Sofi 2019 the state of food security and nutrition in. There is evidence of food security being a concern many thousands of years ago, with central authorities in ancient china and ancient egypt being known to release food from storage in times of famine. Commonly, the concept of food security is defined as including both physical and economic access to food that meets peoples dietary needs as well as their food. Although the contributions of agriculture to total gdp in ghana have been declining, it remains significant at about 20 percent. How this rapid urban transition is affecting householdlevel urban food security, and reverberating into broader food systems, is poorly understood. To fill this gap, we use data from a 2017 survey n 668 of low and middleincome residents of accra, ghana, to. Pdf an archaeology of food security in banda, ghana.
Ghana africa leadership training and capacity building program contracted under edhi000500004to. Ghana has both a title and a deed registration system. Boosting agricultural productivity and food security in. Farming households, food security, constraints, coping strategies, ghana. Ghana, agriculture, food production, food security, postharvest. These activities are aligned with the government of ghanas objectives of poverty reduction, food security, sustainable management, and conservation. Food security is an allinclusive concept, with a lack of access to sufficient food on one end of the spectrum and access to plentiful, desirable foods on the other. Ghana adopted a food safety policy on 27 april, 2015 at a stakeholders meeting held in accra ahead of world health day 2015 with the theme food safety from farm to plate. In subsaharan africa, the number of people suffering. The smoked fishery sector of ghana plays an important role in terms of food security, employment creation, income generation and foreign exchange earnings aiding sustainable development of the ghanaian economy. To fill this gap,we use data from a 2017 survey n668 of low and middleincome residents of accra, ghana,to. The global food security strategy gfss ghana country. Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in greater accra, ghana daniel maxwell carol levin margaret armarklemesu marie ruel saul morris clement ahiadeke in ter na tional food pol icy re search in sti tute noguchi me mo rial in sti tute for medi cal re search world health or gani za tion. Household vulnerability to climate change and resultant food insecurity.
Global food security aims to stimulate debate that is rooted in strong science, has strong interdisciplinary connections, and recognizes tradeoffs that often occur as a result of reconciling competing objectives and outcomes that may differ depending on spatial and temporal scale. These activities are aligned with the government of ghana s objectives of poverty reduction, food security, sustainable management, and conservation. In 2012, food insecurity is still a major global concern as 1 billion people are suffering from starvation, under, and malnutrition, and the food and agriculture organization of the united nations fao has concluded that we are still far from reaching millennium development goal mdg number 1. Implications for food security in ghana by joseph a. Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition secutity in.
Assessment of household food security in fish farming. Fish smoking is the leading technique of fish processing in ghana 7080% of local fish consumption is smoked. Production of these food crops have increased in the recent years. Cashew cultivation, access to land and food security in. Only 11% of households in our partner communities in ghana suffer from moderate to severe hunger. Agriculture and food security in ghana agriculture and food security in ghana conference paper pdf available december 2018 with 3,814 reads how we measure reads. Food security remains a worrying problem in west africa in general and ghana in particular. This country plan reflects an evidencebased, integrated, interagency approach for ghana to achieve the gfss goal of reducing poverty, hunger, and malnutrition through the. Most often, a countries food security is defined as including both physical and economic access to food that meets peoples dietary needs as well as their food preferences. Pdf urban food systems, food security and nutrition in.
Ghana needs a covid19 emergency food security preparedness plan the world is sitting on the edge now as a result of the spread of the corona virus covid 19, creating difficult moments for all countries. Food safety and quality assurance standards law in ghana. National nutrition policy for ghana food and agriculture. Traditional recipes from the northern region of ghana. This paper looks at the food security situation in three most deprived and povertystricken regions in the northern parts of ghana and examines how farmer households cope during food insecure periods. Pdf agriculture and food security in ghana agriculture. Building resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate. In most countries, like ghana, health problems related to dietary excess are an ever increasing threat, in fact, malnutrition and foodborne diarrhoea are become double burden. The policy was developed with technical and financial support from the world health organization who and the food and agriculture organization fao. These regions may deserve attention in ghanas zero hunger strategy and related food security and nutrition policies and programs.
Ghana is a lowermiddleincome country with a population of 28 million. Archaeologys longterm perspective allows us to trace contexts in which food. Thirty four percent 34% of the population are in upper west region, followed by upper east with 15% and northern region with. Pdf agriculture and food security in ghana agriculture and. The accra urban food and nutrition study was a collaborative effort between ifpri, the noguchi institute of medical research, and the world health organization to assess the nature of urban poverty and the relationship between urban poverty and food insecurity or malnutrition in accra, ghana, in 199697.
