Table 2.

Major policies related to food production and nutrition in Ghana since the early 1990s.

Source: (WHO GINA 2022; Republic of Ghana 2016; Linderhof et al. 2019)

Policy	Type	Priority	Start Year	End Year
Food and Drugs Act. 1992	Legislation relevant to nutrition	Promote healthy diets and prevention of diet-related Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)	1992	–
National Plan of Action on Food and Nutrition	Comprehensive national nutrition policy, strategy or plan	Improve maternal, infant and young child nutrition. Promote International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes	1995	2000
Food and Drug Law and Amendments: Universal Salt Iodisation	Legislation relevant to nutrition	Improve vitamin and mineral nutrition	1995	–
Breastfeeding Promotion Regulations	Legislation relevant to nutrition	Improve maternal, infant and young child nutrition	1995	–
Vitamin A Policy	Nutrition-related policy, strategy or plan focusing on specific nutrition areas	Improve vitamin and mineral nutrition	1998	–
Breastfeeding Promotion Regulations 2000, LI1667	Legislation relevant to nutrition	Promote breastfeeding	2000	–
Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy (FASDEP I)	Food security or agriculture sector national policy, strategy or plan, with nutrition-related components	Facilitate the production, processing and distribution of food commodities to enhance food security	2002	2007
Labour Act, 651	Legislation relevant to nutrition	Empower women to combine their reproductive and productive roles successfully and to prevent unequal treatment in employment due reproduction	2003	–
National Reproductive Health Service Policy and Standards	Health sector policy, strategy or plan with nutrition-related components	Address of low birth weight and underweight in women	2003	–
Integrated Anaemia Control Strategy	Nutrition-related policy, strategy or plan focusing on specific nutrition areas	Promote food fortification and micronutrients supplements	2003	–
Imagine Ghana Free of Malnutrition	Comprehensive national nutrition policy, strategy or plan	Reduce undernutrition In children and mothers	2005	–
Ghana Trade Policy	Comprehensive policy for food trade	Strengthen agro-processing, domestic market-led industrialization, and related exports	2005	–
Ghana School Feeding Programme	Nutrition-related policy, strategy or plan	Reduce hunger and malnutrition in school children, and increase school enrolment, attendance and retention	2005	–
Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II)	Multisectoral development plan with nutrition-related components	Promote nutrition-sensitive actions to address food security	2006	2009
Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy (FASDEP II)	Food security or agriculture sector national policy, strategy or plan with nutrition-related components	Facilitate the production, processing and distribution of food commodities to enhance food security	2007	2011
Regenerative Health and Nutrition Strategic Plan	Nutrition-related policy, strategy or plan focusing on specific nutrition areas	Increase the consumption of fruits, vegetables, and water. Reduce the intake of salt and saturated fats and oils	2007	2011
Under Five's Child Health Policy	Health sector policy, strategy or plan with nutrition-related components	Improve prenatal and neonatal nutrition including iron and foliate supplementation	2007	2015
Child Health Policy	Health sector policy, strategy or plan with nutrition-related components	Improve infant and young child feeding	2007	–
National Health Policy	Health sector policy, strategy or plan with nutrition-related components	Enable equitable access to good quality and affordable health, population and nutrition services	2007	–
Infant and Young Child Feeding Strategy for Ghana	Nutrition-related policy, strategy or plan focusing on specific nutrition areas	Promote counselling on healthy diets and nutrition during pregnancy	2007	2013
Medium-Term Development Policy Framework, Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA)	Multisectoral development plan with nutrition-related components	Improve food production and distribution for food security	2010	2013
Health Sector Medium Term Plan	Health sector policy, strategy or plan with nutrition-related components	Intensify the prevention and control of non-communicable and other communicable diseases	2010	2013
National Urban Policy	Local economic development policy, strategy or plan	Improve urban agriculture and infrastructure	2012	–
Strategy for the Management, Prevention and Control of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases	Health sector policy, strategy or plan with nutrition-related components	Reduce avoidable morbidity and premature mortality	2012	2017
Health Sector Medium Term Development Plan	Health sector policy, strategy or plan with nutrition-related components	Intensify the prevention and control of non-communicable and other communicable diseases	2014	2017
National Nutrition Policy	Comprehensive national nutrition policy, strategy or plan	Ensure optimal nutrition across the entire population, promote child survival, and enhance economic growth and development	2016	–
Food Safety Policy	Comprehensive national nutrition policy, strategy or plan	Implement nutrition-sensitive interventions to address the double burden of malnutrition	2015	–
National Policy for the Management of the Marine Fisheries Sector	Food security or agriculture sector national policy, strategy or plan with nutrition-related components	Achieve the sustainable use of fish stock, improve protein intake from fish and reduce post-harvest losses	2015	–
Global Food Security Strategy	Comprehensive national nutrition policy, strategy or plan	Reduce hunger, malnutrition, and poverty	2018	–
Investing for Food and Jobs (IFJ): An Agenda for Transforming Ghana’s Agriculture	Food production agenda	Implement nutrition-sensitive agriculture with food fortification, and improve education on dietary diversity and the consumption of biofortified crops	2018	–