1. business and industrial
2. agriculture and forestry
3. crops and seed

(iiA.A-
REPORT
ON
SAMPLE CENSUS " AGRICULTURE
OF GHANA, 1984
VOLUME I
it
ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND PLANNING SERVICE
MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
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111't'aral
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Head of Rou3Phol
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( First )
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f Holders
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4.3 Lolders and Crops Grown
4.4 N tuber. and Size of Holdings
4, 5 Ivr ibex of Farms (Parcels)
5. AREA UDDER CR.OJ S
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Cer eals
5m3
toot C O 3.r o
5,4
Du_l.se an.C.
5
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Nuts
5 1egetabie _°
5.6 Tree Crops and among Duration Crops
6. COM2.ARI S7 O OF ESTIMATES
WF
197
0
AND 1984 CENSUSES
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Holders and Holdings
6.3 Crops
11 ST OF TA3LEa
1,1 Regional Staff Used for Census Enumeration
on
® I List of Resulting Strata
2 2 Number of Sample Enumeration Areas by Region
Frequency Distribution of Number of °D str! cts N -i
NuI Nr of HA.s C ontained.
4.20 :umber of Holders by Region nd District
2,3
•
4.391 Number D.f Holders Growing Maize and PJce
4,3m 2
Number f Holders
Millet andGuinea Corn
Csnent (9021 t's=
List of Tables (ente
4933 Number of Holders Growing Cassava, Yam and
Cocoyam
4.3.4 Number of Holders Growing Plantain, Tomatoes
4..4.1
21-22
and Pepper
23_24
Size Distribution of Holdings in Ghana
25
4.4,2 Size Distribution of Holdings
26
Western Region
4.4.3
Size Distribution of Holdings
Central Region
4,4.4 Size Distribution. of Holdings
Greater
27
Accra Region
4.4.5 Size Distribution of Holdings - Eastern
27
Region
4.4, 6
Size Distribution of Ho l d i ngs
Region
Volta
4.4,7 Size Distribution of Holdings - Ashanti.
27 - 28
28
Region
4.4-8 Size Distribution-of Holdings - Broug
Ahafo Region
28
_
4,4.9 Size Distribution of Holdings - Northern
Region
•
4.4.10 Size Distribution of Holdings - Upper West
Region
291
29
4.4.11 Size Distribution of Holdings - Upper East
Region
4.4,12 Percentage Size:Distribution of Holdings by
Region
4,4.13 Size of Holdings by Number of Farms in Holding
by Region
30
31
4.5a Number of Farms by District
32 - 34
4.5.2 Percentage Distribution of. No. of Holders with
Different No. of Farms
34
5.2.1. Area of Maize by District and by Type of
Planting
36-38
5.2.2 Total Maize Area by Region
Jo
5.2.3 Percentage of Holders Growing Maize and Area
per Holder by District
39 - 40
i E d
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5.2.4
5.25
71 t
JYl
3
Area o f Race by Dis trict and Type of . Planting
4l,4.
m
of olders Growing Rice and Area per
Holder by District
4 2W,+,
5.2,6
Area of Guinea Corn by District, and by Type
of 21a n wing]
527
Percentage of Holders Growing Guinea 0obn azad
Area Per Holder by District
444
528
Area of Millet by District and by Planting Type
454.
529
Percentage of Holders Growing millet and Area
per Holder by D strict
46
53
Area under Cassava by District and
Ty e
p
by';
`1 tinting
47-x4
5.3.2
Total. Cassava Area by Reg Ion
49
5.3.3
Percentage of Holders Growing Cassava and
Area Per folder
49-5
5.34
Area Under Ya
Type
5.3.5
Percentage
of
by District and by Planting
Holders Growing
e.4. aw-an
Area
per Holder
5,3.6
537
Area
Under
7
5l5
53-5
Cocoyam by DlstrLC
t and. by
an4fi g
Tyre
Percentage of
55 : :
olders Growing Coco `arn and Area
Per Bolder
5.4.1
542
Area Under Groundnuts by District and b
Planting Type
^5
Holders Growing &roundnuts and Area per
Holder
5.4..3 Area Under Beans by District and by Planting T"T' pc
59
544
Holders Growing Beane and Area per Holder
60
5.4
Araa Under Bambara Beans by District and by
Planting T yp e
61
I
5 4 6 Holders Growing jawbara Beans and Area per
Holder
61
5 5 L Area Under Tomat o es by Reg on and ' by. Planting
Type
.62
552
£^ :
Holders Growing Tomatoes and Area Pr-,:r -raider
INTI.1.()D.UOTI
1,1, Bpckgypun
It is thought deuirable to giv a briet outIit
f thshatorw
the colletion, aalysia and publication of agrl_cltural statim
tica in Ghana. in as far aa it t relevant to the planning ana
objectivO@ of the 1984/85 Sample Oensuo of AgTicultuxv.
in 1950, Ghana (then. the Gold Ooaet and Dritioh ToE . oln) was
among 23 African Countries that p a rticipated in the World. Census of
Agricultur, but thiB merely involved formulation of regional
estimates an acreag* and prodution of food crop s.
In uarly.1960's
many
aurveyB on mI)ecifi as cc-' of th,4
country'n agricultural economy were undertaken
natio.22al eati
ten of areas and yields of crops were derived from l'QDcrt .ubmittd by Agricultural Officers in the diotricts
In. 1964, however, there wau a coplete enumeration of the
large and specialized holdings. From 1965 to 1969, annual aampla
surveys of email . hidings were conducted, and the . -sapie size for
the survey rose from 2,000 holdings in 1965 ta 5,000 in 1969.
In 1970, Ghana participated fully in the World Census of
Agriculture Programme and this involved _collection of data from
a sample of over 58,000 holders spread over 702 sample Enumeration
Areas
The Census was successfully carried cut;- end by is
1972p
Volume 1 of the Censum Report giving inter alia, the results
n
1:od. use, crops and livestock was published with VQ1ui ae Ii oming
out the following year with the rest of the
is
.
L2. Administrative Reqponsibil._tz
A Govawment circular dated and No
1979 established a
NRtional
ricultural Censuo Committee which was inaugurted
March 1980. The Committee was to plan, execute and see to the
implementation of the Census Programme. This Committee later broke
into sub-committees to see to the various facets of the censu
Q
4-
izt
parent Cim;Lttes waao however folded up in 1.982 and "
the planning and execution of the census pogramie fell solely upon.
the DIrector of Agricultu: '.°. acon my ;, Ministry of Agriculture who
L\s helped by the National AgriculturalCensus Coordinator Senior
Se .i r
Officers of the Crop StatIstics Section and an .€iO t t . ti_ci.; n.
tee
it was decided by the National Agricultural Census Co
that the Census Programme should be split into two
ses the firs'
to take place in 1984 and the second in 1985
It
as also agreed
to follow the main objectives set out for the 19 7 0 Genus of AgrI
culture rogram e which ears
(i)
To co nduct a Sam
hA le
Census of Agriculture
K'1
bane „{,
on .6,;-'r
adequate frame of sufficient size to enable c str ct
regional and national estimates to be produced for the
main items to be included in the census;
(ii)
to give enough training in the methodology requIred in the
field to the staff to be engaged in the collection of
the census data and to ensure that they were brought to
a high. lev l of efficiency in carrying out their duties;
and
to
(iii)
produce from the sample
master
sample of
a
holders about whom certain basic Information could b
collected
it was also generally agreed among members
of the committee to
follow broadly the guidelines laid down in the 1980 World Census of
Agriculture Regional Programme for Africa as published by FAO
The Sample Census of Agriculture wasbasically the respcn;,
aibili.ty of the Economic Research and Planning Ser c:e ER S) of
the aAIM str-y ofAgriculture; and the section whose resources were
&ci In carrying out the Census was the Statist ,ca So ion.
MS
Apart fromHeadquarters staff including Senior O ficers work, .
Ing with the MMotion, the Department has permanent officers in e:acbh
of th
region8 of lei hAna headed by a Regional Agr i.(:10
ral
Eeon
mist who to normally a graduate Each Regional Agicultx.cal EcQno
mist has at his diBposal a Regional Surpervisorp.
and a number of field enumerators These were th Ftaff th.t
utilitBed tfor the collection oft
data; no extra ataff wer rcrui
ted specifically for the cenffuo.
Table 1.1 below gives the breakdown of the field forceavail
able for the census enumeration.
Ta
R2EEL STAFF USED FOR CENSUS ENUMERATION
e
Region
enior, Professional Field Enumerators Tot
and
_Stat
Western
Centro].
Greater Accra
Eastern
Volt
10
56
66
12
63
75
6
37
43
16
65
101
11
59
70
Ashanti.
15
70
Brong Ahafo
Northern
12
95
Upper Eaet
Upper West
T ta].
9
13
10
37
114
em
107
!
46
64
77
50
60
616
730
It must however be stated that between the period when the
sample size for the first-stage units(Enumeration Ares )was
decided (based on the number of field staff at post then) and when
the field work was actually commenced, the Department had lost aboul
112 field enumerators.
1.5. PublioiU
A series of activities were planned to publiol,as the Agricultural Census Programme. These were to he organised at the national,
regional, district and enumeration_ area levels In March 1984
the . BeeretarTfo r Agriculture held a. press conference to brief the
media' on the Census Prograe. A radio and television broadcast
.jai
°•,h ? Sciia taz'"Nr
for Agriculture on the eve of the gr . 'n , ^eur i
p1, annex?., Ho w e v 4^9 ",, f or
^ axious reasons, •tho TV and Radio Pro r mm
were ca°,e .isd at 'ft t
Seenti?1 :7
a t
night i . '
a
It April
1986, '" a K. u
.nx te, - Other puhileity programmes planned
r a s o t^; , v .^';...,ed
The regions were therefore asked to org nizo their publicity and
t i m was carried out between the 2nd. and 30th April I984, The p^. bli-
city proved, aui: c sfui ,but In a few cnes the iesult were not
Lnc ouraging because of land and chieftancy dispute
PLANNING AND ORGANIZATI
OE 1)F
OP E GENU
2.1, 'Introduction
This part of the report concerns the TAanning and tiLtutior c:
the first phase of the Census Programme ex' amend
o-Ter the eatl7t
1984 calendar year
It was decided to collect information on the following iteius
during the first phase
(a) Holders and Holdings,
(h) Inventory of Crops on Holdingo
(o) Livestock and Poultry, and
(d) Crop Areas.
The second phase of the Programme covering crop yields, farm
population and labour and household activities on holdings wa
organized and conducted in 1983; and this phase will bz co red
a second volume of this Report,
ix
2.2. Pre arator • Activities •
Over the past years, the field s supervisory and professional
staff of Economic Research and Planning Service (ERPS) have acqui:
much experience in handling problems that arise in 11tion
agricultural statistics in Ghan . The methodology for area measuwent by use of tape and compass and the . chniques for interviewin
holders are well known to most of the &.a,tf. For various reasons
including that of minimising cost, no pilot surveys were undertak
to test the questionnaires. This wasLb ise a set of questionna
using similar concepts had been used the previous year to collect
data for the 1983 Annual Agricultural Production Sample 5-avey
_.Selction.
2.3. S . ep.11ag_plan and Sa_r
The advantages of a omplete census are well kLown A major
• advantage is its ability to provide etimates for smaller adminiE
trativz and planning units _or areas which a sample census cannel
provide but which are needed for formulating and executing pia-no
wf
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i o 1 be .lg
faoB3't ca us
aa a r van °:
tof = cornp te .: Y. um r o `, 1a at
Cuecoat
O J ustify 1i
,.
CO2tJ7 anc:hi ac
as Gh na. whereo jecti 'e Me a de o.f. direc"; . ° e
g
required te obta.in datay on fanaA ee and
I en of fa,a a
11
V6
t
iSS n e t
..
n
-n
a.
w
.n
are
y neither ha the reourcee and trl, ed msnarea . The country
pO ICr nor Ithe infrastructure to embark on any I .et' ie n rogra e, Of
complete cas em nt of all farm , Hence_ a arnple coneus appe ra
ll er and
the only o oslhi . ty aeit can 'he conducted by ing P
CCP
traned force
The size aa'i deaio^.n
therefore better qualifiedu-id
L
,ice. l4; national
of the aample census have to be such as can produ c e
and regional and if possible al so dd iatr ct titoa
umberaN on Areas (:EAc) all
hae been dividedinto
The oo'untry has
of which had be en previoucly mapped by the Population Census
Officesg In early 197 , the boundaries of the exieting :FE u were
revieedand a now list of l2996 E Ac prepared, Th a r i ed !-L `
of EAc formed the frame for the selection of ° b.c now aaapl
Agricultural Cdn ua.
Enumeration Areas for the 1984/85
stratified into he following forty
The I2996 EAs were
three Agricultural Gensua Distnicte according to agroecoiogloal
con di ti,on .
Table 2.
LIST OF RES!JLTING STRATA
Region
Dietrict
Weatern
l
AxiiTakoradi
2
Tark.wa
a
Asankragwa
4.
.
Central
Greater Aecra
East e:
.
W.iaws e
Gape Coast
6
Easiarn
7®
Dun wa
8a
Swedru
9,
Greater
coil;..;..
10.
11.
1
Oda
As ..an e c
Kofori du
13
Alkoeoabo
'l b.
Mpraeso
l4
l5
Table
011tc'0
Reien
Volta
Ashanti
Brong Lhafo
Northen
Upper West
Upper East
Distrietto
r
16. SogRkope
11, Xeta
18, Ito
9.
20. Jasikan KeTc-Kracni
2]. Kumasi WC2
22n Kumasi Eaat
23 Bekwal
24.
Obuasi
25.
