Ghana Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (GASIP)

The Government of the Republic of Ghana has applied for funds from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to implement the Ghana Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (GASIP). The Programme provides a framework for a long-term financing engagement for private sector-led, pro-poor agricultural value chain development in Ghana. The objective of the programme is to contribute to sustainable poverty reduction in rural Ghana, ensuring that agribusinesses – including smallholders – increase their profitability and resilience to climate change. The programme is national in scope and governed by a demand - and market-driven approach that will provide a basis for scaling up investments in pro-poor agricultural value chain development led by the private sector. The strategic focus of GASIP will be on smallholder farmers, to make them more competitive by increasing their capacity to respond to market demand in terms of quality, price, time and volume thus contributing to METASIP objectives. At least 62,860 clients or direct beneficiaries will be targeted towards the end of project year 3 (PY3) and 86,400 clients by PY6, of which at least 50% will be women, 20% youth (15-24 years) and 30% young adults (25-34 years).

The Programme has three components:

Component 1:

Value Chain Development -is central to ensuring strong business linkages among actors in the entire value chains of commodities to ensure they meet market or consumer and industry demands. It has three sub-components: (i) agribusiness linkage development; (ii) rural financial services and (iii) climate change resilience—which is mainstreamed value chain interventions to reduce risks, enhance profitability and sustainable production systems.

Component 2:

Rural Value Chain Infrastructure – is aimed at providing the enabling infrastructure to catalyze value chain development. It has two sub-components: (i) productive infrastructure and facilities—aimed at encouraging investments in commercial infrastructure and facilities for the selected value chains; and (ii) enabling public infrastructure—aimed to finance enabling public infrastructure for the growth and viability of selected value chains.

Component 3:

Knowledge Management, Policy Support and Coordination aimed at harnessing successful lessons for replication and providing an enabling environment for optimization of programme opportunities and benefits. It has two sub-components: (i) knowledge management, harmonization and policy support—aimed at creating an enabling environment for smallholders to participate in profitable and climate change resilient agricultural value chains; and (ii) coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the programme. 

Qualifications: 

The Value Chain and Agribusiness Manager and will work as an integral part of the PCU while also drawing on additional specialist support from the firm, as may be requested by the Programme Coordinator from time to time. Key services include the following:

  • Providing technical input for initial planning and preparation processes towards implementation readiness of the programme;
  • Identifying and promoting commercially viable linkages between private sector investors and smallholder farmers in coordination with MOFA and other technical service providers;
  • Facilitating the execution of market research and providing relevant analysis for the development of pro-poor strategies for the development of targeted markets and value chains;
  • Liaising with other development partners and projects to create leverage for GASIP and a coordinated approach;
  • Identifying technical assistance needs for the development of market and value chain tools, training materials and facilitating the conduct of pro-poor market and value chain studies;
  • Overseeing training of clients for implementation of the pro-poor market and value chain development plans;
  • Mainstreaming of climate change adaptation into value chain development activities;
  • Promoting access to credit by value chain operators and ensuring that that public–private partnership (PPP) infrastructure provided under the programme is appropriately integrated to support value chain development
Start / Duration: 

GASIP is planned for six years is expected to commence in January 2015 under the responsibility of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA). It builds on the achievements of some on-going and soon-to-complete projects such as Northern Rural Growth Programme (NRGP) and Root and Tuber Improvement and Marketing Programme (RTIMP). GASIP will have a National Programme Coordination Unit in Accra and three Zonal Programme Offices (ZPO) in Kumasi, Tamale and Dodowa.

If you are intersted to coopertate with AFC in this tender, please send you most recent CV to

Barbara.Braun [at] afci.de

Thank you!

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted