Ghana Tree Crop Diversification Project

About this project

Ghana has, since the 1990s, been among the most politically stable and fastest growing countries on the African continent. The country has experienced rapid demographic growth, its population having expanded by 65 percent (12 million people) or 3.3 percent per year on average since 2000. But economic opportunity has grown even faster, with high prices for cash crops, oil, and gold contributing to an average GDP growth rate of 5.8 percent per year over the same period. As a result, in the space of two decades, Ghana doubled its per capita income and went from over half to less than a quarter of its population living with less than $2.15 a day. This achievement made it the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving extreme poverty by 2015. In 2017, Ghana was the second-fastest growing economy in Africa with a growth rate of 8.1 percent, driven by the mining and oil sectors. To further mitigate poverty and inequality and accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the country has launched ambitious plans to diversify and grow the economy by modernizing agriculture and accelerating industrialization. These are among the objectives of the Medium-Term Development Plan for 2018–2021 and the Government of Ghana's (GoG's) “Ghana Beyond Aid” reform agenda. Ghana's economy is urbanizing, yet agriculture has been, and remains, a pillar of the country's economic progress accounting for one-fifth of Ghana's GDP and…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Ghana

Sectors

Food crop productionAgricultural policy and administrative managementMulti-hazard response preparednessPlant and post-harvest protection and pest controlInformation and communication technology (ICT)

Places

Wankyi, Techiman, Tainso, Eastern Region, Bole, Bono, Bono East, Savannah, Western North, Techiman Municipal and 6 more

Funded by

International Development Association

Implemented by

The Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA)

Accountable

The Republic of Ghana

Passes funds through

International Development Association

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P180060.

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