Agriculture for Sustainable Development: A SWOT-AHP Assessment of Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs Initiative

The exponential increase in the population of Ghana and need to meet population’s food security needs while creating job opportunities have necessitated implementation Planting for Food Jobs (PFJ) initiative by Government (GoG). Using strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analytical tool, we SWOT PFJ initiative. We further complemented study with analytic hierarchy process (AHP) tool rank various criteria (factors) identified under analysis. favorable environmental conditions as highest strength, which recorded 59.3%, followed agricultural lands availability (21.8%). Inadequate financial services was weakness (55.8%), over-reliance on climatic (25.9%). High export potential relative products country opportunity, a weight 50.3%. One District Factory (1D1F) came up second opportunity. Negative ramification climate change main threat Ghana’s sector (57.9%), importation basic (25%).