Participants in a group photo at the end of the workshop

The team of researchers of the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) Ghana project invited agricultural sector partners and associated stakeholders to a national dissemination workshop held on 30th November at Alisa Hotel, North Ridge, Accra.

The Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) Ghana project organised a workshop bringing together diverse stakeholders for a net-mapping exercise aimed at garnering views and opinions on cooking energy services, specifically modern energy cooking services, in Ghanaian households. It was held on 29th April, 2021 at the ISSER conference centre, under Covid-19-safe conditions.

ISSER Research Fellows, Dr Fred Dzanku and Dr Kofi Asante engaged farmers, policy makers, oil palm companies and media representatives in a dissemination workshop to share and discuss findings of the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) project. It was held on 17th March, 2021 at the Takoradi Regional Library, in the Western Region.

The APRA project aims at analyzing the impacts and outcomes of pathways to agricultural commercialization on rural poverty, empowerment of women and girls and food and nutrition security in Ghana and six other Sub-Saharan Africa countries. 

ACCRA, 20 January, 2021 – A new study by a team of Ghanaian economists in collaboration with the Brookings Institution has identified agro-processing and tourism as two of the sectors that could be relied on to potentially address Ghana’s youth unemployment challenge and enhance competitiveness and productivity of small and medium-sized firms.

The team comprised Prof Ernest Aryeetey, Africa Research Universities Alliance (ARUA); Dr Priscilla Twumasi Baffour and Dr Ebo Turkson, both of the Department of Economics, University of Ghana.

Prof. Quartey grants media interviews.

The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) on Monday, 29th November, 2021 invited the media for a review of the 2022 budget statement and economic policy of the government.

The presentation on the 2022 budget statement and economic policy review was delivered, on behalf of the Economics Division of ISSER, by Director, Prof. Peter Quartey, alongside Research Fellow, Dr. Andrew Agyei-Holmes who shared some reflections on the real sectors, namely the agricultural, industrial and services sectors.

Rich Ghanaian culture on display at the conference

The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) is known for organising successful and crowd-drawing events. This reputation was taken a notch higher recently with the 8th annual conference of the Regional Network of Agricultural Research Institutes (ReNAPRI) which was co-organised and hosted by ISSER.

Around the world, the COVID-19 crisis is being used by states as an opportunity to reassess sectoral vulnerabilities with the view to transform economies for the better. Conscious of the central role of  research knowledge and insights in fostering development success, and the need to project an objective voice that counters the likely influence of politically-motivated promises that characterise electoral periods ( as Ghana gears up for elections in December), ISSER organised a panel discussion on a theme of high importance to Ghana’s development  --  agriculture.