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Agriculture in Ghana: 'Crops' Facts & Figures in a Glance

Explore major findings from 'Facts and Figures' graphical displays or click the download link below for various editions of the full document or explore diagrammatic representation of some key findings from Facts & Figures on Crop Production in Ghana.

Agriculture in Ghana: Facts and Figures, is an annual document prepared by the Statistics Research and Information Directorate (SRID) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA). Currently available is the 28th edition of the series that commenced in 1991.

It seeks to serve as a quick reference book for various category of users by providing salient features of the Ghanaian agriculture in figures, with focus on crops (including cocoa), livestock and fisheries, the economy, as well as food commodity and input prices.

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HOUSEHOLDS OWNING OR OPERATING A FARM BY LOCALITY
LocalityEstimated Total NumberFemale proportion of persons engaged in agricultural activities
Urban970,93441.2
Accra 46,10638.7
Other Urban924,91841.3
Rural2,430,63841.3
Rural Coastal253,08948.3
Rural Forest1,369,28143.8
Rural Savannah808,26935.1

Agricultural Land Use [(‘000) sq.km]

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Agricultural GDP/ Labour Force by Sector

Annual Real Average Rural Wholesale Price (GH¢ Per Mt)

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Principal Agricultural Produce

Industrial Crops: Cocoa, Oil Palm, Coconut, Coffee, Cotton, Kola, Rubber, Cashew, Shea, Soya bean.

Starchy staples, Cereals and Legumes: Cassava, Cocoyam, Yam, Plantain, Maize, Rice, Millet, Sorghum, Cowpea and Groundnut.

Fruits and Vegetables: Pineapple, Citrus, Banana, Pawpaw, Mango, Tomato, Pepper, Okro, Egg Plant, Onion.

The charts below give a brief; click Annual Production of Major Crops Datasets to download the datasets

Annual Production of Major Food Crops, (‘000Mt)

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Annual Area Planted to Major Food Crops, (‘000Ha)

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