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International programmes and credit lines
The World Bank finances the Food Systems Resilience Program (US$150 million, a first additional financing of US$15.77 million from the Food Systems 2030 Trust Fund approved in June 2024 and a second of US$125 million approved in April 2025), the Tree Crop Diversification Project (US$200 million) and the GALOP landscape project, and pays results-based finance under the cocoa forest REDD+ programme734974. A US$400 million road and market access project for agricultural value chains was at concept stage in December 202575. IFAD and the Green Climate Fund co-finance the PROSPER rural enterprise project, and the GCF funds landscape projects in the north and the shea belt767778.
| Programme / facility | Funder | Partner | Amount | Date | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Systems Resilience Program, Ghana (FSRP Phase 2, P178132) | World Bank (IDA) | Ministry of Food and Agriculture | US$150 m, plus additional financing of US$15.77 m (Food Systems 2030 Trust Fund) and US$125 m | Effective 5 Jun 2023, first additional financing (P181488) approved June 2024 and effective by August 2024, second approved 29 Apr 2025, closing 30 Sep 2028 | Aims to increase preparedness against food insecurity and the resilience of food systems73. The first additional financing of US$15.77 million from the Food Systems 2030 Trust Fund was fully disbursed by April 202573. It financed US$40 million of inputs after the 2023 dam spillage floods and US$85 million through its emergency component after the 2024 dry spell, and US$142.38 million had been disbursed by 7 April 202573. |
| Ghana Tree Crop Diversification Project (P180060) | World Bank (IDA) | Tree Crops Development Authority and COCOBOD | US$200 m | Approved 23 Jun 2023, closing 14 Dec 2029 | Aims to improve economic, climate and social resilience in selected tree crop value chains, including about US$64.49 million to rehabilitate 25,000 ha of cocoa farms affected by swollen shoot disease4925. |
| Ghana Landscape Restoration and Small-Scale Mining Project (GALOP, P171933) | World Bank (IDA, GEF, PROGREEN) | Environmental Protection Authority and Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources | US$90.6 m, plus a GEF grant of US$13.9 m | Approved 30 Aug 2021, closing 30 Sep 2027 | Supports natural resource management in savannah and cocoa forest landscapes, with over 1.5 million ha brought under sustainable landscape practices4979. |
| Ghana Emissions Reductions Program (FCPF, P160339) | World Bank (FCPF Carbon Fund) | Forestry Commission | US$50 m agreement ceiling | Agreement signed July 2019, closing 30 Dec 2027 | Results-based payments for reduced deforestation in the cocoa forest zone, US$21,758,085 received for 4,351,617 tCO2e by 30 November 202574. |
| Ghana Development Finance Project (P169742) | World Bank (IDA) | Development Bank Ghana and Ministry of Finance | US$250 m | Approved 29 Oct 2020, closing 30 Jun 2027 | Supports a financially sustainable development bank providing long-term finance to viable small and medium firms49. |
| Ghana Financial Stability Project (P180719) | World Bank (IDA) | Ministry of Finance | US$250 m | Approved 30 May 2024, closing 30 Jun 2028 | Aims to build the capital buffers of deposit-taking institutions affected by the debt exchange49. |
| Ghana Market Access and Connectivity Project (P513708) | World Bank (IDA), proposed | Ministry of Roads and Highways | US$400 m (proposed) | Concept stage, approval estimated for 17 Jun 2026 | A proposed operation to improve connectivity for agricultural value chains and road maintenance, listed at concept stage in December 202575. |
| Savannah Zone Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project (SAPIP) | African Development Fund | Ministry of Food and Agriculture | UA27.86 m (about US$39.01 m) | Loan signed 15 Mar 2018, planned for 2018β2022 | Targeted about 50,000 smallholders in the Savannah Zone in support of Planting for Food and Jobs over a planned five years, 2018β202280. No later status report was found. |
