery Pathways of Sustainable Intensification
\nTechnologies, Practice and the Role of Government Extension Service\u201d, said the
\nlearning mechanism and delivery pathways employed in the dissemination of SI
\ntechnologies are very effective leading to higher adoption rates.<\/span><\/p>\n

She said the benefits outlined are numerous,
\nhowever, higher yields and unity in decision making are the key benefits noted
\nfrom the adoption of those practices.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Dr
\nWilhemina Quaye, the Director, CSIR-STEPRI, said the Council embarks on policy
\nresearch to generate research findings for stakeholders to facilitate national
\ndevelopment and has the expertise on various fields to achieve that goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

She called on the public to liaise with the
\nCouncil for their project proposals and report writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

GNA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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