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1 GHANA Trade and Investment Program for a Competitive Export Economy TIPCEE GIS Work February 2009

2 TIPCEE Components TIPCEE GOAL Increased Competitiveness of Ghanaian Private Sector in Selected Industries Enabling Environment Improved Enabling Environment for Private Sector Export Business Development Strengthened Private Sector Capability to Compete

3 Commodity Focus Export Horticulture Pineapple Mango Papaya Cashew Vegetables Banana Medicinal plants Food Crops (domestic/regional) Citrus Tomato Onion Maize

4 Drip Irrigation sites for onion, tomato, okra, French beans and other veg Cashew Mapping, GAPs training Organic Mango Production with ITFC & outgrowers Maize New Hybrids, high tech GAPs and Post-Harvest & Mkts. Voacanga Post harvest Pineapple MD2 program, EurepGAP cert, GIS Mapping, etc Citrus GIS Mapping, GAPs & scouting Voacanga Mapping, GAPs training Cashew GAPs training Papaya Seeds & irrigation Okra New hybrids seeds, GAPs, drip Irrigation sites, links to mkts Hot Demon Pepper Seeds, GAPs, link to mkts Papaya Golden variety, GAPs, link to mkts Baby Corn Seeds and GAPs Mango- EurepGAP cert, GIS Mapping, pruning techniques, post harvest and mkts, fruit fly traps

5 Innovation Pilots Across Commodity Networks Geographic Information Systems (GIS) New varieties and agricultural practices Technical manuals and illustrated norms Introduction of new technologies Bar code tracking Web-based tools ICT connection farm to pack house and pack house to port Irrigation pilots - vegetables and papaya Trial shipments Innovation in packaging

6 Using GIS to Increase Mapping pineapple farms Competitiveness

7 Declared Acreage Vs Actual (GIS) Citrus Pretest Acres 10 8 Declared Acreage Acres(mapping) Farmers

8 Constraints: Spatial Location of Farms and Data Dispersion of farms and lack of clear data -- for production planning, monitoring and targeting. Resulting in Poor production planning Inability to forecast yields on farm Inaccurate assessment of supply base Ineffective monitoring of small holder production Over-estimation of farm sizes and over-paying for labour and other services Difficulties in resource allocation and targeting of small-scale producers for assistance and support

9 Solution/Approach: GIS and GPS Utilization Objectives of the Mapping Program 1. Establish the spatial location & concentration of fruit & veg farms 2. Determine supply base of producing firms - Production capacity 3. Establish a system for traceability (required for certification) & precision production

10 TIPCEE s GIS Platform Computers GIS Software ESRI ArcView 9.1 & 9.2 GPS Utility & Trackmaker Pro + DNR Garmin GPS Receivers Garmin etrex Vista, Geko, MobileMapper Batteries & Chargers Printers and plotter Base map of Ghana (roads, topography, water bodies, etc) Personnel & Systems

11 TIPCEE s GIS Platform Printing Maps GPS Units

12 PINEAPPLE Trade Assocs (SPEG HAG) Private Firms MoFA Horti Program Small Holders West Africa Fair Fruits CERSGIS, SAMBUS-ESRI TIPCEE/USAID COLLABORATING PARTNERS MANGO Exporting Firms Farmer Associations MoFA USAID/ADRA CASHEW Cashew Dev Project MoFA districts NGOs Grower Assoc/Grps Small Holders DEMO SITES Maize Okra Papaya Baby Corn Chilli Hot Demon CITRUS NGO s (GTZ, ADRA) Universities MoFA District offices Grower Assoc/Grps Small Holders Processing Firms

13 Successes Over 12,000 farms mapped and still counting Over 20,000 acres mapped of various crops and still adding on 3 horticulture export firms establish functional GIS platforms 2 NGOs establish GIS platforms Trained over 250 MoFA Agents, firm staff and farmers in GPS utilization and creations of maps

14 Materials Developed GIS mapping training guide GIS sensitization brochure BDS directory brochure Tree crop questionnaire templates

15 PINEAPPLE

16 MANGO

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18 CASHEW

19 Benefits of GIS Industry Provides exact acreage of each commodity variety for marketing to buyers Aids planning for logistics harvesting, transport Plays a role in pest management and control Provides input for proper placement of service delivery points Smallholders Allows proper costing of services per acre: inputs, tractor rental, harvesting labor Gives smallholder visibility to multiple buyers Meets certification requirement & for traceability

20 Policy Provides input for proper placement of proposed infrastructure: roads, mobile phone towers, pack houses, irrigation Aids in calculating agricultural extension needs Nucleus Firms Forms part of a certification requirement - traceability Aids in supply base management and projections Provides input for proper placement of consolidation points and transportation logistics

21 KASAPA MAST AT NSAAKYE Lat: N, Long: W

22 Thank you

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