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Introducing the Sustain Africa Fertilizer Monitor

As International fertilizer prices continue to drop, Sustain Africa’s original remit of ensurin...

Sustain Africa 2023-2024 programmes finalized

In 2023-2024, Sustain Africa aims to reach 530.000 farmers with 88.000 MT of fertilizer in Burkin...

Outlook: Retail fertilizer prices remain high in many countries

While International fertilizer prices continue to return to pre-crisis levels, retail fertilizer ...

Sustain Africa launches 2023 programme in Ghana

Sustain Africa’s 2023 programme in Ghana was launched on May 19th with an event attended by the...

Sustain Africa 2022 programmes on target, 2023 planning underway

Sustain Africa programmes are on track to reach 1.5 million farmers in five countries. Planning f...

Falling prices but Africa still in fertilizer crisis

Fertilizer prices have decreased but remain over 2.3 times the average 2020 price while rising go...

Introducing the Sustain Africa Fertilizer Monitor

As International fertilizer prices continue to drop, Sustain Africa’s original remit of ensurin...

Sustain Africa 2023-2024 programmes finalized

In 2023-2024, Sustain Africa aims to reach 530.000 farmers with 88.000 MT of fertilizer in Burkin...

Outlook: Retail fertilizer prices remain high in many countries

While International fertilizer prices continue to return to pre-crisis levels, retail fertilizer ...

Sustain Africa launches 2023 programme in Ghana

Sustain Africa’s 2023 programme in Ghana was launched on May 19th with an event attended by the...

Sustain Africa 2022 programmes on target, 2023 planning underway

Sustain Africa programmes are on track to reach 1.5 million farmers in five countries. Planning f...

Falling prices but Africa still in fertilizer crisis

Fertilizer prices have decreased but remain over 2.3 times the average 2020 price while rising go...

Sustain Africa's
work in Ghana

Sustain Africa’s  2022-2024 programme in Ghana began in September 2022 and will run to March 2024. Sustain Africa partner Yara committed 18,000MT of high quality YaraMila Actyva fertilizer worth $20 Million USD through its Grow Ghana programme, supported by USAID. The stock is accessed by a target of 100,000 productive smallholder farmers in a scheme where farmers will directly purchase 2 bags of fertilizer at market value and get one additional bag free.

A new 2023-2024 programme  runs from March 2023 to March 2024  and targets 100,000 smallholder farmers each with 3 bags of rebated fertilizer from ETG. The focus is on maize, rice and soy farmers.

Our progress in
Ghana
Statistics
2022-2024 programme : Fertilizer MT 000
94%
  • Actual: 17.7
  • Target: 18
2022-2024 programme: Farmers 000
111%
  • Actual: 111.6
  • Target: 100
2023-2024 programme: Fertilizer MT 000
43%
  • Actual: 13
  • Target: 30
2023-2024 programme: Farmers 000
15%
  • Actual: 23.3
  • Target: 150

Overview of the
situation in Ghana

Ghana’s economy still depends heavily on its agricultural potential, which accounts for 75 percent of exports, cocoa beans and related products contribute nearly 32 percent of total merchandise exports. The overall agricultural sector of Ghana was estimated at 13.2 billion USD in 2021, contributing a total of 19.26% of the country’s GDP (World Bank, 2021). The agriculture sector accounts for 30% of employment through direct and indirect labour opportunities and 800, 000 farm families engaged in crop farming and livestock production (PHC, 2021). The vast majority of farmers in Ghana are smallholder farmers accounting for 85% of total farms in the country. Most of them have limited access to input and output markets, which results in low land and labour productivity leading to poverty, lack of savings and thus investments The Ministry of Food and Agriculture together with international development partners confirmed very low fertilizer nutrient application by Ghanaian farmers, of approximately 15 kg ha-1, while depletion rates range from about 40 to 60 kg of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) ha-1 yr-1 and among the highest in Africa. Over the last four years the Ghanaian government has provided a subsidy range for organic and inorganic fertilizer as well as some selected seeds under its flagship planting for Food and Jobs programs to boost local food production, support food security as well as create jobs in communities. Annually the government under the planting for Food and jobs initiatives subsidizes the prices of fertilizer (5 to 50 percent) for about 70 percent of the total demand for the country.
We are in planning stages.
Country coming soon.