Juaso mponu East
26© kampong Wes
27. Offinso-Teppa
28. GoaBo
29. Sunyani
30
Dorm .
31.
Wtnchi West
32.
Wenehi East
31. At,bubu
14. Damongo-Salsga
Yendi-Eat
35.
36.
Yendi-West
7 Tamale
38,Gambaga
19. Via
40. Laura
43. Navrongo
Bo/gatanga
42.
Bawku
43.
ura adequate representation of the different
In order to
types of Enumeration Areas, all EAs within a oenzuo di6triet we
further stratified into Urban, Semi-Urban and Ruralcategori es
Enumeration Areas with a population of less than 1,500 were classified as Rural; Semi-Urban EAs were those with. more than 1. t 500 but
less than 5,000 population
Fire StAalaaltEaPnits
Within iach category of EAs in an gricultural dltri,
sample of EAR, the first stage sampling units,
r1r0=
varying sampling fractions of 1t10, 1:15 and :A20
se urban and urban categories respotively, Systematic smplinE
procedure was• used to gelect thv sample Pf EA3 and they were
iected with probability proportional to their population which
deter :fined their For some seml-urban and urban categories
where the number of EA in each category in the frame could not
tcz3rA
leci;ed, It
pemi t adequate sample size to he
. 0
nd a ^^."^.4^a'0..?&ip1ingf act
tt,R. eL to a-lnd .T .
l.^. .
7P.:1._'S ^:.k,,r
of
The etrength of field etaff avaii.abie "o d a , en t W ?To—
gr'a ?me in each region was 1ao considered - determining the number
different categories. A in all
of EAc to be ,elected in
O0
F
whi1,Led
E'•`
a+
d.^
the
1008 EAc
E . wereeelected ae eh wii in Table 22
w.
e
Table 22 -= NUMBER OF SAMPLE ENUMERTIO1N AREAS BY PJ 1O
No
of ..ma Sanr1e
Are.a.e
..x m
Sc ui
Hai cr^
Urb
a
r` a x
_
_._,.
.
_.
Weetern
103
16
i
72
15
63
o
43
20
3
Eaa
l e rn
141
18
Volte.
114
13
33
21
Ashanti
153
42
Brong Ahafo
10:1
9
6
11 5
8
17
50
1
Greater Accra
o r t ie? xi
Upper
Weal
80
102
32
1
65
90
°r 3
ioo8110
Total
20
20 3
`
The Jrt ucncy di. tr bution of the number of districts (strata)
aec.oit1ing to the number of sample
e they had is given below,
TABLE 23 . 7ISTRIBT,JJTION OF NO O F DISTRICTS BY NO OF BAs OONTAINEI)
:
._^
Number of Sample Wiese
Less than 14
Number
9
of Districts
1
22
-
(.7
21
25
26
-
29
12
6
30
35
6
36
40
1
14
18
3
14
41 or more
Total
1
43
Once °the 1,008 areas had been selected from the 1 i t of
' _pulatiou Census Enumeration Areas, the task ahead was Tht of
f
,
9
dentifying the selected areas an the ground ,mith the help uf zaps
of thes e As and their boundary descripticuo It was at
i'ossible-tohavv,ph e copies ofth„,1A maps mad because of 4t,,g
shortage of chemicals needed for the pu.rpose, However, boundary
descriptions of the selected EAs were made available by the Populatiou Census Office and copies wer typed out and handed over to
the enumerators.
pecnL*tAtzs_Unite
Within a selected EA, all the compounds/houses, houehcad and
agricultural holders were first listed. A sample of 10 holdere waF
then selected by systematic sampling and with equal probability
All fielas (farma) in the holdings of the 10 selected holderx were
then enumerated and measured and so
Third St
y•
Tvo
were their live took and poultry
e Units
to three EAs were allocated to each field enum6rator, The
allocation of EAs to each enumerator was done with
to
c
their proximity to the location of the enumerator, One of these
Ms, usually a rural one was then designated as the 'Base EA W in
hich only yield studies were carried out. On identification of the
"Base EANall fields (farms) of each selected holder in it wrn
listed, For each crop, one field per holder was randomly selectd
by the enumerator for the yield studies and on each selected fiela
two yield lots were laid. The plot size varied from crop to crop.
2.4. Alen Masurement Methoploa
Previous agricultural statistics surveys
in Ghana had shown
that for estimation of areas under crops, it is necessary to carry
out objective measurement of the areas of fields (fare) plantod
with crops. Very few holders in the country are able to i'vo *yen
rough figures as to the size of their farms. The need for such
objective measurements of farmelis the major reason why a sample of
holders listed in each EA was selected for the estimation of areas
under the various crops.
For some years, all the staff involved in agricultural atatimeatics surveys have been using the "tape and compass method
7
euriag fielda and holdtngs. This method inVulvte 91ottixtg the 3,'rA
iur
th r s
O1
3: f
2
,
5
3
c
`
Ae" I
a
r
L;
;^
r •t. "
.A.R[d
"@. s..
i,.
a ^:: F;; ^) 5 : i.+.w,1: ^' 3 i::A
as F:,
t1 `• k^ en
g th
¢
`u
qy s 4
p^°^ ' ,...SdA
^ Cv
^ a3j
4W
f each
s.R,
q
h
^ G3 'i'.^^ k...
to t t;! fir'
i ,Y
i
75
E
1,. uT. >,
::tea
^g
6)
^°
^
^
during phase
53
used
N3 6]
A ^: .#y
L
{i
given in Appendix I im the I truetions
TA
4, . 7-
Lf)-r^ r.
OTI 6 sa L.
3 a 6, g:
he
.
by
^.^
3 ^. .k. ) ^
N
a1 is in ,A p p d.i :
II
However, only orme 1, 2 and 3 which were used during phase
Of the census will be discussed in tIa1 volume of the reoor
.
3 ,. i m
A
^3 "iS
^
a ^^
w
^ ^,
°
f L] 6 ^ v. is
F'u
as
..
This form was used at the beginning of the ce sus to Compile
Com p lete and up - to - date list of all agricultural holders In the
selected Thumcr°a.ti.on Areas for the selection of the co
stage sarnpling units i agricultural holders.
2- ,. .•- F y rm 2
mr.vent cry of
Livee took and Pour
iv
Thin form wao used to compile, an inventory of crops on the
holdings of the sampled holders and of livestock and pouLtoy kep
thereon The livestock snd poultry recorded includedbcoa k pi at
the bolders residence and holdings Irrespective of c^•nersh r as
belonging to him and n.on ho der m ether of his house
well as those
hold but kept elsewhere ©
For the crops that were listed on this form, nfQum ion wa
also collected on the planting and harvesting periods of the
cpz.
AyaUnderDifferentC
andCrg
ixture
2 5 3 Fo
This Questionnaire wasused to record the crops and their areas
grown on each field (farm) within the holding of each selected
hold er
r the fields awete
This form was completed after
o :c ively
measured using the tape axed compass :method,, Those a^
3 5a v
s
found to be far way " I $ e o , thise which the holder could nn..o
w,
vitt
vii and return to his normal residence the sar.;« day, weree recorded
separately
-Sel
ection of Holders
Field Document
This form which was not really a y.`a'a €t.. of ' the li ef of ues_^,
j.onnaires was used afterhe listing of holders in the l , o
t out the steps to b
y >unraLIou 1reas ac completed, It
y m .
254
g
Xollowed in . the selection of the oampl of 10 hoidre
v, oh EA f,oi
subatquent Qonsus operations involving field area measurment and
crop yield studies and enquiries relating to livestock, poultry,
farm population and eaploym-nt, etc
2.64 TrainiT.&
Enumrators
The training of all field staff (suporvisors and tnTerators)
to he involved in the Census Programme was held on r,gionaJ ba3ie
by the Regional Agricultural Economists with the assistance of the
National Co-ordinator of the Onans Programme.
It was completed before March 1984 for the field work to begin
on time on ist April 1984, the date choseA as the Agricult lxcal Oen=
Night. Emphasis was on explaining in detail to tht field wtaff tho
various questionnaires, the techniques of interviewing the holders,
field area measurements, crop yield studies and concepta and definitions involved. The tact and technive of uanvassing the questionnaires with the holders was explained at some length to enable tho
enumerators to get the best of holders' co-operation a_ ad thus
accurate information.
The performance of the staff during the training sson wan
encouraging,.and the trainees participated ative)q _th practical
fields demonstrations,
After the training, periodic on-the-4ob training was offered
to the weaker enumerators to help them improve their pez'formau.
2,7. Field. Work
After the training sessions, publicity and distribution. of
census questionnaires and mquipment to the regions and districts,
the cnaus enumeration was commenced.
.
- The listing operation was started throughout the country on
and April 1984, the day following the Agricultural Census Night.
2isy
The field enumeratora were . .,: equipped with boundarT d.
t5,of
the axe w. easigned to them as well as copies of the qution-qaireN
and ! the necessary equipment to conduct the erluzratioYA
&
xxiOeS ^S+
t_»
^
but in
1
n%VJ 1 r Rt OT^
rare
e as e s in
had two
4^
eo m e F91 g
r r
?. 5,. . . ` f
to
where sumsof the =A? HOOP,
three
tricte
a ^!^,
„^ +^ L, -. ^, ^,^.N l,..
-'3
'..
v..
.
r ,^. t
t,. ln-= :- ?. ^., a..
eaod „^t, .ti â before the uommCfC ZLcn of the pr
eflU1irratorabad to work in four enumeration areas.
h ad
g.a..''
rt
were aeked to ia e the nai es of 1; ;a..l1`iai
.dl.:. ted c n the boundary deeriptiOfl as a guide to .: uelude aw l0caa_:. —
ties that were foundwithin the enumereton area Tht were not
The enud? raa:ore
Therewas a lot of delay in the urban eraa er a t i :n. areas becauee
of the difficultiess encountered in identifying possible holders
There were numerous "c .: l lac &'
and locating pt m- frinterview
.0 to ithe fact that moet of theseholders were aleo workere in
the o.ffic o
ft
in a few inances in some regions, a few areas proved
ob;efn
cult for enumeration due to lack of c ' peration from the VAN
uch cases were most prevalent in localitie
id the people Such
^aand
cre were land dipute or chieftancy t o es, No repiacemen. e
were made in areas that refuted to cooperatewith the Cen uc
l adjustedat the °,iu
Programme and raising factors were accordingly
of tabulation seaming that areas that failed to co opeza c rr,rc
F
not different in typ e from the re t of the un . ree •^; c e
coNcEpTs
EPTNTTT NS
chapter is devoted to a discussion of the conceptffi and
definitions of the terms used on the census questionnairas such a
TU5
Holderp Holding, Household, Farming Household, Houne Co
rts
zte,
3.2, 4Erl,cuturi_4oldin&and Holder
An agricultural holding is defined to include all the land that
is used wholly or partially for agricultural production under one
technical unit by one person alone or with others without regard to
title, legal form, size or location. All units without land but
producing livestock and poultry are also considered as Loldiags.
The person who is entrusted to exercise the operational or
management control and, responsibility over the holding is defined
the holder. In Ghana, one or more fields (Irma) may be
As
retained for permanent cultivation by a holder, whilst others are
cultivated on a shifting cultivation asis® The total area of tho
holding in such cases was regarded as the BUM total of ;
(1)
The area .
der crops during the reference period of the
census.
(ii)
The area prepared for cultivation but not sown or plante
t the time of enumeration®
3.34 Household
The concept of a household during the census was haled on
arrangements made by persons individually or in a group to provide
themselves with essentials of living which mainly include food.
A household therefore consists of one or several related or unrelatq
persons with a common food supply which implies a eon: mon kitchen.
Persons constituting members of a household are normally ezpacted tl
pool their kind and cash incomes and, obtain their fssentjal
requirements either by drawing from such a common pool or c:Ommon
stock of goods acquired through their Joint efforts.
:Far ThueehQi^
4b s p
Lay household which
d
m'
m a ?econe dered
a
?'r
e
.
s'^
g
m .t?S._(?.. r
i
13
!.a
siem
°
r
a
G
oof t
t^. r`, "i
b0-.,".^',.
rocog.^ iz6d
orrail , the farme cultivatedd by iuemher s of the family $r fte head
aB : a - of the h. ld_tng of the ead.,
of the ba eeboicI are regarded as
Occa. onany how r, a rnember of the family may be o_ rating a € I
lag In hie or her own right and Is therefore a holder and such oerorxs were interviewedseparately
a . Head of Household
The head of a household is the person who is _cknow dg d o
such by all other members either by virtue of jai sgeor
standing
In the household as the chief income earner Such a person is
usually vested with the responsibIlity for the ma. ten c of the
household and gives advice to other household members on all matters
of social and econoelic significance
For the purposes of time reference during the cen
dar year from January to December was considered as an
C° ua,
a alwn .
i C`a tu.ra.
year
3-
7
Mai 3. p L° -8
a' C^z
31f^
',a` ' C11
^ d ^ q_ec^5Q
3
q
The main or first sea on normally refers to the growing cycle
of temporary crops that are planted In the firatlnilf of the year
occasionally extending up to July. Harvesting of th :se cr; pc
normally co,m ! e,s by September or October and may be, w ttind =d u
to November pr even De emb r
The minor or second season is generally revolant to vegetables
and short duration varieties of some tem p orary crops which have a
growing cycle con encin with their planting In the esoond
o.f the agricultural year and harvesting extending from
half of
November to
.0 ry.
