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Volta Region Agricultural Development Project

One of IFAD's first projects in the world and its first in Ghana, this initiative was designed to increase agricultural production, boost farm incomes and improve rural living standards. It had three objectives:

  • introducing and diffusing improved farming technology for major food crops
  • ensuring farm support services
  • developing rural infrastructure
Source: IFAD


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Contact information

Ulac Demirag
Country Programme Manager
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
Rome, Italy
Work: +39 0654592616
Fax: +39 0654593616
u.demirag@ifad.org

Facts and figures

Total cost: US$49.8 million
Approved IFAD loan: US$12.5 million
Duration: 1981 - 1988
Directly benefiting: 60,000 households
Cofinancing:

  • World Bank: IDA (US$29.5 million)
Status: Closed

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