Ghana Agriculture Sector Investment Programme (GASIP)
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Abstract
The Ghana Agriculture Sector Investment Programme (GASIP) aims at providing a framework and institutional basis for a long-term engagement and supplementary financing for scaling up investments in private sector-led pro-poor agricultural value chain development. GASIP will contribute to the realization of Ghana’s Medium Term Agriculture Sector Investment Programme (METASIP), which provides the road map for the CAADP compact in Ghana.
In line with the agreed Strategic Framework for IFAD in Ghana (2012 COSOP), GASIP is built along four (4) strategic axis: (i) linking smallholder farmers to agribusinesses to enhance pro-poor growth, (ii) nationwide scaling up of a successful value chain investment approach, (iii) promoting and mainstreaming climate change resilience approaches in Ghana, in particular in the northern regions, financed through the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) and (iv) knowledge management, harmonization of intervention approaches and policy optimization.
The overall goal of GASIP is to contribute to sustainable poverty reduction in rural Ghana. The Programme Development Objective is: “agribusinesses, including smallholders, have enhanced their profitability and climate change resilience”.
Regarding the reduction of rural poverty, GASIP is highly compliant with IFADs Strategic Framework 2011-2015. GASIP has a clear focus on enabling poor rural women and men to overcome poverty. GASIP is aligned to the 5 strategic objectives of the framework, especially: (i) a natural resource and economic asset base for poor rural women and men that is more resilient to climate change, environmental degradation and market transformation; (ii) access for poor rural women and men to services to reduce poverty, improve nutrition, raise incomes and build resilience in a changing environment; (iii) poor rural women and men and their organizations able to manage profitable, sustainable and resilient farm and non-farm enterprises or take advantage of decent work opportunities, (iv) poor rural women and men and their organizations are able to influence policies and institutions that affect their livelihoods.
To enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, GASIP aims to leverage investments in commercial infrastructure and facilities. These will be facilities, owned by a private sector player or a District Assembly, but operated by a private sector entity for the benefit of all value chain participants. In addition, GASIP aims to finance essential public infrastructure for the growth and viability of associated value chains. These are facilities completely operated and maintained by the public sector. Finally, GASIP aims at ensuring increased and systematic access to and use of short and long term financing for value chain businesses. In this context, GASIP will: (i) in collaboration other projects, provide capacity building Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) to improve performance in liquidity management, delinquency management, structured trade finance and savings mobilization, (ii) support universal banks in strategic and operational development for structured trade finance, (iii) promote equity style investments in value chain enterprises including finance leasing and venture capital, (iv) promote equity development in RCBs through direct investment and linkage with larger banks, and (v) through grant mechanisms match high potential, weakly capitalized value chain actors’ equity to leverage finance for investments in equipment and infrastructure.
To increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises, GASIP aims at mainstreaming climate change resilience across the selected agricultural value chains through a broad promotion of technologies proven elsewhere. GASIP will focus on three domains. Firstly, commercially valid adaptive trials and demonstrations of modern conservation agriculture techniques under rain fed conditions and in situ rainwater conservation techniques will be undertaken. Secondly, demonstrations of efficient water-use techniques within new and existing irrigation systems will be undertaken. Thirdly, institutional capacity building and enhanced public awareness of private and public value chain actors in the field of climate change resilience will be supported. Initial funding will be provided through the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP). The demonstrated activities will thereafter be taken up under the financing from the IFAD resources and those of other future co-financiers.
In the context of governance, MOFA will have overall responsibility for the implementation of GASIP. A National Programme Steering Committee (NPSC) will orient programme strategy, oversee planning, review progress and ensure linkages with related entities. The Programme Coordination Unit (PCU) will be based in Accra and ensure overall coordination of the Programme, support supervision, Inter-cycle Review and evaluation missions, consolidation of the Annual Work Programme and Budget (AWPB) and progress reports, fiduciary and procurement oversight, and promotion of transversal themes.
In line with the agreed Strategic Framework for IFAD in Ghana (2012 COSOP), GASIP is built along four (4) strategic axis: (i) linking smallholder farmers to agribusinesses to enhance pro-poor growth, (ii) nationwide scaling up of a successful value chain investment approach, (iii) promoting and mainstreaming climate change resilience approaches in Ghana, in particular in the northern regions, financed through the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) and (iv) knowledge management, harmonization of intervention approaches and policy optimization.
The overall goal of GASIP is to contribute to sustainable poverty reduction in rural Ghana. The Programme Development Objective is: “agribusinesses, including smallholders, have enhanced their profitability and climate change resilience”.
Regarding the reduction of rural poverty, GASIP is highly compliant with IFADs Strategic Framework 2011-2015. GASIP has a clear focus on enabling poor rural women and men to overcome poverty. GASIP is aligned to the 5 strategic objectives of the framework, especially: (i) a natural resource and economic asset base for poor rural women and men that is more resilient to climate change, environmental degradation and market transformation; (ii) access for poor rural women and men to services to reduce poverty, improve nutrition, raise incomes and build resilience in a changing environment; (iii) poor rural women and men and their organizations able to manage profitable, sustainable and resilient farm and non-farm enterprises or take advantage of decent work opportunities, (iv) poor rural women and men and their organizations are able to influence policies and institutions that affect their livelihoods.
To enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, GASIP aims to leverage investments in commercial infrastructure and facilities. These will be facilities, owned by a private sector player or a District Assembly, but operated by a private sector entity for the benefit of all value chain participants. In addition, GASIP aims to finance essential public infrastructure for the growth and viability of associated value chains. These are facilities completely operated and maintained by the public sector. Finally, GASIP aims at ensuring increased and systematic access to and use of short and long term financing for value chain businesses. In this context, GASIP will: (i) in collaboration other projects, provide capacity building Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) to improve performance in liquidity management, delinquency management, structured trade finance and savings mobilization, (ii) support universal banks in strategic and operational development for structured trade finance, (iii) promote equity style investments in value chain enterprises including finance leasing and venture capital, (iv) promote equity development in RCBs through direct investment and linkage with larger banks, and (v) through grant mechanisms match high potential, weakly capitalized value chain actors’ equity to leverage finance for investments in equipment and infrastructure.
To increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises, GASIP aims at mainstreaming climate change resilience across the selected agricultural value chains through a broad promotion of technologies proven elsewhere. GASIP will focus on three domains. Firstly, commercially valid adaptive trials and demonstrations of modern conservation agriculture techniques under rain fed conditions and in situ rainwater conservation techniques will be undertaken. Secondly, demonstrations of efficient water-use techniques within new and existing irrigation systems will be undertaken. Thirdly, institutional capacity building and enhanced public awareness of private and public value chain actors in the field of climate change resilience will be supported. Initial funding will be provided through the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP). The demonstrated activities will thereafter be taken up under the financing from the IFAD resources and those of other future co-financiers.
In the context of governance, MOFA will have overall responsibility for the implementation of GASIP. A National Programme Steering Committee (NPSC) will orient programme strategy, oversee planning, review progress and ensure linkages with related entities. The Programme Coordination Unit (PCU) will be based in Accra and ensure overall coordination of the Programme, support supervision, Inter-cycle Review and evaluation missions, consolidation of the Annual Work Programme and Budget (AWPB) and progress reports, fiduciary and procurement oversight, and promotion of transversal themes.
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