Au agricultural holding raising crops consists of one or more
A parcel or farm is any piece of land in the
laud parcels or Xarm
holding which is entirely surrounded by Ian& water, road forest
'^a" LU a, n33
A l:..`1 °L pare . I,
ng part of that hold'n.. g
e 1 ; . not forming
+
eynonymou with what is commonly undrotood otherwi
C; 2 a "Ims'
correaponding to a sing contiguous block of land wadeT a irtg16
management
3.9, Fiel
When a parcel or a farm is divided into two or more setions2
with each. section further encloaed with a land boundary or ffuch
other means of demarkation with a view to following diffrent orolp
or land management pattern In different secticn6, then ach.
is referred to as a field. In traditional subi2tence farmius,
whole land parcel or farm is often fouild to he a single field grow2k
a Bingie crop or crop nixtur
4 - L Introduction
The definition of holder in g . exi in the
_ djn he j 3,
it follows
foliowe essentially the definition recommended for `she 1980
World Census of Agriculture by the FAO
The distribution of number of holders by crop ente ari. e.
and other information an the hold..ing "an .their size will be prerented in this chapter
- g w Number of Bolden
Table 4® d shows the number of holders in Ghana, by dietrict
and region
O
Table 4d 2 1 -NUMBER 01? HOLDERS B Y RIDi^N QD DI STRICT
Number of Holders
Region
n and District
c —_-- — .nus.+^:mcewre'+xo-aenwrue:«ee^.-ms•:e.as
a p Re on
Ax im Tahoradi
.-cro ,. ^.-... _wttcmm . -^rvc. wiwme, ^mzuwona^.ermvlevr^:.samcc^ ^+e'r¢.—nsa
R , axsarru..=w
2 0619 0
We s Le
I
48760
43290
Tarkwa
l
26
4
ff' ad
ran ra wa
43340
2
iaw o
70800
38
212_5_1
38030
I1.7
21
47160
2.5
Dunkwa
61490
33
Swod u
70830
®^,
48700
26
48700
2, 5
era r_al
Cape Mat
Essiam
re a°ej _ASvj
Greater Acre
Eastern Re gion
i
. o.
244140
^s
50700
ikim Oda.
•
a
.
42310
3
Koforidua
54920
30
Akosombo
60350
33
Ki i,
17270
09
.Mp r a e 3 'M
18590
y
Aa
n e se
Volta
.R eRi
Sogah o f
i
274480
51940
1
e
1
-$
F^
28
at, 1 e
7
( yr) td)
Region and District
Keta
Nutber of. H;.i1'der
ba
65130
Ho
Kpm do
4'4430
Jasikan-Kete Kraal
6661O
h an ReEk2a_
Kilma sl Wes t
Kur si East
Bekvai
Ohuasi
Juaso-Mampong East
M^mpong West
Orrin so- Teppa
Brong Ahafo Region
Goaso
113..2.50
`a Sq-70
910
42750
32860
' 860
59 1+80
47980
252 669
41770
SW3yani
Dormaa
Wenchi West
Wen chi East
p
Atebubu
Northern Re ion
Damongo . Salaga
'Yendi-East
Yendi-West
Tamale
Gambaga
r51:300
n305'70
43700
4091+0
139900
33800
21810
21740
40360
22190
Upper West Rui„ion
30960
—
Wa
10720
20240
Lawra- Amu
Upper Eas t.
121230
Navr nongo
54790
t
.ng57810
Bawku
8630
TOTAL GHANA
1050 2
290
7
2.2
2.7
2,5
.7
2,4
2
7.6
1.8
1.2
1,2
2,2
12
1 7
0,f)
100.0
4'w Y` ,, e
Tcr
n ha
a'
3
s :,
of l
the highest
of
uf
x
?L
5,,
1.k 5
d: r.S
'bri d-.
., r
o
.:`
€.?
'Y 9 v
d e
2 F, h
Wst con,:
.an Upper
cent of all holders in (( hana
about 1 n 7 per cent of the national agggat^, .
.r
. li der
y
n C r
and.
l
Holdere Growing
District
rwwav'tnc¢zlmx+tt3m2
avac,a.w.v:aaniw:w,wm w^^e:,n,.nwmmvn:xrms-.sm..c..
P
jon
ie n
^^^ °.
^ ^
a.ize
owing
I
anRtcaeM°e.
rar ^. x
127550
^ oomme+em+. uaazuM
1 tiL.
A'
M
18330
20320
L7
3230
311
7090
45
2960
187110
160
2290
43080
38
3 30
Cape Coast
32030
27
Du kwa
5 720
48
1 700
Swedru
a :Le: Agcr . R
C
55290
47
260
32730
2 8
xiL Thkorad
Tarkwa
A ankrag a
Wjawso
36090
5281
slaw.
.
. goo
oa.
32730
Greater Accra
.
1
e=
et Re 'io
th
1
3
750
36070
31
oforIdua
4 170
4
bi
16050
9980
Apra so
Volta Re
60
09
42630
Keta
2172
,.L9
.F,.
Ho
26920
2
r
(uoiaiJ
;
A
^
East
S
^°
y1
1
21.
t
780
190
2220
^
o.m.
f^
^
rat
t
-. . 4Q
16 Va2.00
143
8250
11590
1.. 0
5277
g
a_.
L !^ i
2
s..
s
I
Soga .ope
Kpando
Jasikan Kete Krae ..
150
15.0
175890
.on
19 00
1
L4
j
X50
2220
145
Asamankese
44860
60
14233
E
f
``
^v
1900
e
Akoso
N
2
14620
Oda
an1 .m'°s.(:
I I .E
_
109
1. 6
vasma^zx—vrsa.+
^_w
p ""
.t d
growing
I
_
PA
and
Region
>. 3o
_
, Q-u
hows the number of ho1drs
the r percentage in each .strict..
Table 4
>, -
^_^,: t
3
1
„u
ooni
Rogion and District
Hol tit
RICE
Holders 'flowing
TiA0
Khd ZE
Growin
Kuma81 West
Dokwal
Obuasi
Juaso-Mampong East
Mampong Weet
Offinso-Teppa
BTolf_Ah4o
Goaso
Sunyani
Dormaa
Wenchi East
Wenchi West
Atebubu
Northern Region
Pemongo-Salega
Yendi East
Yendi West
Tamale
Gambaga
REEIr West Etgio
Wa
Iawra-Tumu
3RP7jaSt
NavTongo
Bolgatanga
Bawku
24220
24500
27840
19260
.119610
2597.0
20560
19140
Total Ghana
1171,720
15050
15720
12080
36350
42410
34000
166910
32100
38990
35530
18410
18720
2400
16320
6250
4760
1490
1.3
1.3
1,4
z.i 8
250
990
1480
14260
l'
3.1
3.6
2.9
14.2
2.7
3.3
2.1
2,1
2.4
1.6
10.2
2.2
::;
i 0.3
1.0
7L.,7-)
14.
TN,
14190
F3
1660
6170
190
570
960.,
4770
.67,30
13500
1
1.6
3.0
1,6
1.6
0,2
1.4
0.5
0.4
0.1
'
'-
3
:
9
2
30
4000
14.5
13. 0
3.4
1,4
1,7
/ 6.3
0.2
5.8
i.0
4 P,
%
=^. 1 4
1
s i
9.4
1 4.1
A total of 1,171,720 kolders grow maize In Ghana ThiFi
about ' per cent of the total number of holders in the country.
About 16 per cant of the total .-are
0$tfrai Region. The
Upper East Region contains the lowest numbe4 about half a per•cent
Ashanti and 3rong Ahafo Regions contain almoat the pa me nuthber
of b.oldrs that grow zaize, and these two regions together accouAt
for 28,5 pev cent of the total in the country.
.,,
About
of
which
h
deli aern
1
12 0 h o t _3, e s i f l
ceut aae, t round
parr cent
9 9
84
20
re
g aE '^ :I n
the Uppe
n .3 4. e
e
^ Lr
'N
y
C -) . l -i.,:
_ I_ n ,'{;. ,.
r
A .. .'^ `fi r
and Volta egg.off!
cultivation of other major cereal crape, namely
corrr and millet is confined mot1y to Nor he
and Upper
ae will be teen frrorn Table 432 belowA
Th
, r"Rw_.cmza -.
gone
.
T
L
^G. I..^ ^. ^e_
A
pT^y i s ^]
S-[ "6"
'[;
1 ' Yl.l.^ ^d L ^ ^ d L 6 1„^.^ ^..S:t ^
.' _..^-.. .,,. L^ ^,^..
^
g'^^('
'{ '-K
^mT
u -Ly^
kT ^^..; ^^.k-.;Y Ld' ^ ^^ ^J ^l..i.
^^ ,.^ ^ ^
Guinea C O .
Region and Districtt s
'N
Number o
Hold ere
122,490
534
Damongo-Salaga
25,380
114
ci °Eased
19,650
West
Yend
Gambaga
U en East F,
Navrongo
g
Bolgatanga
Bawku
st R^ ion
U pyr We
Wt
ark
Brong Ahafo Region
,,, ^ o
r
i
(Ghana)
The four
g
485
l0
86
21,430
93
l
36,240
i5h8
94
12a2
19,790
40,890
86
333
1 7 8 y
32,130
140
38,220
3,480
l5
3, 4.80
9
I 4
f
21,800
95
19,990
10Q2
3,040
1.3
2400
00
18,760
Volta R^
be y. of
Holder s
97,01 0
20,080
14,130
76,500
a on
^C
Mille
'Northern Rion
Y
7
^^ ^` ^ ^^ - ;' ^^m..^ ^ r ^•,
1
8
5,620
24
32180
14
83O
24,310
19,660
82,590
1 9
1
20
40,690
:L7,
414
4
so
1.2
R,
.,
229,590
districts
t ricts
100 L ^
199,590
f,
l000
of Navrongo, Bolgatanga, Tama l e and ..amcngO"
Salaga have almost 55 Per Cent of guinea corn
cent of millet growers in the corm ry.
growers end 60 per
The ;a umber of holders grow:-
7
the different typoz
root crape
Bhownby district &.c't region in Tahle
ib
N
E OF HOLDERS R
C
‘
i 0/1
m-T o ra
T a rkwa
A laikra g a
W
W
aw so
°T2
cape Coast
Essi, am
D-Linlz a
13.1
28490
10.4
39600
2,9
0.4
41790
37980
3J)
2.7
1030
230
10560
62430
188040
32530
44360
57000
4,5
16670
13.6
4360
6,1
6
67410
42060
2.4
3.2
350
640
1380
0 ;1
1120
2
11400
2.190
Greater
Greater Accra
26560
dru
226010
a ctern RILI on
.jm
Oda
As amanke se
foridaa
4.3.9
2,1
19110
3,6
1.1
84-20
15990
4.8
2,O
1.8
7170
6
0.9
21)60
2,7
1
3.2
Neta
27810
2.0
29850
31210
112650
1.5
285160
20.6
2.9
40310
43210
I
118700
3°260
44660
ao
Beimal
0
aw
0,5
Sogakope
91. We St
Vei
1440
237180
t
ph
1.7
3. 6
1
fi
0.6
5
49340
15610
Jasikan-Eete Krachl
3 ,8
28
1.1
Npando
p) YvY
2860
3610
154.90
T1 0
F s
49980
39380
Xi bi
on,
0,1
1990
1
5 U10
Volta R
. 98080
%
12
2.1
1C
.1Q
Akosombo
rae so
,
181800
54150
28560
Sw e
C 0q OAM
Y
Numb e r of
Holder
TA
umber of
qoldPr
r
Holders
•N es v e l la
COCOY
"A SSAVA YAV
AVA
146:m
- be
Reglen .9nd
0
41240
3.1
3.0
2290
5210
1740
26920
1100
e
7:a)
0.4
3580
1.1a
480
01
6900
9
980
2890
19350
46760
2300
6000
7.0
17.0
0,8
J07
237860
38
29060
4
2„2
410M
12 •e)o
4'e
34410
6
bJo 4
_5,.
n c>Iltd
Juaso
27440
3 310
28
9210
3 4
5700
45
55 0 0
40
10410
38
-33 70
54
39650
2.
mpmg East
2
Marnpng Nest
0b' 'In-rsr Tep a
r^3
16802 0
s
w
q
n A,
3680 ^
1
0.b
2260
7 ^
,.>
30120
32360
23
9720
Doiinaa
28720
21
11700 1
Wencht Wt
27660
14380
W n,¢ hI East
35870
20
2
Atebuhu
13290
LO
14l50 `
1 8-10
67670
49
61070
6.
222
20980
1.5
16740
61
East
12860
13560
49
YnidlWest
11110
10860
4 ,0
Tamale
21960
09
O8
L6
760
081
2910
1®0
200
—
2.0430
38
a
ga
8
k
/(
{^^
^ 3.+ S:,Q.^
2
®
^
1
^y.
s- Tuinu
4,
.,
^ d"^
Cy ,;£'s8» b
35380
L2
3 1
0
64
q
5
51
44
40
'
1.9850
.a 8
25
06
4600
L6130
203
f
P
2
17000
s^
4880
y
a°.15
33b30
y
W,
3160
Wa
La
[/iy
,,..,
....
280350
3
12.2
22
'an'
YQnd.t
1 r^
.
1.
2
L C3 ^ 4 G
290
2
5550
^.,
P
N avr^nge
:
:
:.
:
:
:
ga
olga tang
Bawku
TotalL
Ghana
3
l c
74-16, ° :? ^n ^
^
Holders growing cassava In the country
represents about 7 5
Per
country , Most of these
cent of tha
d
hol ers are
tot
1,00 e
" ,90
9 7
.,.3°82, 6o
Thi
total number of : o Llers in tI
.. uc
a ted in
the -s--ha ti, V Ci .
. 1 per cent of the aggrega' m.
an y Eastern Regions acco un ting for
:
e
The sampiC In the Upper East Region wac found to have no
cu
t
i
Tatiug
cas
a
a
I _^
About 15 Der cent of holdere in Ghana. engaged themselveo in
Yamcultivation.
Out of 274,760 such holr
cultivation
des, 77,620 Or 28 por
pp
g
:re locata in 'the Brong.,.Abafc Region. Northern Region had,
61,070 hold
groting_yam_that is a -6but 22,2 per cent of
Ghana
a, The sample for Greater Acra and-Upper
such. holders
East Regions did not show existence of any holder growing yam,
The total number of holders growing cocoye- in the country is
estimated to be 795,090 representing about 4.3 Per . cent o=ff. the
total number of holders in the country. Of this, 251,270 .(31.6)
and 237,860 (29.9%) are found in the Brong Ahafo Qnd
Regions respectively. The sample for Greater ACCrarNothe .rn, 7Dpe r
East and Upper West Regions showed no holders growing cocoyam.
Table 43.4 shows the number of holders growing Plantain,
Tomato and Tepper foreach district and region.
n .
PLAMIN
'm
" ", ' ' ----ET2ER
Table 4..4 - FUWER oy HOLDERS GROWING
_
T.,_
7,7p7-R
District and Region
_ PLANTAIN TOATO
_
_.„
Wii-, of
of
4,
q Holders
District_allAj.ezioh_ Holders
11 0
73710
15.6
31510
20.2
8710
1 n
Axim-Takoradi
1.2
2690
1.8i5700
'7 40
2&
1097 0
2.3
3000
TarklYa
9:
2540
41
Asankragwz
Wiawso
24130
5a
6820
32910
710
Central R!LEipn
297
5.3
18800
19430
9200
2420
Cape Coast
0.5
4.4i
12./
1280
. 2.1
4150
6.b
14.5
5460
9,0
59i
.
O4
i
4710
,,5
r„v
„
1
1
'-i -i
Dunkwa
7960
13850
1.7
2.9
560
5400
Swedru
5550
1,7
4270
250
041
10350
6
0,9
110801 1131
c k)
0.1
10350
66i
11080
Essin
Greater Accra
Eastern flgion
8
.5650
181
7670
Akim Oda
24300
410
Asamanke6e
Koforidua
Akosombo-
11420
7060
5.1
2,5
1,5
6690
1.4
8160
5
7 820
1.7
Ribi
7
9
-2270
3940
200
050
!
3.5
2.
540
4.9
0,3
3.
,. ..
5!
2,5
Oa
0.51
16.1
9060 148
A lt R
So
e
a o p e
21080
4 m A
24130
0
15,55
1680
) 3
Cl—
,L,-i'`•s
^r''
?
6
240
iYA
570O
.L
4] Q
Kpno
Ja si.k% K..et
Krachi
9520
9520
188830
1..2
0-
346
_ 7 00
:3 O
1310
2.2
a,
,;,
5 20
3210
2 h: J...
850
O
Ec
Kumasi East
20650
'.4
B€ t.w
33320
19 i 0
2
42
35470
75
Mampong West
2810
59
1430
Of fInso Teppa
301
10
6.4
5430;
Mpony
Eas
t
7340
2300
0aae0
S.
n
ya
.
.,
Dormaa
M''."S3
5L1
680
Dawon.go-Sa1aga
130
Yen di pact
NO
Yendi
Tamale
330
G am a aga
,1 20
0
01
^J6.i
r
1
630
'
10.7
35
i
103
61J.0
5$6
990
116
r
1400
23
460
07
9930
5. e
64
2360
39
2290
1.95
900
940
0. 5
vm
543o
35
8710
1
X40 g
€ .. 7
{
;
100k
0.1
830
.0 5
1530
110
237
1 5
s
,`9p'^
341
26
35270
91431
neery
0.9
.•
27
04
290
as
1900
1010
12840
9341
2080
:
02
380
42
enchl East
e
.
55
236k
North
T
25840
WetLehi West
At ebubu
155
49
30
07
43
} uaso
^,T
&
1
20570
a
P
e°t -
136
Kuma i West
0hua i
g
2200
21230
m
3
2 8
1 °
",1 84
3 99.
111
4400
a•
e
^,r^
& w 0
530 ,. 10 J S
Zg,
9
{
..J
o3
G
2
5
ea
20
0.4
220
¢9
: o
a
490
iawraTtUflU
0
400
40O
Navron.gu
?
390
V
E^
)
of a t ang ,
3 awku
Total Ghana
73520
%000
155960110 :j
511.4Q I 10
Thercl, ar
g to
tal of 473J'20 Joidere growing ,p-Imtain
GhEala; this is about 25.6 per oeat of holders in the country cultivating crop.
About 40 per cent of these holder* arc :,ouad
in the Ashwati Region. The wInber of holders growing pla
in la
the Greater kecra, 8e Northern ana Upper Regions
is very noglibl
While a lot of holdors growing tomato art found - in the Brows
Ahafo Region, Ashanti Region h
ha.the highest number of holers thal;
cultivate
p
pep er.
4, N Number_andSizof Hollings
Information on the number of Xarm@ opeated and detail of
the farms including the measurement of area under different crops
were collected from the sample of holders. The information given in
this chapter refe yDto the holdings as they . were auring the najor
agricultural season in 1984. New farms that were opened rin t ho
minor season have not been ipluded. in the tabulation of
by size and distribution of number of farm 6.
ru.116.
The practice of shit Ling cultivation is prevalent in the coun
try, Certain crops such as oil palm do occupy land, that is usually
retained by the holder for a very long time, wile
other crops
frequent-
are grown on other parcels of land which may change
ly. The holding Cher ore consists of the land under cultivation
and the land opened for cultivation in the 1964 23ajor sezon. Land
under fallow and unsued land ore.not considered as part of the hcadilg
Table 4.441 shows the dze distribution of holdings in Ghana.
Tab e 4 o.,.
s ZE DI ST RIBI
18.
33870o
4
134 800
0
7.9
61,00o
A
000
I
14.9
70
34 400
2,6
14,300
an,
3
66.1
1,223100
3 9
co
20
EkNA
Number of Holdings 1
Dize of Holding (Acres)
0
2
OF HoT.,T5.-{fic,
29.9
6. m o
0
ro
t:C11)
yi
0
4gg
.
.
t^
si
r-
^'S, i
.^^{'^j "^v
^
^
^^
e-s
_d,
than two acee8and a
',ore than 10 acre
i
r
u^ ...2.5, ,
all
ofa^.
`^ °^ [„
,
.,^^o-
r`^
Vw^r ^g ,f...
^._ l
three pc
rnately
o
e
_,.
_ _,^ _
ofall HI
In e.:.2e
to
Tables 4 4,
v .!^.,
i^ ^ ^ 5?.a.
.1
chow
of
hold
,°'^ Fg i -{ ; '^
5-a ^-s ^e
th s ize dint ibution
in eaoh of the ten 'egion.
n
.1. R e 1.
ter
'
cLL
L
o
2
'e ^
-
^^
^"^^?°5
%Y r
"^ °s-- -
`
,-^.
7
16400
6L,4
39
4- 600
21.7
59
169U0
3®2
2OO
25
6
, ;
8
10
-
149
1
-
20
-
00
.
19.9
1800
o,
299
400
0
400
0e2
5
30®0 and more
T o al
2
100.0
...
urn e
o t jql din
s
o
1®9
1779600
817
;?
39
2 8, 200
i30
^'^
aEj
[y.'
66
79
8
99
10
15
149
600
199
300
20
299
300 and More
110"!
00 0E
r
`
h
03
100
^
^- ^^,_y
.+ms.
Total
Sp^f
:^
?4Try
i000
„,=v -,-----_,„:_,----iol,pm,i_Qgye, s1_ 'Number of Tioledng6;
_q_
I .9
0
42,100
2
3.9
4, WO
1,200
5.9
4 400
6
7.9
_
8
99
10 - 14.9
15 - 19R9
20 - 29.9
200
30.0 and more
r
u
0.8
48,7M
Totta
M
STEM
T a'2]. e 4.4
Q
86.4
u#er of Hal di.r2; 1
2109700
86. '3
ii 11 3
27,600
3,200
1.3
0.3
700
1,000
0.4
900
0.4
100
4z-€51
t!_of Holdin
0 - 1.9
2
3e9
5.9
4
6
7.9
8
9.9
10
14.9
19.9
15
29.9
20
30.0
more
f
6
244,200
Total
Table 4.4.6 - VOLTA REG7ON
p *. *.*•
r
SAe of DioldinE (Acrel _.
0 - 19
3,9
2
4 5.9
6
-
7.9
9.9
10 - 14.9
15 ur 19.9
6
nX
.
,
Number of Holdinz s J
232 600
84.7
2. 500
1 10.4
6,300
2$
3,300
,1 .2
0.6
2,1W
C ,, 5
1,4W
1
3W
oaa
Ja
9
x
i ,l i
f
[^
o
a
!_
lam:
u^^
lod
20
.,
:
.s
b
'9iv
3
^
sly
^
^
<. _
::
^
?99
d,n
3 ', 0 and Mrs
e^ ^^-
a.,..,
^ ^ ^^
,,.ba^a,..:„_
p^
1000
^^,.z..^.,..^:...s
em:^.c seu.^b
S-
^^
Aw
.:J i e^:»
_.
,_-arm:._
7
...,...tea
-.+ e^
°
G 1 d..=! T
gsl3
A e i..l N
o H
m.. .
!I
t^rcasm.
2. 3 6 0
w..ey x^
IT
J
756
6
0
1 9
2
4
3,9
38400
59
16500
6
7.9
7900
g®
280O
i4.9
470O
19.9
3 000
1 300
O
2,100
O
.
8
10
15
20
^°
299
nd more
300
fHoe' d
.^8•d.,..m+
^'n
—
—
20
300 v
Total
l
%r ^.«o.:. as,,,d ei.
Tex
1000
.mil 3 .+»
.^3zecx.,.,,.,
- ..... .,,..^„L..,w.
3
B3,900
33 2
59
7.9
3 0, 200
1L9
i ,v 8O O
®9
470U
149
19.9
5 Boo
1 800
299
13O0
4
8
b
'
443
I9
15
25
1 i2 000
0
2
10
1.2..
314 200
tal
e
iz o
4o-P
a more
O
47
z ys
1300
05
0-
252800
,KO
,m.,.s...:
9
Sj r#
N Ora H ERN RE CG
o f Hol: d in
Eumb er of Holtlin.
1.9
1
7 00
10,5
2
3.9
33 t 500
24.0
4
6
6
5.9
3
25.6
7 9
21,300
11,400
15,2
8e2
13, CY30
9.3
4. 2
5
0.5
9.9
14.9
10
19.9
1
29,9
20
300 and more
5,900
3,500
700
Total
139,800
diAg_S
. AcTts)
d'
1,9
2 _
3. 9
4 6
8 -
5.9
7.9
0
N*
16,900
9,000
2q,0
2:200
7,1,
1, 600
c2
54.5
700
600
9.9
10 - 34.9
19.9
15
20
100
.UPPER WEST WI
Table 4,4 j0
ze o f
4
2
3
9
r 29,9
® 0 and more
T a t aI
31,000
Table 4.4.11 -
UPE& EA,ST
NImber of Holdinu •
ep
3.9
52,500
40,500
5.9
7,9
16,0000
4 i 400
1.9
4 6
100.0
1
"
33,
A:3.
6
3
Size of M old ^ a ^ ^!
3
, ^
^ ? r o
99
2 i OO
10 — 14.
-
3,300
19 9
12100
299
80ccc
.5 —
20
02
30 X and
500
more
Total
C) .
1 1, 200
100
To race Regional comparisons easier the Information conts!ne
in the above tables is summarised in Table 44i2 h l ow
Table -c4 02 - PERCENTAGE SIZE DISTRIEUTION OF
as
.^.
1
&
a^ m
,
8
. :L
F a; DIN
. ^ BY
20
nL t P7-,.
_
eiL E
Central
Greater Accra
829
138
27
9 4 .7
48
05
96e
3^ 3
Eastern
976
2O
04
5®1
43
Ash n i
87.8
87
Brong kh a.fo
77.5
285
3O
i0
100.
1 orhern
345
490
13.5
3.0
1000
835
1466
1.9
'—
1 00t)
36
10
100®0
2
O
i000
da
ia
%,S d
Volta
Upp er
West
U per
East
p
7 6.9
^
Total ( Ghana)
18.5
anw„s-c-a
4 4
.y
100 0
100.0
0.4
100,,0
0s
^,
NOW
C 0
2.
3wM, .
r
l000
gym..,.
12j
Only Northern Region has less than
06
Md
Per cent of the holding
below 4 acres In size whereas in other i e gins ^ 77 to 98 per cent
of the holdings are in this category,,
35
Eastern
astern, Volta and Upper West Regions, no
In the
holdings were more than. 20 acres in sie and the percentage of
holdings of 20 acr .i and above is beta:. 4 per cent in the rest of
W A 0 .
^".e
the regions. CDup giATel-- large ',aolding are predom
6
Northern and Brong Ahab Regions.
t in
The total size vf.a lao1ding is made up o the number of farms.
Table 4.4.13 shows the percentage distribution of the number of
farms in a holdingibr thret size classes oh hOldings and by region.
Table 4.4.13 - SIZE07 —
TOLDnGSBT
Valt Of FARMs
-
F
C
E
2
67
Western
Central
74
Greater Accra
78
Eastern
70
71
68
66
57
67
Volta
Ashanti
'Bran& Abafo
r^ r
thern
Upper West
30
17
25
23
27
30
40
7
53
Upper East
24
Totes (Ghana)
67 27
3
3
4
3
5
4
3
2
1
1
1
2
6 10
6
T
7
41
38
41
14
24
17
33
17
7
5
2
3
38
40
18
47
61
41
57
41
72
41
46
23 53
— —
P
G E
Holdings4a0,9
acres
1R M
Holdings 0-3.9
acres
Region
i
h
15
12
Holdings10+
acres
3 17 48
10 40
20
9
43
i
- 100
21
33
24
23
,0
40
31
2
2
6 52
6 20 40
14
58
0
38 31
28 14
24 16
25 • 3
L6
26
6
60
T2
About sixty-seven per cent of the holdings that
34
40
n
4
2.7
12
than
4 acres in size are made up of one farm only. In the Greatr Accra
Region, more' than three quarters of the holdings below 4 acro have
one farm only
About half of the holdings that are between 4 and 10 acres
in si. e are made up of 2 farms. It is only in the UpDtT East
Region that about twenty-three per cent of the holdings that are
between 4 ant'! 10 acren in biZO are made up offour Or 'M T farmo.
Nearly halt of the holdings that are more than 10 acref3 in.
size have two farms, while twenty-seven per cent are made up of
three farms.
In
of
4
S t,:
^
M1
at r
i iP
;
G;
or wore x^arm.s -
1hn
in
; ;? 3.kl o
°
roo s
txhs.",t '
y
a^-,,%
sxm, u a _ ,
is
:off
-
r.
r`
4
^f; b
8O .ter '•,3'.
?
X73
C o ,^ 'a ..
• _.
i., ^
s:ter Ac . ra a,.:gi.00,, but in th .
tern
a . or
v
large holdings have also J a'r ga• r t ,iniher of farms as one wid
wxpe0l:
4 * 5 L Number of Farms
The de lni-ti.oan of "
as
to
opposed
defined
.
arm or
a -, ield, ie ,
in. Gy.1h :].a.
on_L ' ?. gene ra .
a
"pare
as givon
,.s ei, 7
plot within
The f .gures given
'OFF
ar
.
3s
7 "4
.
in this
nuiither
indication of t h
in thx e
ct ion brr
of farms
or
:k' pL C rt
.i. d thy^.',
ent of f .° ,gment tion4
ber of
Table 4 o5<,1 pho s the number of :holders and the number
farms
operated.
by
these o;
The a er°ag s it , mb r of frms
t,
a .
e from 1-. (in . iw'- Ta} ors di: in
sries
holder
v ; n .: a »a
(in Lawra-Tummu Di -ctrl. ct in Upper Nest Region) t.
.e..:.....
......................... ^.^.-... W_.-, ..-._.-
rmwwna.:wre^o—^YUC..-i.:,ami_eanxva
±
........
....
yp^ qy^q
.
1fl
X777. 2.nd ._i tr.-ct
-A
2
1
Farrn
4
o. Q _.M ^
?^o. of Hol er
^,
AximTakoraLi!
48789
300,1O(,
5 400
T .x k
43,290
63,80
a„
3
b
;
,
a
7 0,
t jion
Central
.5:.; ^e ^ -,i. ^ .fie
Cape
G
r ea
3
_ ,.
?
Caat t
a R ;
i L^ T " 1
`' z
Oda
^.
tl
^• b c'. rlJ r,'^a ^ 2 3_ v "` '^,_
. c'
800
0
1L
':
?
25
11.3300
6
N
28,000
47 140
70
(I
48,600'
l.7
61490
8C;209
28
1_ 11 3
48, 7 00
60,500
60500
21
i2
0
30
244,140
50, 7 00
4 ^. , 3 ^, . 6a^§
6
5
10.1
„A @,J
48,700
l
. t9
,^
2.71510
36,
i fwF c
c^
?
5
88, 00
y
Greater Accr
r u
,,
3, 340
Wi.aws
"[^
0
(^
&e .^..,- -
340,10
^
21
u'
'
0'O
^) ,.^
^ 'e ^A-d
d
+.
^
k
33
^, as $.3 ?
e.,;,
;q
lc
on_ end 1 st ri et
3
Koforidua
54,920
69,700
Akosombo
60,350
75,500
2. 7
Kibi
17,270
22,700
0.8
18,590
25, WO
0
274,480
380,803
51,940
65,130
77 , 7o 0
75700
2_7
2
46,340
63,200
2.2
1.4
44,430
60,900
2.2
66,640
1031300
1.6
314,250
466,700
_.5
rac so
Sogakope
K eta
Bo
Kpa ado
Jasikan-Kete Kraohi
.
atl_lel,19n.
A211
Kumaci West
3
1,4
ace
„5
A
')
59,
2. 1
3
42,750
62, 00
2.2
1.5
Muasi
32, 800
49,700
1.8
1a5
Juaso-NwEpong East
42,860
72,900
2,6
1.7
Wpong West.
59,480
104 300
3.7
1.6
Of finuo-Teppa
47,980
62, ' 0()
252,669
364, '00
41,770
59,400
50,109
7
Do rmaa
Wenchi West
4`,
63,800
2.3
144
30,570
3L 900
1.4
1.2
Wen chi_ Est
433700
85,700
3.0
2.0
At eb ubu
40,940
61,500
2. 2
139,900
253,8u.)
43,470
p
Kumasi East
Bekwai
449910
Go aso
9(/)
9
5
S
1.4
21 “ .L
1.-
00
1.8
3
33,800
77
Yendi East
21,810
43,000
Yendi West
21,740
43,600
1.6
2.0
TamAe
40,360
82,200
2.9
2.0
Gmba.ga
er `q_c
Wa
22,190
27 , 300.
1.0
142
30,960
69,400
2.5
2.2
10,720
19,200
0.7
240
50,200
Salaga
Z awra-T=u
i on
0
a^r
7
240
2 5
Aiera
oJ
,
^ a.
TJj
c _
_ =^.a
e ,. a t— io ar.
^a
o
Navrongo
Bolgatanga
Hawke
^^ 3
12123O
2 9, 00
5479O
57 10
128 800
89610
16 300
124,
300
Bola s
^a
? 5; 6
•4 . 6 " 24
44
o„6
,wA,
s
^ .^ 85 5
^' c^ ^ 'o G a a ^ v^ x
.P
0
.
29 .
,
5 ^.
-
2, 810, ^F 0
y
the
total of a: o Mf , 81G A
fauna operated by about l85O47O h1dere giving a a; e rvZn of
4 , 51 farms per holder.
in the
country as
a hole,
are a
:
Table 4, 5 ®2 gives by Region the pe c ntaga frequency distribution of the umber° of holders with :. i f cre i n mDber of fa ms,
_ k E Di ST RI BUTT
Table 4 5 2 - P E R O N TA
HODEFL3 Li OH 01 0 ^
I 4
FERENT NUMBER OF FARMS
2Frm
^
L__ —
Weste rn
62
31
Central
72
24
Greater Accra
77
iS
Eastern
68
26
100
Volta
68
24
X00
Ashanti
61
30
. rang Ahafo
59
32
Norther
30
59
upper West
39
16
Upper East
25
40
(Ghana)
Total
60
31
y.
6
1
4
^-.
'
7
loci
{
ei °^ yf
2
100
2
100
a
2
100
100
one per cent of the bolds 3 in Ghana operate
About nin.et
holdingss that are made up of two farrn or ], 5® i n t he Upper ya
and astern Regions, a re Latfvely biGJ. 3 er p0: i on t a- bye of :hc_,.deis;,
operate holdings that are made up of hrse :
s More than hall
I
:3 5
the 'ilumter of holder in the Northern Rcgion hav holtngs that
are made up of two faro u
•
.dery inVDpe eet
.
more farras
and Upper East Regions have holdings maae up of four
less than three per cent of holders in the rest of the country
operat e hoidings Vith such nuxber of Yam p.
While approximately one-seventh of the
UN]ER CROPS
Introduction
Wit. a
Th
s
chaptergi
h e main ^,"^: op
under
Kt an a.
e grofr
n1
In
''aia
of
the ea" es ma
f ha na to oget ,°. ; w` b. gi h
o
f a:e,. ea.
other.'
a:; .d. a
Amform ation on l deco and d. o .
di ge, and mean fieldaizee
variouc crops in the dt trIcte and regicns
t .
of
he
The esti.irtatee of crop areas given In th. -J_ r report refer to
s
The
areas o n the ground ae In m.iLd°- i984
tlmatee are classified
of
the crop own in pure atand or
in most cases into (:.) the c.rea
vvin.ant component :n the crop mixture and (ii) t he area
grown as ubsid.i.ar: to one or two other crops ,..} the
.e a ,
of the
The estImates for the area of the crop grown AxsO,' eE ` 3
other crops include theentire area of al l fields that conteed
an a.ppreciabl. e amouj t of the c I! op whether the OLEOp e" s `, '.e; re 10ue:'a "z
; inor co
m.inant crop of the mixture or merely
,
No attempts have been made to derive". .Angle crop quivslentareaa ^
mi. t'ssre®
a
Thus for example, if . field was planted with maize" cas eava an
cocoyamn it entire area is recorded under each of she three coue
r
The , Cereals
'.
° _,,.
a1e is one of the ew crops that are grownthroughout
country
Table 5 2 i gives the area under maize in the main
eaconn of 1984 classified into the area of . aiz
'own pure or
predominanth and that grown a.s a subsidiary crop in mixtures of
crop
Table,'
"
.. „A
REA
OF MAIZE BY DISTRICT MJ? BY 'i
E
AREA UNDER MAIZE
Reg on and District
..^i eci m T k w, a .
(97 .t p,n k
wa
p
I
s SEC.
-I
N.II
" Y.'Lp
a so
”?
s>a
OP mm_ a ,9 ' G
e ACR 3
ureor
P. edor .. " n
113,
A.
. s
as ; in oth er words, thi. s are has been. c dt'eo. e
x, :
8
t
5
0
489O
di
ii
i
7886o
30,110
12,530
6,540
48,790
28, 560
47, 6 40
192,710
3,
455
34,990
k
r,
19 VI` 0
r, 350
S.d..+. . 290
h
jqy
WIDER
ZE C"
k-ur 6 o r
s
ReEi on
r
189, 600
10,180
qo 7Pn
Gap e Coast
36, 900
440
37,340
E
34, 730
290
35,020
Dun kw a
58e 94.0
4, 340
Swed r1,1
59,030
5, 110
1000370
4,140
100
4, 340
10.4 7 1u
1,94„ 460
8,190
202,, 650
Akim Oda
24,520
950
25,470
A s = m ank e
31,610
1, 220
32,830
Roforidua
57,250
, 5i0
5.8,780
41,860
J., 75c
43,610
30,740
0.70
flf
Grater Accra
k
E3 ombo
tb
it
2,
6
039280
Pi
rj
Mpra e o
8,4e0
670
144,930
22,710
So gak oD e
39,470
3,460
42 930
zeta
12,130
2,490
14, 620
9,680
, 860
3-4 540
25,740
340
26, 080
57,910
11,560
69,470
169,5W
49,550
si West
8,990
8,110
Kumasi Fast
5,410
B e kwa
8,940
12,330
Ruasi
14,500
1,020
16,120
Juasra Mamponc East
31,640
920
35, 560
Mamp ong West
76,020
33,050
69, 070
Of finso- T epp a
24,780
10,520
ona Ahar
320,840
49:,600
Goaso
55,780
6, 310
Suriy
77,120
6,710
Dorm as
419390
15, 540
56, 910
W en eh i Ea et
57, 420
4,830
62, 250
Wench'. West
.At ebub),z
53,30
35,750
4,200
1.2,010
57, 580
T
ol
ion
Bo
do
Jasikaal-Ketto Era chi
.
shan q_ Rexj s
167 ,
„, 40n
5 , 410
EI
21,270
.
P a
/
r!
L
. L)
a;
.mot
'
j
_ °.
1:F3.^
w
^;, ^ ^i
Pare or
d a, a ^,.
242510
0
66360
Datnongo-Sa1aga
Yend.i East
Yend.i West
Ta.a1e
Gambag .
39 40
61 f
2862E
46.620
xt
IP
29$, 240
15760
82,120
14 5
4420
53 820
14460
5410
42 i 80
5 , 7 90
7390
1
^
5373O
Wa.
960
160
6330
648o
16450
3'890
Navrongo
2330
1350
Boigat u &.
3 550
1340
Law a-°T umu
Ljp? P I
Ee, t
o
22380
.10370
4,
8€J0
Bawku
Total (Gha a)
19490,410
29"x,3
1. ,`
`-^ f("r
Table 5,2.2 tows at regional level the total area of aaiz
grown either as pure e predominantt r ubsidiary eroj ^ a:id
percentagee di tribution by Region.
E
m lie
o
'1
T?f^ G
. wpm _
E cT-.FA
3'
Lc
t^r
k
^..e^.
...
.
Weote n
192310
O nt al
199380
10
1L2
Greater Ac ra
104310
5,9
Eaatern
202
Volt
167340
9.3
Aeh,an -1
219430
123
:Biong Aha f o
370 440
296340
2C7
16
24400
10370
13
Northern
Upper east
Upper 3a t
S
0
U
PD sr
Wet arld
UPper Ea2t Regione b.av tte
area. The major pro&neing regiono ara- Brozig
ABhanti Eastemn, Western
end
Central Reglons.
Tbe table below shows the number of holde'ro growing maize
and theiT percentage by district and. tbt mean area.
mai2e per
holder.
T
bls
2
-PERCLUTAGE OF HOLDERS GROWING hAZ°ZE
AREA BY DISTRICT
of lio7, ders in the
District
206,190
48,760
43,290
70,800
Ayam-Takoradi
T arYwa
Wiawso
43,340
217,510
38,030
47,160
61,490
70,830
0,700
48,700
244,140
50,700
42,310
54,920
60,350
17,270
16,590
4.s ikragwa
Cape Coast
ESSIWR
Thlnicwa
Swedru
Greater Accra Reion
Greater
Accra
Easte_ri.
