Ghana launches ArcGIS online platform for agriculture
08/04/2013
Ghana Agriculture GIS platform (ArcGIS) has been launched by the Ghana Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) with support and collaboration from USAID/ADVANCE and the Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS) of the University of Ghana.
Ghana Agriculture GIS Platform (ArcGIS)
The ArcGIS aims to provide agricultural related spatial datasets in a user friendly platform and offers data for six commodity value chains: Mango,Citrus, Maize, Rice, Soyabean and Cashew. The platform also provides agricultural commodity prices, crop production, agricultural imports and exports figures and Ghana's agricultural budget and in this way the platform pulls together factual data, statistical data and interactive maps.
While most data are free, there is a fee for premium datasets and the difference in content access levels is explained here. Review the interactive manual for the ArcGIS here.