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The 26th National Farmers' Day of the 2010 Ghana-KITA Best Institution Award in Ashanti Region. Agriculture in Ghana consists of a variety of agricultural products and is an established economic sector, providing employment on a formal and informal basis. [1] [2] It is represented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. [3]
Alongside environmental reasons, Ghana encountered economic difficulties, such as elevated inflation, diminished agricultural production, and increasing unemployment. The problem was exacerbated by the repatriation of over one million Ghanaians expelled from Nigeria in 1983, who returned to discover already limited food resources. [ 1 ]
Acceleration of the fermentation of kenkey, an indigenous fermented maize food of Ghana. [1] Microbiological and Aromatic Characteristics of Fermented Maize Doughs for Kenkey Production in Ghana. [2] Nutrient Content and Survival of Selected Pathogenic Bacteria in Kenkey Used as a Weaning Food in Ghana. [3
As high as 81.8 percent of households in the Sekyere Kumawu district are engaged in agriculture. Most households in the district are involved in crop farming. Some of the most important crops grown in this area include yam, maize, plantain, and rice. Among agricultural households, 34.3 percent are into rearing of livestock.
The word maize is used by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, [24] and in the names of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico, the Indian Institute of Maize Research, [25] the Maize Association of Australia, [26] the National Maize Association of Nigeria, [27] the National Maize Association of Ghana, [28] the ...
The following are international Maize (corn) production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT statics The quantities of corn (maize, Zea mays) in the following table are in million metric tonnes (m STs, m LTs). All countries with a typical production quantity of at least 10 million t (11 million short ...
Palm oil production in Jukwa, Ghana. The fertile soil and warm, humid climate of the Birim basin support staple food crops such as cassava, yam, cocoyam, maize, rice and vegetables, and commercially more valuable crops such as citrus, pineapple, pawpaw and cola nut.
Akumadan is the capital of Offinso North, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [1] It has a population of about 20000. Akumadan township is well known for its agricultural activities. All sorts of food crops can be planted on its soil but tomatoes is the largest crop. 90 percent of natives above 18 years are tomato farmers.