Horticulture Exports from Ghana : A Strategic Study
In 2003, the World Bank the Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) department of the Sustainable Development Network (SDN) of the Africa Region commissioned a Ghana Horticultural Sector Development Study. Later that year, the Horticulture Export a...
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okr-10986-273822021-04-23T14:04:41Z Horticulture Exports from Ghana : A Strategic Study World Bank HORTICULTURE EXPORTS LOGISTICS In 2003, the World Bank the Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) department of the Sustainable Development Network (SDN) of the Africa Region commissioned a Ghana Horticultural Sector Development Study. Later that year, the Horticulture Export and Investment Initiative (HEII) were created as the result of restructuring of the agribusiness support component of the Agriculture Services Sub-sector Investment Programme (AgSSIP). HEII played an important role in reshaping the Ghana horticulture cluster through a series of crucial technical support initiatives and building of a key logistics infrastructure at the Tema seaport. HEII also helped to raise the visibility of the horticulture cluster, which resulted in a renewed interest in the sector both from private investors and donor partners. Five years after the original study, the horticulture cluster in Ghana had moved ahead. Developments in the institutional environment had combined with an evolution both of the businesses and of the product portfolio; international trade had expanded and an increasing population participated in export horticulture supported by infrastructural enhancements. At the same time, the external operating environment had changed: not only are markets dynamic, but there were also new influences from policy and trade agreements. The initial scoping review was carried out in early 2008. The scoping study revealed a picture of mixed health, of some successes but not without difficulties; and it confirmed the need for a plan to take the industry forward. The process of validating the review emphasized the necessity for a wide-ranging review of many different factors in order to build a solid business case for a strategy. The present report is the outcome of this two step process. It is laid out in three parts. Part one report on the initial scoping study. Part two defines the vision and the strategy that was formulated in 2010. Part three is a collection of a number of background papers that were researched and written to provide a foundation for the strategy. 2017-06-27T19:27:18Z 2017-06-27T19:27:18Z 2011-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/427951468251416657/Horticulture-exports-from-Ghana-a-strategic-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27382 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agriculture Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Ghana |
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In 2003, the World Bank the Agriculture
and Rural Development (ARD) department of the Sustainable
Development Network (SDN) of the Africa Region commissioned
a Ghana Horticultural Sector Development Study. Later that
year, the Horticulture Export and Investment Initiative
(HEII) were created as the result of restructuring of the
agribusiness support component of the Agriculture Services
Sub-sector Investment Programme (AgSSIP). HEII played an
important role in reshaping the Ghana horticulture cluster
through a series of crucial technical support initiatives
and building of a key logistics infrastructure at the Tema
seaport. HEII also helped to raise the visibility of the
horticulture cluster, which resulted in a renewed interest
in the sector both from private investors and donor
partners. Five years after the original study, the
horticulture cluster in Ghana had moved ahead. Developments
in the institutional environment had combined with an
evolution both of the businesses and of the product
portfolio; international trade had expanded and an
increasing population participated in export horticulture
supported by infrastructural enhancements. At the same time,
the external operating environment had changed: not only are
markets dynamic, but there were also new influences from
policy and trade agreements. The initial scoping review was
carried out in early 2008. The scoping study revealed a
picture of mixed health, of some successes but not without
difficulties; and it confirmed the need for a plan to take
the industry forward. The process of validating the review
emphasized the necessity for a wide-ranging review of many
different factors in order to build a solid business case
for a strategy. The present report is the outcome of this
two step process. It is laid out in three parts. Part one
report on the initial scoping study. Part two defines the
vision and the strategy that was formulated in 2010. Part
three is a collection of a number of background papers that
were researched and written to provide a foundation for the strategy. |
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