Akin. Oda
Asemankese
Koforidua
Akosombo
Kibi
Y,praeso
1
274,480
Sogalcope
Keta
Ho
Kpando
JasvRan-Yete Krach..1
940
65,130
46,340
44,430
66,640
AJ.4h
-
No. o
ol
dero Grow
127,550
18,330
20,320
52,810
36,09D
187,110
32,020
43,030
56,720
55,2
32,730
32,730
169,750
14,620
36,070
48,170
44,860
16,050
9,980
175,830
42,630
21,720
26,920
31,850
52,770
-
per Holder
61. 0
1.5
37.6
46.9
1
74%6
1
83,
3
0.9
1.2
2.1
1.1
84,, 2
91,
0,
92.2
78,1
1 ..2
2
6'7.2
3.2
67 ,
69
5
28,
85.
e d
0,9
87 .7
74.3
92.9
5307
64,1 i
8.1
2.0
0.9
1.0
/.0
ri
71,7
Ot.8
79.2
1
S 0 . of k:t 0 J
dera in the
DI tr. _ e
01
D4O o
Area
A —
f
314 9 310
167, 200
uma i.
West
43,7O
15,050
Kumai
Ea. t
44910
11,590
B
kwai
Obua V .
I a etaong
MOO
East
Nampong '? est
ffinso °T p a
Br on.. Ahato Re on
00aso
per io1de-
ers Csra''x=
51 0
368
42 ,750
32 803
12,080
42 660
36, 35U
366
I
^
59480
47, 980
34, 00'0
0,9
22
r
660
252 750
1A 9
419770
32,100
asyan
50490
38 990
777
01
Dorrn a.
45 580
24,220
531
1
We chi. Weet
43700
27, 840
Wench! East
30,570
At ebubu
40,940
.9, 260
139,900
119, 610
33400
25,970
Yen di East
212810
20, 560
943
Yendi West
T ile
0 amAbaga
21 740
19,140
660
40,360
35, s: o
22 190
18,410
30, 960
18,720
Wa
10,720
2,, 400
Lawry-Tumu
20,240
16, 320
Damongo
a1ga
prWtRon
fi
r
astBi9r
Navrongo
aIga
tan
a
Baku
Tot .l (Ghana)
121,230
32
4,760
57, 81 j
1^
4
1
t
4
224
1..
6 e 250.
54,790
3
52
i
i 1
b
490
8,630
1 , 850,170
1 . ,17 1 , dd20 1 63.3
1.5
In Dunkw
About 63 per cent of holders in Ghana grow . aize
vi
d j; trIct of Central Region swre than 90% and in. : ib i i. a ^ri e t c
the Eastern Region, about 9. of the hoidere go a,._Los,
r
n n ,
d
"
4:1
tr
The percentage of holders Fvowinv
iow
in the Upper East Region, where less . than 16 Der cnt.
of the holders cultivate the crop.
it is a cash crop ,f importanct in Ghana end it
being developed rapidly in the Northern and Upper Regions. most
of its area lies in. the Northern and Upper Regions as will he seen
from Table 5.2A below. Parts of Brong Ahafo, Western and Volta
Regions also Iroduce some amount of rice,
Table 5._.
AREA OF RICE BY DISTRICT AND
MtEA
41ELon and District
Ae_ae_Fn_ItElon
Axim-Takoradi
Pure or
Predominant
33,110
Pv
J.
- . -UNDER RICE ACR2S)
Subsidia
7,31n
"
Total
A nn
4,020
4;020
c
art:
9,400
16,820
1,830
18,650
Wiawso
Central R!on
Greater Accra Region
2;870
480
3,350
2,410
900
Eastern Re ion
Volta Re.ion
770
9,400
1,900
1,470
2,5%
n
Tarkwa
Asankragwa
Kpando
Jasikan-Kete Yrachi
2,410
800
100
100
5,220
ci
3,370
6;340
4,910
Other Areas
4,910
Ashanti eriop
7,500
1,850
Dekwai
2,140
190
9,350
2,330
5,360
14,120
9,670
1,660
7,020
15,550
29,670
Other Areas
Goaso
At ebubu
Northern Y.eulOn
Damongo-Salaga.
endi East
Tendi West
Tamale
Gunbaga
8 650
4,450
20,480
11,200
4,790
180
4,590
150
3,860
750
9,180
19,950
3S0
1,060
10
, 770
68o
050
„
35,530
93$0
530
4,610
mtd .c_.
AREA
UN Ia
J ure or
RICE
O;
C S 3
4630
i8OO
280
Wa
ry
Lar — T .nu
643o
-
280
l520
309 320
463Q
2, 7 00
33O20
Navrou Q
. o g t ai ga
14, 950
2, 700
,E
B ^
10,430
a0
^a
?
4940
?
Total (
6450
O43
hana)
F-6^
d
$
t
5
Table 5.2e5 gives for the tajor rice growing
t^ 2 2 0
h
number of holders growingg rice and the menu
~° PERCENTAGE OF HOLDERS GROWINGRICE
CE AND MEAN AREA
Tah.l e f m
iT E
a z
t
n
Di3trU.t
i o3 a
al e
,^ ce
C T Ica
He
rz
14. 230
er
E
c 9
24
950
kxAmT^koradi
Id .
Tarkwa
3, 230
Asankragwa
7 090
7.5
16
W iaw5o
1,
60
4 ® 2
Oentral
2 290
la 900
I .I
3.$
a..
05
2, 220
O
T
6w
1 F2
39410
2 i
1e
8,250
26
Greater Accra Re
o
eion
Volta d gion
Eastern
Jasikasa Kate Krobi
other
Areas
Abantij
Other Ara
^6°e
a cy
AtYflbU
Oi
gas
9780
2,730
.panda
4
3,640
5,98
.
I
.
7,720
3i.
.6
2,900
6e9
3J3
, 82o
lI 9
3.7
z ye
y
(contiO
2
on and District
IT , t h ern R 3. on
-E61-D7r-s---ii•EY -i --C-O-r7(7)770-.7 4--- 7.-.T.77-7,-) .P, r ,:,..,,,.
.c e
Holders _L
1
S47Z.21.1.tE
11,920
8 5
2 9
3 9 360
99
Cd I East
350
1 .6
Yen di West
1, 660
7.6
T -w/a1 e
6,170
morl go -Seaaga
-7
4
4
.., .
p
15 „ 3
.. 2
380
1.7
2„8
5,730
18.5
1.1
960
9.= O
0 3
4,770
23.6
1.3
26,730
22 0
a
13,500
24.6
Bul gatanga
9,230
16.0
0
Baw
4,000
46®3
2,6
90,770
4.9
Gawbaga
i ,
uerstRezton
Wa
Lawra-Tumu
Luqr East_:4,fEL9n
avrongo
Total (Ghia.)
g
!
1„9
75 per cent c1 all holders growing rice are iolmd. in
the Northern, Upper , Central and Volta Reg4on,s, and the y e op e-r:
on wi average area of 1.1 to 2.9 acres,
Guinea corn is predominantly grown in the n)rth
East and Upper West Regions as shown. in Table 5, 2.6 below
„ 2.6 - AREA OF GUINEA C CRU BY DI STRICT
Table
Re 61 on and Di. stri t
p. H ----
Volta
Hellion,
UN DER
Pure or
Pr edomimzi
5,970
Ahafo Re con
•
` f
E
GUINEA 0 ORN
Sub s di a ry
1
m
11,150
17,120
6640
b ou
Norte-rn Re
91,610
298,240
Darnongo Salaga
19,060
F,q070
Yend! East
149290
Ye al W
11,60
6,
,870
60,150
38770
7,860
Boom
51,110
2..7 8, 870
T
e
Gsabaga
7
58,970
4
e
^^
^1
,
^S
^
4
^' 'C
t'S 'xr w,'f^ p
) i N r, .. ^
s-r,.^ AREA fAI DE
a
>:
f I'Sx^ rx ,-v ;^wra
Put'e or
^.
y
°^
Va
dJ
340
- 00
4, 700
160
40
22$4O
9 890
106, 040
64 3oO
47470
4 9 63O
8,940
40, 390
6
awr a . '6.7-'.
r L. Eas
Pon
N v ongo
Bo .gat .nga
Baku
Total (Gh an a)
3
37
48U
3253o
g CC,)
170340
7 ,' 060
09,200
19,570
4,40
3,
39C,38
230 960
... .
4u
.. _
621,340 ...._. .
About 63 per ce t of the area vaid r ' 3ie, °'°P Is pants wit
it as subsidiary to, other° crops The rest of the are ha guine
c orn sown as pu r e or pr°ed©mi.nant ,
The di stric eonstitutthg the major part Of the guinea eori
are Navrongo an d Bo1gat ga..
Table 5.7_®7 showq the number of holders growing guinea earn
an d their percentage for the districts important for the crop.
so given is the mean area per hoard 4
Also
Y
1
T
7 w ' it(. ' AC^e . +± JTOLD't'RS GF^G NG GTFLT E 0;^ 71' ..S D -, T-'
Tabi
5, 62Q
Volta Re^.tcn
3,160
122,490
a
3x
Northern Rion
Danan.gO-Sal aga
25,380
1 9,650
Yendi East
W
21, 430
Yendi est
T atuale
(h mbaga
41RSt R
36,240
19,29
21,800
,040
70
^c^xz
Wa
J. awraTum
4
20
L33
876
2 5 ".
75a
34
901
986
2
3C
32
3.3
.3
89
`
892
.c
704
16
284
9 2,.
).7
^
45
---.
f_qL_on_and District
VILer East fle6.,...°n
Nvrongo
Bolgatanga
Bawku
-,--y--T--
Holders with
-T-6T-ToTia.
__Guinea_corn___ .,____„
Holders
76,500
6341
40,890
74,6
32,130
556
3,480
403
Total (Ghana)
More than 60 per
East
229590
ge all area
er Holder
2.1
,2
l2.4
cent of all holders in the Northrn., Upper
and Upper West Regions cultivate guinea corn, This pe r on-
in the Yendi West 'district of Uorthern
Region where about 98 per cent of the holders cultivate guinea corn.
tage is however much higher
The average area for guinea corn per
holder is
the highest
in the Bawku district of the Upper East Region.
The Millet crop is also predominantly
grown In the Northern,
Upper East and Upper West Regions, and it is usually grown in
mixture with guinea corn.
As shown in Table 5.28 below about 40 per cent of the total
area under millet Is found in the Upper East Region anal: ..about 55
per cent in the Northern Region and the rest in the Upper West
Region,
TIEE
Table ,2,8 - AREA OF MILIT
Region and District
Northern Red.on
Damongo-Salaga
Yendi East
Yendi Aest
Tamale
Gambaga
22 er
LsEls
AREA UNDER MILLET
ACRES)
Pure or
Predominant
Subsidiary
40,520
274,960
5,760
55,180
330
280
42 36
45 300
24,770
9,3 8 0
20470
86,850
45,270
9,190
400
8,790
WA
Lawra-Tumq
19,470
Total
1 315,480
' 60,940
111,620
54650
29,360
1,130
26,260
, Ur f 01'
Pr e cd o in ± zi'ant
88.
36
43, 420
Bolgatanga
32, 840
Bawku
12,1C()
P
Total (Ghana
diar
Total.
l37, 800
226 g 6O
.+4j
60,, 85,
149,05
42:L,950
100270
,^-.....- ...M..
k._...!_..
0 __,..._.
shows/, he three regions of &nati wnr iuU
is mainly grown, the number god percentage o:: h v oc.-c, g,.:
Table 529
crap anti its Me z area ;ear° hoJ der
Wk
J
'^^ C- i;'T^rm a `^+ C-'' ^^.4 I ^ ^et? ^ ^ ^ p
AREA PER H O LDPR
D
'r
HHolders with
strie
ni Di
Distri
i.6 Je
lN D
{^^ i r
ry
}
%of Total
„
o dens
.I. c s N
g
Mean ar
.^ ,n
70'”
5
917,010
69
DamOnge-S lager
20.080
59..4-
3O
Yendi $a sta
14,130
648
.," s
Yendi West
:8,83O
86.6
Tamale
243i0
60.2
Gambga
1 P 660
19,990
886
1
^^^ ^ t}^
W
o
2!
'° WeJL
17
W
R
2,400
.
32
4
2.6
^re
.,.
22
a
` m
^J f°
MEMO
olgatanga
w
E..
82,590
68J
27
4O.890
746
2.6
3822O
60:L
,
9
3 480
awku
:total(Gh
:,^
1°
L, ira-TUm
.a)
1
.9S
$
9
0
4
2.6
i
4^
i0
n
About seven-tenth of tue holders in t he f o Bern.n Upper
Th e mean onto pew;,
East and Upper West Regions grow mi1let
der ranges from 05 acres (Wa Dis r1ct) to 4 ^2 ac=
ana, xe
D strict), The mean area per bolder or 3:,,.-- e_° in
•
I
er r
•
.r `^"
7
y
r a
The R t_Croq
Cassava is the moat widespread root crop grown in the COUntT
'nd forms an important part ef the Rtaple diet. Table 5.3.1
presents its area classified into area planted pure or predominantly with cassava and the area with cassava grown as a subsidiary crop in crop mixtures.
