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Root and Tuber Improvement and Marketing Programme
The programme’s development goal is to enhance the food security
and incomes of poor rural households in Ghana, with special emphasis
on women and other vulnerable groups. Its specific objective is to
build up competitive, market-based and inclusive commodity chains
for roots and tubers, supported by relevant, effective and sustainable
services that are accessible to the rural poor. It works to support
the emergence of both an inclusive private sector that is deeply
anchored in the realities of Ghana, and a stronger public sector
capable of improving the policy and regulatory environment and delivering
the required public goods.
The programme builds on lessons learned from the Root
and Tuber Improvement Programme, which focused primarily on cassava
research and development. The new programme extends its focus to
other roots and tubers and includes a strong marketing component
to improve rural poor farmers' incomes.
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| Contact information |
Mr Mohamed Manssouri
Country programme manager
IFAD
Via Paolo Di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0654592330
Fax: +39 0654593330
m.manssouri@ifad.org |
| Facts and figures |
Total cost: US$27.7 million
IFAD loan: US$19.0 million
Duration: 2006-2014
Geographical
area: nationwide
Directly benefiting: 180,000 households
Status: ongoing
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