Concept Note Coalitin for African Rice Development (CARD 观注非洲水稻发展联盟（卡.ppt

MOFA/CARD/GHANA/CONCEPT NOTE/MAY11 CONCEPT NOTE SUPPORT FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF IMPROVED RICE TECHNOLOGIES MOFA/CARD/GHANA/CONCEPT NOTE/MAY11 * TEAM MEMBERS: GORDON EKEKPI – MOFA/RSSP SAMSON KONLAN - JICA AL-HASSAN IMORO – MOFA/DCS WILSON DOGBE – CSIR/SARI ESTHER ODONKOR – MOFA/INTERN OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION INTRODUCTION JUSTIFICATION POTENTIAL INTERVENTION ZONES TARGET GROUPS OBJECTIVES GLOBAL OBJECTIVE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES MOFA/CARD/GHANA/CONCEPT NOTE/MAY11 * OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION cont. COMPONENTS, OUTPUTS ACTIVITIES COSTS FINANCING IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY PROJECT ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT MONITORING EVALUATION KEY ASSUMPTIONS RISKS MOFA/CARD/GHANA/CONCEPT NOTE/MAY11 * INTRODUCTION The framework for agriculture development aims at modernization of agriculture through mechanization application of science technology as means of achieving food security industrialization (Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda). Various policy documents emphasize the need to increase local rice production to meet increasing consumer demands (GPRS I II,FASDEP, METASIP, etc.) MOFA/CARD/GHANA/CONCEPT NOTE/MAY11 * INTRODUCTION cont. To increase rice production processing to cope with increasing per capita consumption, the need for appropriate technological backstopping cannot be over emphasized. Technology development appropriate dissemination strategies approaches become pertinent. MOFA/CARD/GHANA/CONCEPT NOTE/MAY11 * JUSTIFICATION ISSUES: Chronic shortage of key personnel (technicians extension agents) for technology development dissemination for rice production, processing marketing Inadequate equipment logistics to enhance technology dissemination Inadequate skills use in participatory approaches to technology development dissemination. These factors culminate in low adoption of available rice-based technologies resulting in low productivity quality rice. MOFA/CARD/GHANA/CONCEPT NOTE/MAY11 * JUSTIFICATION cont. National Rice Developm