Ghana's Floriculture Industry

Investors have the opportunity to invest in the production of flowers in Ghana. The country’s floriculture industry is at an infant stage of development relative to Africa’s major flower producers.

Investment Opportunities


Ghana’s climate, topography, and other natural characteristics make it a conducive location for the cultivation of many exotic breeds of flowers.
Specifically, species such as heliconia, caribea, celocia, curcuma, gladioli and hibiscus have all performed well in Ghana under natural conditions, and there is potential for the expansion of areas under cultivation for these and other cultivars which have yet to be introduced.
Most of Ghana’s current producers possess basic resources – including large tracts of prime uncultivated land, basic technical know-how and an experienced labour force – which can be expanded with capital infusion and technology transfer. The expected growth in the floricultural sector will create and sustain demand for cold storage and freight handling facilities, greenhouse construction, irrigation equipment and construction of small dams.>>>continue>>>

Food Security Ghana: When Governments Care

On Sunday 16 October 2011 the world will celebrate World Food Day 2011 amidst a second global food crisis in less than four years that has pushed millions more into poverty and many millions globally into hardship. Government policies play a major role in this crisis of immense proportions and Food Security Ghana (FSG) takes a look at what caring governments do.

In 2008 Ghana Cared

In May this year Hafez Ghanem, assistant director-general at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said that government policy decisions contributed to the 2008 food crisis.>>>more

Lack of policies for local poultry industries in Ghana

The challenges of Ghana’s poultry industry according to some industry insiders are due to the failure of successive governments to draw up coherent policies to curtail the importation of poultry products into the country. According to the former Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers, Ken Quartey, the anticipated growth in the poultry industry has not materialized yet after several years now. This he said is seriously affecting the poultry industry >>>more

Addressing Ghana’s agriculture challenges

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Ghana’s increasing population, changing weather patterns and global food price hikes are squeezing the budget of the less well-off. Although agricultural production has grown at over 5% annually since 2001, this has largely been achieved by bringing new land into cultivation. Yield gaps between Ghana’s productivity levels, compared to what is achievable, are far too high.

Ghana's cocoa farmers have enjoyed higher incomes for the current cropping season and interventions are underway to improve soil fertility.

Adopting a business-as-usual approach to agriculture in Ghana is really not an option if long-term and sustainable food security is to be achieved. But already, Ghana commits almost 10% of its annual budget to improving agriculture, placing it top of the list of investors in the sector in Africa. Added to this, Ghana’s spending on agricultural research and development more than doubled between 2002 and 2008.>>>continue

Food Security in Ghana

Over 1.2 million Ghanaians, representing five per cent of the population, are food insecure. About 34 per cent of this population can be found in the Upper West with 15 per cent in the Upper East and 10 per cent in the Northern regions. Mr Stephen Yakubu, Deputy Northern Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) disclosed this when he delivered a paper on “Food Security in Northern Ghana: challenges and prospects” at a workshop by the Northern Ghana Food Security Resilience Project (NGFSRP) in Tamale on Thursday. >>> more

Poultry farmers battling to survive

In small remote communities of Ghana, poultry farming is everything. It is the mainstay of rural communities, providing the major and -- in some cases -- the only source of income for many inhabitants.

But failure of successive governments to come out with clear policies that will create much protection for the local poultry industry has triggered the import surge of frozen chicken from the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU).

Worse still, imported chicken is being sold at below the cost of local chicken, and farmers in Ghana simply cannot compete -- resulting in the collapse of dozens of farms and the loss of hundreds of jobs.

Last year alone, the EU, USA and Brazil together exported over 200,000 tonnes of frozen chicken to Ghana, valued at US$200 million >>> more

Ghana: Land Grab and Food Security

In recent times, the dire need for environmentally friendly means of energy has clouded the minds of many to the simple safety of humanity. It'll be the African who'll suffer from these business practices of allowing the rich to plunder
the poor. Whiles, many are starving from lack of food in Africa, others are more concerned about Biofuel. Economically its wise to sell off your less than 1000cedis a month farm for Biofuel if you'll earn more. One can easily use his profit to buy imported food and also make a good living for him/herself. The decision-maker who already buys from the Accra-Mall will not be hurt. Again,its the poor ones with no access to roads to travel the length of the country who'll be left to the harsh seasons.

After reading food security, one will come to conclude the need for urgent land-reform. Its not enough for the country to take on a rice culture   whiles unable to produce the commodity on its own. We're creating a dangerous society.

Trading Injustice: The Ghana Tomato Story

These are some of the downsides of free trade. Again, it's those people who are ignorant about the pros and cons of these trades. It's heart-wrenching that even in the 21st century, African leaders are still impoverished in ideologies and decision-making. The case of the tomatoes sellers are no exception. The part 1 and part 2 of the Tomato Story in Ghana: