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Public–private sector partnerships for improved agriculture services delivery: how do we make them work?

Journal of Social Development in Africa

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Title Public–private sector partnerships for improved agriculture services delivery: how do we make them work?
 
Creator Galaa, Sylvester Z; University for Development Studies, Tamale.
Obeng, Francis K; University for Development Studies, Tamale.
 
Subject
partnership/collaboration, public–private organizations, agricultural sector, Ghana

 
Description One of Ghana\'s main development challenges is the delivery of extension, marketing, input supply, financing and other agricultural support to smallholder farmers. Economic liberalization and institutional reforms have reduced and redefined the role of the state in services provision and the onus is now on the emerging private sector and civil society organizations to support the state in providing some of these services. This study explores the nature of existing partnership and collaborative arrangements in the agriculture sector with the view of testing the plausibility of public–private partnerships in the provision of extension services in the agriculture sector of Ghana. The findings show that although the quality of extension services can be improved and the scope expanded more than the collaborating agencies can achieve by working independently, very few well-forged partnership and collaborative arrangements exist in the agriculture sector. Collaborative arrangements in the sector are largely informal and dictated by personal or individual caprices. Although this introduces flexibility, the relationship is often less legitimate, making it difficult to enforce agreements. The lack of clear-cut structures or mechanisms of partnerships creates problems in partnership management.
Key words: partnership/collaboration, public–private organizations, agricultural sector, Ghana
Journal of Social Development in Africa Vol.19(2) 2004: 49-67
 
Publisher School of Social Work, University of Zimbabwe
 
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Date 2005-05-20
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article

 
Identifier https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsda/article/view/23887
10.4314/jsda.v19i2.23887
 
Source Journal of Social Development in Africa; Vol 19, No 2 (2004)
1012-1080
 
Language en
 
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