Ghana - Ghana Agricultural Production Survey (Minor Season) 2013, Second Round

Reference ID

GHA-MoFA-SRID-GAPS-2013-V1.0

Year

2013

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ministry Of Food and Agriculture / Statistics Research Information Directoriate - Government Of Ghana

Sponsor(s)

International Food Policy Research Institute - IFPRI - Financial Support

Collection(s)

Statistics, Research and Information Directorate (MOFA)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF

Created on

Sep 15, 2014

Last modified

Sep 15, 2014

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Overview

Identification

Country

Ghana

Title

Ghana Agricultural Production Survey (Minor Season) 2013

Subtitle

Second Round

Translated Title

No Translater

Study Type

Agricultural Survey

Series Information

The Ghana Agricultural Production Survey (GAPS) is part of a strategy to strengthen the agricultural statistics system in Ghana. To provide a learning platform a pilot survey was organized in a collaborative effort by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, acting through the Statistics Research and Information Directorate (SRID), and the Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP) of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The pilot covered twenty (20) districts, over two cropping seasons, 2011/2012 and 2012/2013. .

The Ghana Agricultural Production Survey (GAPS) is a pilot program to assess an improved version of SRID's Multi-Round Annual Crop and Livestock Survey (MRACLS). The main goal of the pilot is to provide basic statistics and indicators for planners and researchers to assist implement policies and strategies in the agricultural system in Ghana. The GAPS was first piloted during the 2011/2012 cropping season in twenty districts, two in each region. Upon recommendation of assessors at the end of the pilot, the survey hereby referred to as GAPS II was repeated during the 2012/2013 major and minor cropping seasons in the same districts with some modifications. In all 4,000 farm holders were randomly selected and interviewed in the 20 selected districts.

The survey was implemented in two-phases with the first phase covering April 2011 to May 2012 while the second and final phase started from May 2012 and came to an end in May 2013.

ID Number

GHA-MoFA-SRID-GAPS-2013-V1.0

Version

Version Description

Version 1.0 (September, 2014)

Production Date

2013-05-14

Overview

Abstract

The objective of the GAPS is to strengthen the Multi-Round Annual Crop and Livestock Surveys (MRACLS) that the ministry implements through SRID. The MRACLS is the national agricultural survey on the basis of which SRID releases information on agricultural production and yields of important crops. The ultimate goal of GAPS is to provide more accurate and timely agricultural production estimates at the district, regional, and national levels. The survey is also to offer an opportunity for SRID to experiment with a number of potential improvements with a view to developing the required skills and competencies before scaling up, over time, to all the districts in the country.

As part of the terms of implementing GAPS, MoFA agreed to assign four Agriculture Extension Agents (AEAs) per district for data collection. The Agents were relieved from all extension duties. To distinguish these field data collection officers from other extension agents, they were referred to as District Agricultural Statistical Assistants (DASAs). One officer per district was designated as a District Management Information System (MIS) officer and was given additional responsibility as field supervisor and referred to as District Agricultural Statistical Officer (DASO). A total of 100 DASAs and DASOs were successfully trained and deployed to their districts for GAPS implementation and given the task of collecting and processing datafrom the field.

Kind of Data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Units of Analysis

Household

Scope

Notes

The scope of Ghana Agricultural Production Survey includes the following:-

(a) The Household and Holding Inquiry - Pre-Harvest questionnaire, also known as the form 2a. This was used to make enquiries on the general characteristics of households and holdings for pre-harvest farming activities during the minor season. Information sought included changes in the household composition, detailed information on livestock, poultry and other animals owned by the selected holders, detailed information on tree crops grown by the selected holders, information on aquaculture practices, inputs, outputs and assets.

(b) The Household and Holding Inquiry - Post-Harvest questionnaire, also known as form 2b. This was used to make enquiries on field practices, inputs and outputs. The following information were sought: inventory of fields, inputs and expenses, Remaining major season production and marketing of crops, minor season crop production and marketing, holding information, shocks and adaptation to shocks, other income generating activities and household health status.

(c) The Household and Holding Inquiry - Pre-harvest field measurements questionnaire known as the form 3. This questionnaire was used to gather data on the nature and characteristics of crop fields and area measurements for individual crop fields for all selected holdings.

(d) Crop Yield Measurement questionnaire also known as the form 4. This was used to seek for data on the yields of food crops such as the cereals, root and tubers, plantain, legumes and nuts, and vegetables.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
Food (production, crisis)	World Bank

Coverage

Geographic Coverage (1)

National Level

Geographic Coverage (2)

Regions

Geographic Coverage (3)

Districts

Geographic Unit

Region

Universe

Agricultural household and holder

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Ministry Of Food and Agriculture / Statistics Research Information Directoriate	Government Of Ghana

Other Producer(s)

Name	Affiliation	Role
Ghana Strategy Support Program	International Food Policy Research Institute	Technical and Financial Support

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
International Food Policy Research Institute	IFPRI	Financial Support

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
Ghana Strategy Support Program	GSSP	Technical Support

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Ministry Of Food and Agriculture / Statistics Research Information Directoriate	MOFA/SRID	Government Of Ghana	Documention of the Study

Date of Metadata Production

2014-09-13

DDI Document Version

Version 1.0 (September, 2014)

DDI Document ID

DDI-GHA-MoFA-SRID-GAPS-2013-V1.0