Agriculture in Ghana - Wikipedia
Ghana produces a variety of crops in various climatic zones which range from dry savanna to wet forest which run in east–west bands across Ghana. Agricultural crops, including yams, grains, cocoa, oil palms, kola nuts, and timber, form the base of agriculture in Ghana's economy.
15 Most Profitable Crops To Grow Ghana - Agrolearner.com
Jun 17, 2023 · Discover the immense potential of the country's agricultural sector with these 15 most profitable crops to grow. In Ghana's fertile lands and favorable climate, you can cultivate crops that offer lucrative returns. From high-value export crops like cocoa, cashew, and shea nuts to local favorites such as
Ghana is endowed with vast arable lands rich in agriculture. In 2020, Ghana was the 2nd largest producer of cocoa in the world, the 4th largest producer of cassava in the world. Ghana is blessed with fertile land for the production of maize, tomato, rice among many other food crops.
of users by providing salient features of the Ghanaian agriculture in figures, with focus on crops (including cocoa), livestock and fisheries sub-sectors of the economy, as well as food commodity and input prices.
This document, Agriculture in Ghana: Facts and Figures (2019), has been prepared by the Statistics Research and Information Directorate (SRID) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA). It is the 29th edition of an annual series that commenced in 1991.
Agriculture, from The Report: Ghana 2024 - Oxford Business Group
Ghana is the second-largest cocoa producer in the world after Côte d’Ivoire, accounting for a global market share of 20%. The crop, which grows primarily in the Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Eastern, Western, Western North and Western South regions, is cultivated by families, communities and cooperatives.
Ghana abounds in indigenous plant genetic resources. These comprise forest genetic resources, food crops, spices, plantation and industrial crops (Tables 1-4). 2.1 FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES The forest genetic resources are made of timber species, medicinal plants and other non-timber plant species like rattan and raphia. Timber species,
Ghana at a glance | FAO in Ghana - Food and Agriculture …
Ghana’s agriculture is predominantly smallholder, traditional and rain-fed (SRID, 2001). About 136,000 km2 of land, covering approximately 57 % of the country’s total land area of 238,539 km2 is classified as "agricultural land area" out of which 58,000 km2 (24.4 %) is under cultivation and 11,000 hectares under irrigation.
users by providing salient features of the Ghanaian agriculture in figures, with focus on crops (including cocoa), livestock and fisheries sub-sectors, of the economy, as well as food commodity and input prices. Inputs into the document are derived from two sources; primary (through surveys
Ghana - Crop Trust
70-81% of the food energy consumed in Ghana comes from crops that are not native to the region. Most of these plants’ diversity is found elsewhere on the planet. There are 15,472 unique crop samples in collections of crop diversity found in Ghana compared to the more than 750,000 found in the international collections of crop diversity ...