The following are the attributes of low Agricultural productivity in Ghana among others

CROP SECTOR

• Over reliance on rain fed Agriculture
• Low level and low performing irrigated Agriculture
• Low level of mechanisation in production and processing
• High post harvest losses as a result of poor post harvest management
• Low level and  ineffective Agricultural finance
• Poor extension services as a result of several institutional and structural inefficiencies
• Inadequate market and processing facilities

There is a growing excess demand for rice in Ghana. its per capita consumption has increased from about 12kg in 1980 to 24kg in 2009. Between 2006 and 2008, Ghana imported an average of 409,000Mt of rice worth $168 million (MoFA website).

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