Future Prospects

Chapter 10 concludes the book by looking to the future. It reviews key findings from each of the preceding chapters and then considers the implications given future trends and Ghana’s policy environment. The chapter highlights the need to develop a broader swath of high-productivity industrial and agricultural activities if Ghana is to succeed in sustaining or even accelerating its rate of growth in per capita income. To this end, the chapter identifies considerable opportunities within the agriculture sector and broader food system, including meeting a rapidly growing domestic demand for higher-value foods like fruits, vegetables, and livestock products, and for processed and pre-cooked foods. The chapter acknowledges that the feasibility of addressing all of these areas requires a consideration of the political and policy environment, and more effective public–private partnerships than has been evident in the past. The chapter also provides an update on the government’s most recent initiative, Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ), and contrasts this with the vision of a market- and private-sector-led transformation of the agri-food system previously discussed.