Ghana - Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT
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Our mission in Ghana

Aligned with national priorities, the Alliance is committed to supporting Ghana's agricultural development and environmental sustainability. Collaborating with key national and international actors, we work towards promoting climate-resilient landscapes and sustainable land management practices, aiming to mitigate climate change impacts and safeguard natural resources. Our work aligns with the key national policies and frameworks including the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) Program; the government's flagship initiative aimed at modernizing agriculture, ensuring food security, and creating employment opportunities; Ghana's NCCP, focusing on initiatives that address climate change challenges and opportunities within the agricultural sector, while fostering resilience and adaptation; the Ghana Strategic Investment Framework (GSIF) for Sustainable Land Management (SLM), which aims to mainstream and upscale sustainable land management decisions; the National Climate-smart Agriculture and Food Security Action Plan (CSAIP), which aims to promote climate-smart agricultural practices and enhance food security; Ghana's agricultural digital infrastructure roadmap strategies, and others. By aligning efforts with national priorities and frameworks, we strive to contribute to Ghana's sustainable development agenda, ensuring a prosperous and resilient future for generations to come.

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Current Projects

18

Funders

15

Money Invested (USD)

 50886085

Challenges

The Alliance is addressing key country-level challenges in Ghana that hinder sustainable agricultural development, including increasing climate variability, land degradation and deforestation, declining soil fertility, and persistent food and nutrition insecurity. These pressures are intensified by limited access to climate-smart practices, quality seed systems, digital advisory services, climate information, and inclusive finance, as well as weak capacity to translate research into scalable action. The Alliance responds by promoting climate-resilient landscapes, climate-smart and agroecological approaches, improved soil and seed systems, and data-driven advisory services to strengthen resilience, productivity, and livelihoods while safeguarding natural resources.

Thematic research areas

Food Environment and Consumer Behavior

Addressing malnutrition by promoting diversified, healthy diets and more sustainable food consumption patterns in Ghana.

Multifunctional Landscapes

Integrating soil health, sustainable land management, and climate-smart agronomy to balance productivity, ecosystem services, and resilience.

Climate Action

Strengthening resilience to climate variability and change, addressing land degradation and deforestation, and supporting climate adaptation and mitigation in agriculture and food systems.

Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

Conserving and using agrobiodiversity, strengthening seed systems, and promoting diverse, nutritious crops to enhance resilience and sustainability.

Digital Inclusion

Expanding access to data-driven advisory services, digital tools, and farmer-centered innovations to support informed decision making.

Crops for Nutrition and Health

Improving dietary diversity, nutrition outcomes, and livelihoods, with particular attention to women and vulnerable groups.

Sustainable Finance

Enabling climate-smart and inclusive investment to scale sustainable agricultural and food system solutions.

Impact

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Increased climate resilience through the uptake of climate-smart and agroecological practices that help farmers manage climate risks and sustain productivity. 

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Improved soil health and landscape sustainability by promoting sustainable land management and data-driven advisory services that reduce land degradation.

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Strengthened agrobiodiversity and seed systems through support to community seed banks and diversified, resilient crop systems.

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Enhanced food and nutrition security by advancing nutrition-sensitive agriculture, diversified diets, and women-inclusive initiatives.

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Expanded digital and financial inclusion to more than 70 smallholder farmers by scaling digital advisory tools and strengthening access to climate-smart and inclusive finance in Ghana.

Collaboration and partners

In Ghana, the Alliance collaborates with a diverse network of funders and partners to advance climate-resilient and sustainable food systems. Key partnerships include regional and international funders such as the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Development Association (IDA), European Commission (EC), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). Research and implementation partners include International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), alongside universities, NGOs, civil society, advocacy groups, private sector actors, and digital innovation partners, ensuring inclusive, evidence-based, and nationally aligned delivery of impact in Ghana.

Projects and Flagship Initiatives

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is actively engaged in promoting sustainable agricultural development in Ghana through a variety of projects and flagship initiatives.  

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Leadership

Our office in Ghana

c/o IITA, CSIR Campus, PMB LG 56, Legon
Accra, Ghana
Phone: (+251) 954986874
Contact person: Wuletawu Abera ([email protected])

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