![]() The agent component enrolled over 14,000 smallholders who also gained in a similar way. Interactive radio broadcast reached and estimated 300,000 smallholders, majority of whom implemented what they heard and gained yield increase more than those not exposed to interactive radio. ![]() Geographically six regions were covered, involving some 83 districts. The project has been implemented through six community radio stations and 260 individuals and entities, including market aggregators, nucleus farmers, individually owned outgrower businesses, small-scale enterprises, credit cooperatives and farmer-based organizations/association. The goal of the project is to contribute to policy reform of the agricultural extension system with the view of improving responsiveness, accountability and operational sustainability. AgroTech combines interactive radio broadcast and customized field coaching by an agent, bring together information, inputs and markets through private businesses. The Objective of the project is to test the scale up of AgroTech, an ICT platform, in the delivery of agricultural extension and agribusiness advisory services to smallholders, through private sector value chain players. The project was implemented through the ADVANCE Grameen Foundation, Farm Radio International and other partners implemented the project “Achieving Impact at Scale” from 2015 to 2018 18. Paschal Baylon Atengdem, Benjamin Fiafor, Charles Tah, and Kevin Perkins.Document also available on IDRC’s Digital Library Here. The research behind the strategy and plan was conducted by Dr. Simeon Von Salakpi, Angela Dannson, with Rosemond Ohene coordinating the steering committee. Fiafor, Patricia Blankson Akakpo, Regina Richardson, Alloysius Atta, Joyce Gyekye, Henry Crentsil Jr., Shaibu Muniru, Dr. ![]() King David Kwao Amoah, Francis Kwasi Korankye, Benjamin B. The overall goal of this strategy and plan is to provide all agricultural producers and value chain actors in Ghana with transformational ICT-driven extension services which are effective, efficient, inclusive, sustainable, demand-driven and pluralistic in a nationally coordinated, decentralized system with the active involvement of the private sector.Īs a result of achieving this goal, a significant and growing share of agricultural extension work in Ghana shall be delivered through transformational e-Extension services, defined as remote-led, technology-enabled services for agricultural producers and other value chain actors that use a range of ICT and digital tools and devices, including radio, telephony, video, television, mobile applications and devices, social media, and emerging technologies.Ĭoordinated and developed by Farm Radio International, the Agriculture E-Extension Services in Ghana: Strategy and Plan 2022-2030 was led with the sound guidance of a steering committee made up of Robert Patrick Ankobiah, Paulina Addy, Anthony Morrison, Bagbara Tanko, Paul Siameh, Dr. The purpose of this strategy and plan, therefore, is to enable the Ghana’s Directorate of Agricultural Extension Services to develop the policies, institutional arrangements, work plans and budget envelopes needed to optimize the use of transformational e-Extension services to achieve Ghana’s agricultural development and poverty reduction goals by 2030 and beyond. There are new ICTs in continuous development with the express aim of meeting farmers’ advisory and extension needs.īut until now the provision of remote-led, technology enabled advisory services has never been guided by a comprehensive strategy and plan that can lead to optimal, effective, sustainable and equitable e-Extension in Ghana. ![]() Many new ICTs have come on the scene in the last 10 plus years, some of them linked to radio, others as stand-alone digital advisory services. Agricultural radio programs offered by state broadcasters have been produced in Ghana since before independence and remain on the airwaves today. ICTs have been used for agricultural extension in Ghana for decades.
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