Government Allocates $1 Million to Northern Ghana Peasant Farmers for Vegetable Production
Government Grants $1 Million to Empower Peasant Farmers in the North
- Eric Opoku, has announced a government initiative to provide $1 million in financial support to over 1,500 peasant farmers
- This funding aims to significantly boost vegetable production under the Feed Ghana Project.
- The disbursement of these funds will be formalized on Wednesday, April 16, 2025
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has announced a government initiative to provide $1 million in financial support to over 1,500 peasant farmers in Northern Ghana.
This funding aims to significantly boost vegetable production under the Feed Ghana Project.
Minister Opoku emphasized the government’s commitment to empowering grassroots farmers, many of whom are already involved in cultivating tomatoes and other vegetables.
He explained that a key challenge for these farmers is the lack of sufficient financial resources to expand their operations, prompting the government to provide direct financial assistance.
The disbursement of these funds will be formalized on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, with the Minister scheduled to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Apex Bank to facilitate the distribution process.
“We are dealing with the peasant farmers because they are on the field and are registered. We are also trying to put some of them into cooperatives. Some are already into tomato production. So, it is just a matter of our team identifying them and giving them the logistics they require to be able to do that,” Minister Opoku stated.
“In some cases, some of them do not have the financial muscle to be able to do the kind of work they are doing. So, in the coming Wednesday, April 16, 2025, I will engage the media because I will sign an MoU with the Apex Bank for the distribution of $1 million to over 1,500 peasant farmers in the Northern part of the country for the production of vegetables. This is just the beginning,” he added.
Mr. Opoku also highlighted the government’s provision of technical support to farmers, including the supply of improved seeds and farming inputs to ensure increased productivity and year-round cultivation. “Our technical team has come up with the best quality, and we are supplying that to our farmers. I have been to the field, and I can tell you we have the technical know-how to surpass what Burkina Faso is doing,” he asserted.
