Ghana: National climate-smart agriculture and food security action plan (2016-2020)
The present Action Plan on National Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Security (2016-2020) provides the implementation framework for an effective development of climate-smart agriculture. The Plan formulates specific strategies that will contribute developing climate-resilient agriculture and food systems for all agro-ecological zones, as well as the human resource capacity required for a climate-resilient agriculture promotion in Ghana.
The overall goal of the present Action Plan is to facilitate and operationalize the National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) for effective integration of Climate Change into Food and Agriculture sector development policies and programmes. Consistent with the policy objectives of the focus area of the Agriculture and Food Security in the NCCP, this Action Plan specifically aims to: 1) Develop climate-resilient agriculture and food systems for all agro-ecological zones; 2) Develop human resource capacity for climate-resilient agriculture; 3) Elaborate on the implementation framework and the specific climate-smart agriculture activities to be carried out at the respective levels of governance.