Abstract:
This paper proposes engagement with the AgroTech Smart Ex model for stakeholders, including policy makers, NGOs, financial institutions, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, as well as donors. Private extension services such as AgroTech, may facilitate Ghanaian farmers’ access to credit, building their capacities to source group credit, as credit institutions prefer dealing with groups. The current free government Extension Service is highly trained but underfunded for effective field operations and expensive to scale out. Demand for good quality agent-led extension services is unmet in part because of insufficient government funding and incoherent program model/structure for extension operations.
Description:
This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