- ARIA UNDER ASSAVA BY DISTRI.CT
p Y TT
TNG
AREA DNDU CASSAVA ACUS)__
Pure or
RfLion and Distrit
Predominant
Subsddiaf
107,800
230,270
33F,070
Axim-Takoradi
29,190
66,650
Tarkwa
299260
22,440
95,840
51,700
Asankragwa
29,970
68,810
98,780
Wiawso
19,380
91,750
Central Re7ion
28,460
72,370
71,260
Cape Coast
1,270
35,840
Essiam
8520
33,230
4.1750
Dunkwa
8,170
,7,810
6 M80
Swedru
10,500
41,380
54,880
Greatercra
Ac Re ion
13,530
1030
28,560
Greater Accra
13,530
1!,030
28,560
Eastern_ataion
53,260
19C970
244,230
Akim Oda
24,460
32620
56,080
Asamankese
5,870
30,520
Koforldua
4,640
5:000
36,390
q 0.4,n
13,580
42020
56,500
660
24,'90
25,450
4,050
76,620
%20
160,°50
13,370,
237,180
Sogakope
11,250
33,40
44,660
Reta
17,060
10,0
27,810
Ho
11,720
9,0
2350
83,20
112,650
240,10
34,450
14,20
40,210
Western P,LLion
Akosombo
Kibi
Mpraeso
oIt
ReLi9n
7,230
Kpando
jasikaII-Ket
Yrachi
4SSLRR
Xumasi West
29,A60
124,280
25;960
5
193,720
20,
e y-
i
4
Lc
U
i
&tLQJ
Pere or
PTe Onai n a Z1"&
ji d
Su si
Ia
"
o..
Kumasi ast
22,170
Bekwaj
`€.
n 49Q
2774O
46230
Obuas
19 3 20
21s 30
40t 950
6,360
49 270
00 9
Juaso M gong East
9 320
490
3
30
i pong West
20, 400
83.073
Of 'i_nso-Te pa
11,560
34,910
45,470
13^.Ir . hafo .R ion.
68,050
92, 540
360, 590
6,84.0
4946O
56320
10 9 880
54, 1 0
65. 690
Dormaa
Winc hi West
4,820
56,930
61,750
9,640
59,380
Wenchi East
29,650
51,650
69,020
81,500
6, 22 0
20,090
26310
21,710
214,080
235,790
Daeongo- _aga
5,430
55,120
60,550
Yen&t East
Yendi West
1,410
40.590
42,000
520
36,E 460
36,980
14,350
60,060
94,410
50
1,850
1,50
300
330
1,515,210
2,008,920
Goaao
Sunyani
At bub
No rt her.ra
aa
Tamale
G mba a
-
''p
East Re Ion
_Total (Ghan i)
493,710
As stated earlier, all crop area figur es given in this
report refer to the total area on ground as in mid 1984 The
fore in the case of cassava which is a long durat 3, on crop, the
. figures given above refer to the total area
::.Fva • S
stood on ground in mi d 1984, and not e rely to the area r ¢ ...t
or to the area harvested in 1984e
The above table revels that 75 per cent of the are as
cassava had this crop only as a s ubs dia y crop grown Ixed a
other crops.
prr,lent
Tabl
totl
1Pvel
i.,_ sava grown eithr ae pure, predoataant or subsidia77
rpercentage distribution.
-
Pf R} TC1
Total Area
Western
)38,070
Central
Greatr Accra
199,720
28,560
Eastern
244,230
Volta
23791E0
1
364,450
360,590
AslAxti
Brong Ahafo
235,790
Northern
pper.East
i
330 H
1
Upper West
1
_
Total (Ghana)
t-
2,008,920
100.0
About 36 per cent of the total area under cassava is concentrated in Ashanti and Brong Ahab Regions and virtually no
cassava is grown in the Upper West and Eaat Regiona.
ab
Table
5.3.3
shows by district the wambe of h.oldr growing
cassav a and thir percentage . The mean cassava area is also
sbown.
Table 53m -
VFP n
TACE CF ECIDERS GROWTRG CASSAVA
lieLUER
KND'A_REA 71
Holders with
Cassava
CA 1U
Area
Eolder
.Eolde
1.81,800
88.2
2.9
Tarkwa
41,790
96.5
1.2
Axim-Taoradi
39,600
81.2
A na °..
Ti,9S0
u.0
Tiawr3o
62,430
E8.2
86,7i
85,.6
9401
Re/7Ion and. Dictrict
Western Reg, on
188).060
Cape Coast
EsitAM.
32,550
44,360
71
fi
7
1,1
0.9
_° .^1 ^5 „ d.,^.
^5,.
^J' .
r i c t _.^,:.a-
0
L
8^
^` a--e
A S E"'x
A c ra Reg, k
%2
m
L
4996o
Asarnank
39 380
11
'
3
67.
926
01Q
2..,,-
Aidni Oda
F
56210
931
KA.be.
15Q49
8g.
Mpra^' 30
:a, 5g610
84,10
2.0B; 640
760
45230
87J.
26480
180
402
36420
78,6
37090
Bare 5
6372O
A, 6'
285,160
^7
40 3100
927
43,210
6
Ho
Kp anado
e e Krachi
kan
k.
at
a 3
l,.
9
11
h
ti
'e
4124O
B k ai
y
, '
,^eso^ bo
e Aa sa
^
®
49,340
Sogakope
0
.6
ofor dua
Kum a
£;
.673
.?
22•601Q
.1
n-I
7&0
3278Q
Great e ra ,,IkccrR,
ja
n
1A L' an L
S
i
?410
^^ r e a;
A
r ^,
57
e' ",qa
tea.,-+
3
LA
L
,??^ a s s a55,
w. , . k '3' R
s
3
Bar
'q
.^C^4.
a
d
09
1110
g
.L m S,
;91
0
'I
.
13
.
`^.
r
,, i a
^^
0 ua i
27 44
Ju ,3o'm :ampo ng Fait
38310
89t'
Mawpog West
55 020
925
A a, 9
39650
5
8 2"
12
.
0 .fin3o- T ppa
16802o
30,1201
G"orad.sc
3o0
cN L^
72a'1
64'b
^^F
Doriaa
We3 hi Wt
Wrxc:hI
Eat
,bb
iTc
rflR$fl
YnLt Eut
3
35870
21
13290
325
67670
484
20,980
1286O
624
,Oh
'^
3,
3'7•
mis
a" ^.° va
G
5
20
44
90
i.^.
Y:
fe ry. a*
r
t
276 GO
^}.:F
'^^
ii(ider,
_
6A
Tamale
Gambaga
rut,
sa a
21,960
Upper West Region
Zean icea
h
54.4
760
ti ,
200
0.6
Lawra-Tumu
,0
Total (Ghsna)
1, 358,3 60
Almost cevanty-thref per cent of the holdeT in Ghana grow
cassaTa. in most distrii-ts in Central * Eastrn, Ashanti and
Volta Regions, their per,.entage is more than 80, but it ie quite
low in the Northern and l'pper Regions.
Yam is another . maj , ,r root crop which la grown both as
subsistence and cash, cro: , Table 5.34 givs itH area in Durs
and pr dominant ,stand as well as th area grown Inixed with other
crops with yam ocmpying a significant proportion,
ablt53.4_- ARIA_ 'NDR. YAM BY DISTRICT ;aD EY T: ALTIM TYPE
District
WesternRion
Axim-Takoradi
Tarkwa
Aeankragwa
Wiawoo
pmtral ReeLisn
Dunkwa
Swedru
Other Areas
Estern
Akim Oda
Aaaaankese
Reforidua
AREA UN DR YAM
'C R,
Pre or
P:edominant
Subeidiary
45,660
1,460
i q
7
190
20830
2088
3
23,180
23,1E0
4,190
1,120
4,190
2410
190
v, n
p ql
660
6C,
22770
22, 770
6,920
29310
19120
3*6&0
tkosoWoo
, Mpraso
45,660
' 49C
fJ
920
7 310
1,,120
366o
6 2 5G
ART
ur e
31,750
UNDER
r^
lfi
..,,
:ii 5 i oQ
So ak ope
s^ 6
zeta
Ho
1 4
Kp:ando
Jasikan Ke lp e I ac'.ii i
Ash 1-^
a ^.
i.
,.-
Re:
Kumasi W*s't
.4 0
670
6 9 620
16030
46860
70
4l30
3
Hu ici. Bast
l0
Bekwa.I
CD u a ci
«J uaso .NampOn East
ong West
b
620
a
9.790
^^49
i4570
53i0
2,700
0f . n so T ppa.
140,, 00
55 060
G Can
280
7 380
Sun y .n..
Y.»Cd@.J
DDor m aaa
a,2
v0ii
38, 26O
Weiie11i. 'east
6 6i
]•,rr;r,r
WWe iehi East
i973
i973O
2220
Atebub u
7 4 9 89
2 4.80
134 D 210
Damongo S laga
45350
Yendi. Bast
34 $ 7
Yendi West
25190
Tamale
28 570
GamF.
a ga
2
200
1,.2 020
`-
390
5. 910
9, 40
6 680
331,69O
2820
Ya
,a ah mra T imp.
Total (GrpAna)
A,
About eixty por oat f the area 'under yam is folmil ither
in pure 8t2nd or as a prc dominant crop in a ml :.turn of cropE;
and about twos" ;hi
of yaA cultivation_ is ooncentrated in Brong
and Northern Regigns
A Aaro
The number of holders growing yam and their pe
ntagF arc
pre toted below in Table 5 3, 5. by district,
Tabl e
PERUENTAllE _OF He ER S GROWING- I ,M AND .A REA PRP HOLI
r
Holders with
Yarr
and.
Axim-Takoradi
A s akragwa
PS . 4€0
13.8
1s 0:;0
2.1
10, 560
24.4
0.5
2
Tarkwa
P
nn
awso
16, 610
23.5
1 A
Centra
4, 6O
2.0
2,0
2.2
0,8
2.8
1®2
¶1 9Q
1,1
1.1
9, :a0
7.8
1.2
is 6O
2.4
A
Swedni
Other Areas
ksamankess
3,
5.6
8,5
Koforidua
1,440
2,6
8
AR o sombo
7, Y/0
11.9
08
13.?,
I .6
pra so
2, 't90
1,710
26 ;20
9.4
1.4
1.7
1,1)0
2.1
Aki in Oda
:Volt a RsElpn
o galc op e
r,
9.8
Keta
77
2 s 8)O
6.5
0 5
Jasikan-Kete EraQhi
19, 10
29.0
7., 0
Ashanti_ II t f ion
460'M
14.3
1 .3
2, 3(0
6, OW
5,3
134
Bekwai
12, 90
30,2
ObuaBi
3, 6b
1/.2
9 „ 21)
21,5
Ew4ndc
Riu_nasi West
K
um
asi
st
p
Jua so 1_4Dp rig East
'Qmpong West
Offin 50—T
41)
2
5
261
GG
i8
tl
0.6
2,1
q
4:1
1.2
a
:
x
l°
A.h e`.s o
^.'a.
31 . }!
n
e
vi
36 e+ ti;
1 7 t.
:
c
West
Wench. Ba.it
14.
.hl
231
19 4
n
38'.6
24
Oki
47O
32
3 80
14v 1 ;0
At ebubu
s.,>
.-y
mo
9
t
i)xy
#F
24
to
9720
Dormaa
^
t
6? ^a
3 i60
.n.i
'9 'en
^^
91620
Goaso
°
with
e,9
10
^,'
we
60,350
4,
^. v7
4
24
^
_
43
°^
2
Danox go Saiaga
16,740
4955
` endi. East
1356O
622
West
10,86O
50U
23
17, 000
42,x....
` .5
end
Tamale
Gambaga
T1
RiOi
Wa
10,430
4880
Law r a-Twnu
Total(
ll
.-1 an a )
28
2 6
_fit„
337
455
274
5, 55O
-..
.
1
9
2. 190
x Wee
Y F4
»,.,w....,....^
...._.:
O4o
ec
5 7
_,....=..,av,..,
....-._-
il
3
—
About f fty
three i er cent of holders growing yam in G
are found in the Brong Ahafo and Northern Regions. More the
thirty
v per cent of holders in each of the two regions mow y
g^.ion hs the bighest mean area per holder in
Region
The
country
the third major root crop popularlyr groa In
It a..^u?ea is presented by district in Table 5.3,6 in wh .ch, I
yam in the previouss tables, tguree for the area of cocoyam
Co
y
ca . ma is
mixed with oilier cropsinclude the whole area of all fields
t amount of coccy =
contained a significant
Tab
A
)
0
y
T11,7
AJV
t
h 7;g
or
,
-
AREA ON
Pure 07.
Predominant
L
Region and District
Western Replan
Axim-Takoradi
r
Puk.-.• AN n
-7
fThm •
Su N sidiar
7'
MtP1
.
260
17r)
2,870
1569956
3, 040
E.,:.()
8640
Asankrawa
Wiawso
44,330
102,940
65 047,450
48,300
2,020
2,020
11,420
.11,420
Cape Coast
Essiam
850
Lunkwa
fi
9'3,420
9 520
2fatul_EREIRa
"
CMOYKI(1,,07).-,'`
4,690
Tarkwa
P'
26,890
7,120
Swe(1ru
nTh
I
2
070
133,060.
13513°
260
45,340
4,5 600
AsamanIcese
14,360
1. 4
Yoforidua
38,040
38040
540
22,080
22,620
1,050
8,330
9p380
220
4,910
470
50,450
Ho
160
4,740
, rNn
Kpando
310
6,500
, 810
38,830
38, 830
380
380
38,050
276,45Q
314 5Q0
2,830
29,150
Kumai East
1,260
28,160
31 9 966
29 , 420
Bekwai
6,330
32,780
Obu?,si
960
32,200
Pn
5,870
52,870
8 , 740
16,710
66,720.
83, 4 30
4,070
19 050
34,570
250,770
900
71,680
8,180
84,650
140
46,110
4. 6 ,
13,360
13,6
34,970
44,470
Ahim Oda
Akosomho
iti
Mpraeso
olt
EL9m.
