Ghana - Food Crops Development Project

The present intervention concerns the Food Crops Development Project. It has a high priority in the Government’s development program and seeks to enhance food security, household incomes, nutrition and standard of living of resource poor farmers. The project is expected to ultimately make significant contribution to the increase in food production, which should in the long run contribute to reduction imports and promote export earnings. As a result of project interventions the expected incremental production by crop is as follows: 6,600 tonnes of maize, 11,700 tonnes of groundnuts and 14,600 tonnes of cowpeas at full development. By the end of the project, family incomes of beneficiary farmers was expected to increase by 80% from Cedis 1.5 million to Cedis 2.7million especially in the transition zone.