| PROSPER (Promoting Rural Opportunities, Sustainable Profits and Environmental Resilience) | IFAD and Green Climate Fund | Government of Ghana | US$147.3 m total, IFAD loan US$52.5 m, GCF US$25.4 m | Approved December 2021, eight years | Rural enterprise and value-chain project with a financing gap of US$22.7 million at approval76. |
| Rural Enterprises Programme (REP) | IFAD and African Development Bank | Ministry of Trade and Industry | US$264.8 m total programme cost (US$265.8 m in paragraph 33) | Approved September 2011, additional financing 2017 (about US$40.0 m) and December 2022 (US$15 m), closing extended by one year from 30 Sep 2024 | Supported rural micro and small enterprises, with AfDB cofinancing of US$70 million81. The memorandum of December 2022 gives the total programme cost as US$264.8 million in its financing summary and US$265.8 million in paragraph 33, and extends the completion and closing dates by one year from 31 March 2024 and 30 September 202481. |
| GCF FP265 Climate-resilient landscapes for sustainable livelihoods in northern Ghana | Green Climate Fund | UNEP | US$63.2 m (total US$70.2 m) | Approved 3 Jul 2025 | Landscape adaptation in northern Ghana, US$10.1 million disbursed by 30 April 202677. |
| GCF FP137 Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project | Green Climate Fund | UNDP | US$30.1 m grant (total US$54.5 m) | Approved 21 Aug 2020 | Shea landscape restoration expected to avoid 25.2 million tCO2e, 78% disbursed78. |
National programmes
| Programme / facility | Funder | Partner | Amount | Date | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feed Ghana Programme | Government of Ghana | Ministry of Food and Agriculture | GHΒ’1.5 bn for AETA in 2025 and GHΒ’200 m Feed Ghana line in 2026 (allocations) | Launched April 2025, 2025β2028 | Flagship programme with Farmer Service Centres, grains, vegetables, poultry and agro-production enclaves2. By the 2026 Budget statement (November 2025), 50,000 t of fertiliser and 3,000 t of seed (own sum, 2,000 t hybrid maize and 1,000 t rice seed, 2026 Budget para 431) had been distributed, and 63,039 cooperatives and farmer groups with 661,687 farmers were registered8. GHΒ’1.2 billion had been paid to MoFA flagship programmes by the 2026 Mid-Year Review65. |
| Farmer Service Centres | Government of Ghana | Ministry of Food and Agriculture | GHΒ’690 m (2026 allocation) | 2025β2028 | 50 centres to provide mechanisation and services, and GHΒ’551 million was paid into an escrow account in 2026 for a letter of credit for 1,840 machines865. |
| Planting for Food and Jobs and PFJ 2.0 | Government of Ghana | Ministry of Food and Agriculture | Subsidy of GHΒ’600 m in 2017β2018 combined | 2017β2024 | Subsidised fertiliser and seed from 2017, reaching 1,736,510 farmers in 2020, followed by an input credit model in 2023β20248261. No recovery rates of the input credit were found. |
| Free inputs and mass spraying for cocoa (CODAPEC and Hi-TEC) | COCOBOD | Cocoa Health and Extension Division | GHΒ’2.4 bn spraying and GHΒ’2.7 bn fertiliser (2026 Budget) | Reintroduced 2025/26 | Free fertiliser, insecticides, fungicides and spraying machines for cocoa farmers, with 13,000 pneumatic sprayers and 14,000 motorised mist-blowers procured for 2025/2612883. |
| National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme | COCOBOD | Cocoa Health and Extension Division | Over US$200 m of a US$600 m AfDB-arranged facility | Launched 24 Sep 2020 | Rehabilitation of farms affected by swollen shoot disease with compensation of GHΒ’1,000 per hectare, after a 2017 survey found 315,886 ha lost to the disease, and the Cocoa Health and Extension Division is responsible for disease control848586. |
| Cocoa Farmers' Pension Scheme | Farmers and COCOBOD | Board of Trustees | 5% of bean value from farmers, 1% from COCOBOD | Launched 1 Dec 2020, deductions from 6 Aug 2024 | Contributory pension for cocoa farmers registered in the Cocoa Management System8788. No enrolment figures are published. |
| Domestic Cocoa Notes Programme (Cocoa Capital PLC) | Domestic investors | COCOBOD | Up to GHΒ’16.3 bn | Launched on the Ghana Stock Exchange 14 Oct 2026 | GHΒ’14 billion of commercial paper for 2026/27 purchases and GHΒ’2.3 billion of bonds to restructure legacy debt, backed by forward-sales receivables, with bids of about GHΒ’3.59 billion at 11% for the first issue1989. |
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