along the policy path: reviewing ghana’s agricultural extension policy
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MEAS Symposium 2015
June 4
“Public Sector Service Provision, Policy
Making, and Enabling Environment”
Along the Policy Path:Reviewing Ghana’s Agricultural Extension Policy
Vickie Sigman Sr. Agricultural Extension Policy Specialist
MEAS, University of Illinois
HOW
• Background and input• Forum itself: highly participatory– Small Groups, Themes, and Exercises
Review
Summarize
Report Out
Analyze Progress,
Constraints,Gaps, &
Changes Report Out
Develop prioritized
recom-mendations
Report Out
Group Exercises by Policy Theme
Outcomes
• Highest Priority Recommendations– Target resources to women providers & beneficiaries– Fund public extension services adequately– Clarify extension capacity development funding– Update extension policy on emerging issues– Update Farmer-Based Organizations Policy and
Strategy• Groups to support the policy process forward– Extension Policy Standing Committee and Champions
• Next Step– Revise the agricultural extension policy to reflect
recommendations
What was learned along the path?
Review is but one step:ALSO NEED• Companion costed & timed plan for
carrying-out revisions• Finance and political will for
implementation & monitoring of revised policy• Greater involvement in and awareness of
process by farmers
Disclaimer
This presentation was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development, USAID. The
contents are the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.