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] 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. In 2013 agriculture employed 53.6% of the total labor force in Ghana.[4][5]
Because such a larger part of the economy is dependent on rainfed agriculture, it is expected that climate change in Ghana will have serious consequences for both cash crops and staple crop production.[6]
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- ^ "Ministry of Food and Agriculture". Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis (FAPDA). "Country Fact sheet on food and agriculture policy trends" (PDF). Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations. FAO. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ Clark, Nancy L. "Agriculture" (and subchapters). A Country Study: Ghana (La Verle Berry, editor). Library of Congress Federal Research Division (November 1994). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.[1]
- ^ "Climate Risk Profile: Ghana". Climatelinks. USAID. January 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2020.