The Statistics Research and Information Directorate (SRID) was created in 1999 in response to Civil Service Law (PNDC Law 135 of 1985) that requires for a Statistics and Information Directorate within the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA).
The Directorate (SRID) is mandated to collect, analyze and disseminate agricultural information to support the policy and decision-making process of various stakeholders, in particular, those in the agricultural sector.
The “Green Innovation Centres for the Agricultural and Food Sector (GIC)-GIZ”, a special initiative commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), as part
What is the Coastline?
535 km long3
What is the Total Land Area?
23,853,300 hectares
What are Principal Agricultural Exports?
Cocoa, Timber, Horticultural Products, Fish/Sea Foods.
There are five main agro-ecological zones defined on the basis of climate, reflected by the natural vegetation and influenced by the soils. These are Rain Forest, Deciduous Forest, Transitional Zone, Coastal Savannah and Northern Savannah (Guinea and Sudan Savannah).
Agriculture is predominantly on a smallholder basis in Ghana. About 90% of farm holdings are less than 2 hectares in size, although there are some large farms and plantations, particularly for rubber, oil palm and coconut and to a lesser extent, rice, maize and pineapples. Main system of farming is traditional.