[ 2012-06-17 ]

Ghana produced 13.5 million tons of cassava in 2010
Ghana produced 13.5 million tons of Cassava, 6
million tons of yam and 1.4 million tons of
cocoyam in 2010, Mr. Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food
and Agriculture, said on Friday.

Speaking at the dialogue session of the Western
Regional Policy Fair at Essipon, near Takoradi, he
said the Western Region produced 600,000 tons of
yam, 75,000 tons of yam and 224,000 tons of
cocoyam during the same period.

Mr. Ahwoi said the Ministry's Root and Tuber
Improvement and Marketing Programme (RTIMP), which
was being implemented in the Aowin-Suaman, Bia,
Bibiani, Juabeso, Sefwi Wiawso and the Mpohor
Wassa East districts in the region, could help
address post-harvest losses.

He said to ensure that small-scale farmers and
small-scale processors derive maximum benefits
from Ministry's interventions, the RTIMP in
collaboration with the Municipal and District
Agriculture Development Units were identifying
strategic processing enterprises that could be
upgraded to Good Practices Centres.

Mr. Ahwoi said Government was considering the
introduction of a new project to help
entrepreneurs in the region take full advantage of
opportunities in the production of vegetables.

He said the project, a special initiative under
the government's Youth in Agriculture programme,
would primarily cover the Ahanta West District,
Jomoro District, Shama District, Nzema East
Municipality and the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.

Source - GNA

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