Enabling Environment Assessments for Ghana

Through desk study review, we set out to appraise the policies, regulations and incentives that guide land-based investment in Ghana and identify the gaps and opportunities that exist for transformative land-based investment. Ghana has progressed significantly in enacting legislations that protect the environment and communal land rights. However, what is lacking is effective enforcement of these legislations and policies. Also, existing incentive mechanisms do not necessarily target LBIs that are being responsible in their approach to land investment.

The gaps identified in the appraisal provide an opportunity to improve the existing structures by building the capacity of traditional authorities to manage customary lands, strengthen the Customary Land Secretariates to provide litigation-free lands, integrate social and environmental considerations into project designs of LBIs, strengthen proposed structures for the buffer stock policy and ensure regular monitoring of ESIA reports.

Transformative land-based investment will help Ghana advance to a more sustainable food systems, with gender-sensitive and socially inclusive improvements in land tenure security, livelihoods, resilience and ecosystem health.

eea Assessment authors