http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership This presentation was made during the African Soil Prtnership consulation workshop which took a place in Ghana, 20-22 May 2015. This presentation was made by Francis Tetteh & Enoch Boateng, and it presents the status needs and priorities for SSM in Ghana. ©FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. BY
FRANCIS TETTEH
AND ENOCH BOATENG
African Soil Partnership Workshop
20-22 May 2015

2. Low crop
yields
Low soil fertility-
soil erosion,
nutrient mining,
soil degradation
High fertilizer price, no subsidy,
undeveloped fertilizer market
Poor knowledge
of soils and how
they changing
over time
Low use of
agric inputs
Outdated fertilizer
recommendations and
use of blanket
application
Low
adoption of
technology
Problem statement: Poor soil
health and widespread poverty

3.  The main goal of MoFA’s programmes is to
improve and sustain soil and crop productivity to
to reduce hunger and poverty and improve
livelihoods of the citizenry.
1. Promotion of fertilizer use
 Fertilizer subsidy
 Fertilizer law
-quality control, storage, haulage, misleading
claims, short weights
2. Fertilizer recommendation (CABI, IFDC/USAID,
WAAP, AGRA)
3. ISFM (AGRA, IFDC)

4.  Digital soil mapping (need to improve existing
digital soil map) (AfSIS, ISRIC, Global Soil
Partnership)
Products and services envisaged
-Fertility map
-Textural map
- Available soil moisture map
- Soil organic carbon map
 Fertilizer recommendations for various crops
 Crop soil suitability map
 Yield gap map

5.  Financial support to implement programmes
-digital mapping, fertility atlas,
micronutrient maps, etc
-Fertilizer recommendations
 Capacity building (human resource training)
CCST-Plans are far advanced for the
commencement of M.Phil. (Soil Health)
Training program at CSIR-SRI
 Field and laboratory equipment