A qualitative method was employed for data collection and respondents included farmers, herders, traditional rulers, security officers, local government officials. To promote food security, food quality, and food safety at the individual, household, community, and national levels 4. Comparing measures of urban food security in accra, ghana. Quagrainie department of agricultural economics, purdue university, 403 w. The global food security strategy gfss ghana country plan usaid. First, it is to evaluate nigerias food security situation and second it is to explore food security and diplomacy most especially in a democratic dispensation. There exists a plethora of definitions on food security in the literature. Fish and livestock production are other components of food production and together with food crops constitute food security in kenya. Agriculture and food security in ghana iowa state university.
It is in light of this that the legislating parliament of ghana, in part 6, 7 and 8 of the public health act, act 851 2012 establishes an inalienable legal mandate of the food and drugs authority of ghana to, among other things, ensure conformity with certified and codified safety and quality assurance standards that promotes the overall. Managing these systems to ensure security of tenure for all sections of the society is a challenge to the legal system in ghana agbosu et al. Avrdc the world vegetable center is a partner in the urbanfoodplus project. This book was prepared in collaboration with the department of family and consumer sciences of the university for. Food insecurity is more than just hunger the main indicator for monitoring progress on the eradication of hunger in the world reported here is the prevalence of undernourishment, or pou sdg indicator 2. Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in. Analysis and characteristics of risk areas of food and. The report present the latest findings and recommendations in order to provide all the stakeholders involved from food production to. Ghanas global food security strategy gfss country plan presents a fiveyear integrated wholeofgovernment strategy as required by the global food security act of 2016. Despite recent reductions in extreme poverty, development gains are unevenly distributed, with major inequality in poverty and nutrition indicators. George owusu essegbey is the director of the science and technology policy research institute stepri of the council for scientific and industrial research csir in ghana. Ghana adopts food safety policy who regional office.
The economic intelligence unit eiu in its 2019 global food security index gfsi ranked ghana 59th out of 1 countries in its 2019 index report. Critical to ghanas food security, gfss will also support protection of ghanas. Ghana produces 51% of its cereal needs, 60% of fish requirements, 50% of meat, and less than 30% of the raw materials needed for agrobased industries. Lack of access to improved sanitaoon is another key disadvantage in northern ghana. Food security is a measure of the availability of food and individuals ability to access it. Who urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security. Measuring and ensuring food security among urban households will become an increasingly pertinent task for development researchers and practitioners. National climatesmart agriculture and food security. At last years camp david g8 summit, president obama joined with other g8 leaders, african heads of state, the african union and private sector leaders in launching the new alliance for food security and nutrition, with an ambitious pledge to lift 50 million people out of poverty in.
Covid19 has killed more than 14,704 people world over with more than 339,697 cases recorded. Beginning in 2017, the prevalence of severe food insecurity based on the food insecurity experience scale fies was also included in the report as another, complementary indicator of. Food security, ghana, policy, urban, food system, food safety. Aidoaato045 disclaimer the authors views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the. Institute for continuing education and interdisciplinary research university for development studies email. Farmerherder conflict and food security in kwahu east.
To create an enabling environment for the effective coordination, integration, and. Yaro, department of geography and resource development, university of ghana ghana office. Land titling was introduced and even made compulsory in 1986. In this paper we characterize food security among a sample of low and middleincome residents of accra, ghana, using 2017 survey data. Introduction food insecurity has been a longexisting developmental challenge for the continent of africa. Food security situation in northern ghana, coping strategies and. Increasing agricultural productivity is of vital importance because of its role in food security, poverty reduction, and promoting peacebuilding. Thirty four percent 34% of the population are in upper west region, followed by upper east with 15% and northern region with 10%, amounting to approximately 453,000 people. An emphasis on climatesmart agriculture across feed the future projects reduces the vulnerability and risk to farmers, increases soil fertility, reduces production costs, and increases yields.
Eighty percent of smallholder farmers are implementing are applying. Ghana s global food security strategy gfss country plan presents a fiveyear integrated wholeofgovernment strategy as required by the global food security act of 2016. At the 1974 world food conference the term food security was. Food security programs such as agricultural training and food banks sustain the nutritional needs of communities through all seasons and any unforeseen environmental challenges. The world food summit of 1996 defined food security as existing when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. In the country since 1963, wfp is assisting the government of ghana with an integrated food security and nutrition programme which involves the private sector and aims to reduce malnutrition, improve the countrys food systems and strengthen social protection programmes. Since coming into office in 2009, president obama has made global food security a foreign policy priority. This working paper is the third in a series on food security and nutrition in ghana, and follows from working papers 1 and 10. Boon management and environmental management, free university of brussels, belgium, and university of ghana, legonaccra, ghana. Preventing the intergenerational transmission of poverty ruth evans 1, simon mariwah 2 and kwabena barima antwi2.