Are African Governments Serious About Agriculture?

Using these four benchmarks, one can determine which governments are achieving or have achieved a specific target. Governments that demonstrate a consistent upward trend to‐ ward the target are more serious than those who display a stag‐ nant or divergent trend away from the target. The objective of this brief is to analyze available data on public agriculture expenditure in Africa—with a particular focus on Ghana—to assess the commitment of African governments to the agriculture sector, which they themselves have formally identified as the lead sector for achieving growth, raising in‐ comes, reducing poverty, and increasing food and nutrition secu‐ rity. RECENT TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN AGRICULTURE EXPENDITURES