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The State Lands Regulations Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

Establishes a Site Advisory Committee to inspect and give recommendations of any land under the States Land Act. The Regulations Act also contains forms to apply for various types of land leases and licenses.

Ghana 1962 Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Land Registry Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

The Land Registry Acts establishes registry offices and appointees to work in those offices. The Act also describes how land instruments can be registered

Ghana 1962 Land, Housing and Natural Resources

The Farm Lands Protection Act

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

An Act that protects farmers who acquired land after Dec 31, 1940 and before the Act in 1962, and those lands that are defective.

Ghana 1962 Agriculture and Rural Development

The Concession Acts

Ghana, Ministry of Land and Natural Resources

An Act that does not apply the provisions of the Concessions Ordinance to the lands belonging to the stool.

Ghana 1962 Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Ghana's Seven-Year Plan

Ghana, National Development Planning Commission

This represents Ghana’s 7-year plan for national reconstruction and development. The 1963-1970 plan highlights the strategies for future development of Ghana and Ghanaians, socially and economically, through science and technology, modernization and expansion of agriculture and the industry. It also plans massive expansion of transport, water, electricity, and communications social services.

Ghana 1964 Economy

Communicable Diseases Analysis Book

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The analysis book serves as a module for the technical guidelines, and integrated disease surveillance and response in Ghana. It serves as a complimentary effort towards improved surveillance at all levels.

Ghana 2005 Health

Agreement between the Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria and the Commissioner for Economic Planning of the Republic of Ghana on the establishment of a model cattle farm

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

The goal of this agreement was to increase the meat and milk supply in Ghana by relevant Austrian authorities setting up a demonstration cattle farm in Kintampo in the Brong-Ahafo Region. The main condition of the agreement was Austria offered its technical expertise and funding in exchange for Ghana’s protection of the Austrian expert expatriates, and their related activities.

Ghana 1978 Agriculture and Rural Development

Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Ghana on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products into the Community

Ghana, Ministry of Lands

The focus of the agreement is to ensure that Ghanaian timber exports into the European Community are produced legally. The agreement deems a timber product as legal once it undergoes the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade licensing (FLEGT) scheme and obtains a FLEGT license.

Ghana 2010 Forestry and Wildlife

The Coordinated Programme for Economic and Social Development of Ghana (2007-2015)

Ghana, N/A

This document is a development plan to catapult Ghana to a middle-income status nation by 2015. The plan asserts that, when properly implemented, it would lead to the following: improved skills and creativity of the population, an even distribution of jobs in the rural and urban areas, and a modernized agriculture sector.

Ghana 2007 Economy

The Coordinated Programme for Economic and Social Development Policies (2010-2016)

Ghana, N/A

These are a set of policies that target accelerated economic growth in the nation through building up human capital; removing barriers to facilitate trade in the West African region; removing investment and investor barriers such as value chain constraints; processing natural resources such as oil and gas, and modernizing agriculture.

Ghana 2010 Economy

Food and Drugs Act (1992)

Ghana, Ministry of Health

An Act to regulate the safe and healthy sale of food, drugs and other related matters.

Ghana 1992 Health

National Plan of Action on Food and Nutrition (1995-2000)

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

An action plan to improve the nutritional status of Ghanaians by tackling matters related to food security, breastfeeding, nutrient related diseases and good hygiene. There is also the idea to build on existing nutrition programmes, income generation programmes (e.g. smallholder farmers), and general health programmes.

Ghana 1995 Agriculture and Rural Development

Breastfeeding Promotion Regulations

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The Breastfeeding Promotion Regulation prohibits the sale, promotion and distribution of free samples of designated products to health care personnel and health care facilities. The document defines designated products as: “infant and follow-up formula, feeding bottle, teat, pacifiers, and any product that is marketed as suitable for feeding infants up to six months of age”. The regulation also prohibits manufacturers of designated products from sponsoring the attendance of health personnel to a conference. Manufacturers of non-designated products, however, can distribute educational materials on feeding infants and the young once the materials have been screened and approved by the Food and Drugs Board.

Ghana 2000 Health

Under Five Child Health Policy (2007-2015)

Ghana, Ministry of Health

A policy that seeks to care for the mother and child from prenatal care through pregnancy up until neonatal and early childhood care. The aim is to reduce the under-five child mortality rate to 40/1000 live births by 2015.

Ghana 2007 Health

National Nutrition Policy (2014-2017)

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The National Nutrition Policy contains the commitment of the Government of Ghana and other stakeholders to promote adequate nutrition in Ghana. The policy also places priority on vulnerable populations such as HIV/AIDS patients, children and women of reproductive age.

Ghana 2013 Agriculture and Rural Development

Wetland Management (Ramsar Sites) Regulations

Ghana, Ministry of Forestry

The Wetland Management Regulations designates which water bodies would be Ramsar sites. It authorizes the Minister of Forestry to declare closed fishing seasons and publish them via public media and defines prohibited activities and their associated penalties

Ghana 1999 Agriculture and Rural Development