Agric Minister begins tour of Northern Ghana

The visit, which is the last leg of the minister’s regional working tour embarked upon early this year, will take him to Upper West, Upper East, North East, Savannah and Northern regions.

Addressing a staff durbar and stakeholders at the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council in Wa on Monday, December 5, 2022, Dr!

“…from the Upper West, we will move to the Upper East to carry out same task over there,” he said.

Earlier, the Regional Director of Agriculture in Upper West, Emmanuel Sasu Yeboah, gave a presentation on the state of agriculture in the region.

He underscored that agriculture is the main source of livelihood for inhabitants of Upper West, revealing that the sector employs about 80% of the rural dwellers in the region.

However, he added that shea butter, ‘dawadawa,’ mango, cashew and cotton remain major economic crops grown in Upper West, and also livestock farming.

“Availability of the soya bean thresher has boosted soya been production and I can say Upper West Region can produce soya for export,” he optimistically expressed.