JaAkan Ye-tie Krachi
Otht)r .Areas
.. dlaa nLAMLCa
Kumasi West
juaso-Marpong East
Mampong West
Offinso Teppa
Br2LE Ahafo_Reg„lon
Goaso
Sunyani
Dormaa
Wenchi Wst
Wench' East
Atrj)ubu
Total (Ghana)
9,500
65,1
912,44.0
ri
60
38,640
38,
269, 82.0
g
)(
0
Rud Upper es n^`; ion
r
in t;he c ountr as a hol e , about ni.n..ety three per cent c_;'
area under cocoyam has ibje crop g rown as sa? aiCia y to other
crops
n on the sate li e ch T irty— three , `d r s ;a: of i
grown
total area in the country i.s located In the Isho
hegn
Table 5® .7 showss by district the n t1ber and f:s ercen.t 'e
grow
ow cocoyam.
holders
1,
{
. . ^ .. .
`L3
Western
ll
,.`
@^
1 ^.,A s._L.
i :S `. rV
}r
71 6r.^—',..
HLDER
Re&i
on
98 970
.Axi -Takoradi
1,630
Tarkwa
9 350
A sa y. a.b:agwa,
20,580
S awa .
67, 4l0
s
42 , 080
ex ual Re ion
1l20
Cape Coast
r"s 1 aiu
13,420
Dun w .
21, 7 90
<Swed ru5,750
Easter ;.et on
118,700
Akin. Ocia,
38,420
Asamankese
1 , 950
R.o 'o: .dua
00 260
21, 360
kosoiubo
R .0 .
5,210
Mpraeo_o
1,500
Volta Rgion
7,120
Ho
6,900
Kpau o
8, 980
Jasikan-Ket e Xrachl
480
Other Areas
w:a .aj.iti P
30,760
io
o
237 0 8 60
Kwsaai West
29,060
an
, . of
41,080
l:a ^s..:7
r
^
, P t ; la-
a
,
^.s l.
11:.V
\.e .., ] ^-i lti
.e... D,.,a
li
A)
.
e ^^
1,)ort2a_y„.n,„d
Holders With
ooC 0
r,
t al
-0
Bekwai
34,410
tbuasi
20,360
Juaso-Meopong East
35,700
g
ampong West
43,370
Offthoo-TepDa
33,880
706
106,100
42X
Goaso
357380
84,7
Sixnyani
30,140
60.1
Dormaa
19,850
3.5
15,0
Ar017.0•10.R.ELqm,
Wenchi West
4,600
Wenchi East
16,130
650,830
Total (Ghana
P r Bolder
35.2
oS
About'36 per cnt of the total number
eopyam
holders gro itY1
in the country are located in Ashanti Region, about 161
cent In the Eastern. Re -Lion. and about 16 per cent in the Drong Al
Region In Ashanti. Reion, more than u
)
per n 01. the holdm
cultivate oceoyamm
sweet otatoe are grom in Ghana
On ti wan
ne
e, maiy
in the Tolta, Wrong hharo and Northern Regions. The total area
nnder the crop is estimated at about 14,800 aore6,
grown
RS
a subsidiary to other crops in the urops
5A„ The Pulses. and 'rate
Grbun
-
is - an impOrtant each crop in the northern part
the country. Table 5.4.1 shows tae area of groundnuts elasaifiet
into the area grown pl,re or predominantly with eroundmute and .t1
area with this crop g:-ovin as a eubsidiary crop
in
tLe
Mik
ture.
Tabl e 5 4 .vi. AREA - ER GRM
R iOn and ,District
ylata
4 sh ant LRer,i0n
pr
ktx a C. o_
DN UT
S BY '_DS ST TICT
t-are or
Predominant
—
24060
24,020
32,850
0
6,960
3,230
PLANT TG
t
,P
A,
or
U
NJ)1 R G ROT^I U DNUT S
s
I:
{
_ f 'TSa
P re
ou
Northern
].t f .L^. ^ ,
-^,t
a
l25450
$^L^ SJ i": ,J
^^_,^...
l2840
:D iao u o S la a
go
,
)
1IQJ30
Y en±x. , East
2, 420
l ^ 300
Ynd1 West
570
i2489
13050
A
350
63 21.0
tei 4,!
3,
200
25
a
1Jd
rry
.
'tr
i
Gaaf ba.ga
perWestEeion
Lawra
1
4
_x.
Nav ron ,o
6050
4 883
10. 970
400
460
86o
420
10,070
34
m
4
44 570
15RVka.
14.,650
LY
.
5
0
3
440
Muo
3 570
maronr^.,
a. ,` m..ss
17
1'
^,
4.0
2340
,x:^ar
i9
720
7 5 0
s,
s... "
)
. „ s,
car 51 ,
l230
wRe:®seua^s^,^,w
Total( ha a
8260
270
.no .! gatanga
a
of Ghana
'^ M
6
093
93490
R
5 3
$90
5 ^ 650
T mu
East
u 4
Rest
"5.F
1,
` a,
—
I4040
k
l2740
5a
430
nsa.-j
.,seem a^.we..p^.m
3
$
About 27 per cent of the total area ux h:.. % onndnut i'a
foundin .he Upper
Region and another37 por cent in the
Northe .u. Region
rowing tracts th a
Table 5 4. 2 shows for the main greundnuts
number C t holders cultivating groundnuts .d.
cent oget]
with th mean area per holds,,
'_ ab.1 e ^
:° C'
""
T
,
TD ^^1
HOL .^ R^.J ld " I: LOIjJ a NG G, LQUIN 7^i'f &.i rTS .0
RTt
P, ,
...: TJl
^,-,. .^_ I . ji ,
1 :
,
1..-.,s3-
...
'llde
! LLL ,..
t
ms.^
,W
Rejon
Volt
o r.^
o °?^
i` tr
a
A..ai
or
Rein
.^Re r
°ra ve .ct
` itli
ia
l
s
9
^J
F
^
d
T
€
sl
. ^,'V.r
Ax
aLo^r
l6460
5 2
..
1.6
32680
12.9
57,
k
.,
7.
3 2 ,, 6
14, 2 7 0
West
0O
, 7O
467
33, 550
83l
11,790
Tl .<
5
-
:Le6
ll08O
Z a T
9
7.5
.1i East
YndI
X3
3
2060o
B0 1t 30
3
D,e. an&0^ alaga
a
B
e a
'v
2,5
0-0
Ae icciOn and IiietlAc,
upo
,
west
RP'riOn
Groundnuts
16t320
1,920
A4,';)
0,4
144.00
( L,L
0,7
100,860
83,2
1.0
Navrongo
40,890
74.6
1.0
Bolgata.nga
52v770
c z
1
0.9
14
6 4V
WR
Lawra- Tualu
E' F On
EERftr - . F:
Eawku
7,200
Rest of Ghana
3v610
T
n. an, a )
t
271
460
About three-fourth of the holders growing growichnxtB livc in
the Northern and Upper ff.tgion9. The mean area zerh_old2 large
in. Gamb a, Tamale and the Bawku districts.
The cultivation. of Beans iS mostly confine to Northern,
3
Upper East an Upper West Regions6hown in. Table 5,4.3 below. The
figures for the area containing beans mixed with other crops incl.;.
the entire area of fields that grow this crop to a significant
xtent.
Table
4
3
ARE UNDER BEANS BY DISTRICT ZD
AREA UNDER BEANS (ACRES)
and strict
Northern Reion
1 Pure or
i Predomina2it
650
Damongo-Salaga
Total
61,110
5,73'0
Yendi East
7r
,
4 , 46
' end' West
Tamale
e
-v-13
0(
Gamlaga
-
2
n
4 70
.112,W17 —TUIIM
2PD,TK.
N av rong o
2B0
31, 510
31.790
110
2';5,490
1 225,600
110
6
11';
Bolgatanga
. tea
4rt
,40
Bawk-o.
R3t of Ghana
1
'
0g 0
;
—
0
14
.tir';
p
e
9
'
4
e
&'
diaiyC s.. o -o
i-ii grown
Aboni:
`3
-
i , a .. n,-4 W .,
£s^z
of t"I'lei ' tota . 4 e a
R e g:LonA Ano ;hem 29 per o uit , found
We'-et Reg1.on
Table
ow thenumber of holders
wing beat m and
their percentage in the different district
ior1 and District
h.!rfl
i ^O
on
w
t
o.^c.r
^f
Beans W^. ^u
$3,690
.^r
Rol "
^, ^ I Mean
r
,:
^_L
et ^
455
.t...., '
06
DarnongoSa1aga
9,990
29
Fend. East
8 24. 0
37P 80
Yendi West
17830
82O
Tamale
18,170
450
L2
6
2.1
Genb aga
•
9 , 460
:s
s.
^e' ^1
19,770
3,040
Wa
Law ra^Tumu
L' p er as I:t_
Na-vro
o
olgatanga
Rest of Ghana
63 a;.(
28
16,730
826
19
82,040
677
,t
40,100
73e
2,4
37,310
4,630
Bawku
a
42 .
5;
34,160
3Q
5, ®`s
2.2
38
About 41 per cent of the total number of holders growing
beans are found in the Upper East Region,, an d the mean area per
holder is also highest in this region.
in- i .
s3a _
:°fir .9-r
` ure of crops, as revealed by Table 5 4 5 which shows its area
classifiedd Into pure Or p ° do : nant stand . and subsidiary stand. 1
Bambara beans 10 Frown mostly as a
a n More of Crops.
O 5 0 V,
/ r -:,
- AREA UNDER BAnARA BEKNS
TYPE
_ ARFA_UNDR
-P
LLL2Lnal;
,LEST
Li
PLi,NTA
4--(ACP7)
BANDA.
Tr
Rezion
and District
_
.. ,
VpRer
East
RoLion
"
164,770
1.64777)
Navrongo
Z
8 240
48,240
Boigatanga
U950
31,950
Baku
84,580
84,580
Rest of Ghana
600
'li cit
600
(Gh
a)
3,140
167910
167, 310
About 98 per cent of the area under the crop is ftund in the
Upper East Region.
Tht number of holders growing bambara beans and their parcentage are presented in table 5.4.6 together ith the luan are
"f
r
holder.
6
Tabl
,
, ,sra.lon and
HOODED Lls
District
,
GROWIFG EA SARA BEOS
HolderTkith
Bambara Beans
AREA l'ER HOLDER
1C-6f Tow.)
r,
an. .Arpa.
Ljaer. .holder
Holderc
URIsr East RegLRa
62,520
516
2. 6
Navrongo
27,790
1.7
Bolgatanga
33,880
50.7
58. 6
0.9
850
Bawku
Rest o Ghana
Total (Ghana)
1,830
350
---------3.5
Upper Past Region accounts for nerl 97
/,)
4
e-nt of th
7
holders growing bambara beans.
5.5 v.eilttables
Vegetable and fruits though not grown extenive1 7 , a
.
of
importance in various parte of the country. For vegetables, the
same piece of land is often cultivated a couple of times during the
year, and the area is counted each time of jt cultl.vation,
4
r
T ^-'F
ato ^ 3
a mixture of
are grown
era 5s
l
@1 a oEA- £,n ;1 i.
as shown
fl I? 'A T I ER
°t;: 3 .`?
as
:.rO
ly
:'"w.f riic
g Q
REGI
BY
TO ATOES
ON i}
BT
PE
S
AREA
_
?r
„i re or
Predominant
Region
ar
Total
y
730
We stern
^^ A 2 30
Central
300
18 480
320
26, 90
240
4,160
Volta
1440
90
17,890
Ashanti
4 860
1703O
19030
21, 890
,
B,i- ng
1,010
83 X 670
84, 680
610
16400
16,710
1,140
1440
- ° y^
Greater A e
ra
Eastern
Ahaf a
Northern
Upper East
U
pp
er
42 v
49
, a
West
Total (Ghana)
9,710
L
^
43 9 j
d, 4b
0
228@O8O
237,790
About 39 per Cent of the area wider tomatoes is in brong
Aha.fo Region while westerna Region accounts or 18 pr :en t.
Table
5
2 shows the number of holders grow ng
o f s . r.
the different regions and their percentage together with the :.pal,
area per holder,
folders with
Rion
Western
Tomatoes
of Totai
Holde o
1533
Central
31,510
19,430
Greater Accra
10,
21®3
350
7 670
eari Area
k ` £ Ho1ej.e
184
8
.p
?
i
Volta
24430
88
-,
Ashanti
21,230
£8
g. 0
B. ong Ahafo
34,330
i36
.
2.5
5,480
39
400
O3
Na
rt
h e ..
Upper
Fast
Total (Ghana)
^h w 1)
299
020
1550.2O
a
t .n
3
I ,.
Pur e
6,150
-,g
ceu
L3- 40
62.0
ea te Accra
t
-,
7(U
1 12
64
ilk i
ban
290
-Jc)
org .Lhalo
10,960
/
7)er West
per as"
! _e,,,Q422.424.444+4_,
snz-
13, 560
1) f0
2, 110
•4
i
- cliar.,
•4,:.
3.7
1 0 r)
1 _180
950
n
760
1, 050
, 000
,, ,,
, Al
.-;
y ,,,,,u
2, 160
8. 470
290
19,120
1.9,260
I
1
-
7
7
150
1, 580 I
__.
. 6__:L_a2LL_L2LQ__L,_22 200 1 1. ,1.50
.
•
4
1 0
1
1
i
- 200
22,150
9,210
1
0.7
29170
0.7
i -I
1
i
I
1
14 0
0,7
1,3
Q
0,7
2Q
a
1
i
1
1
p
0. 5
0 .7
0„2
03
4
23
pr
"'•
5
0.6
a
1
the rn
,,
4•
-1 010
—
/2 390
1
860
I
ab
D,:z E-G GS
Gau
O K_ O
GEOZNG
—
an
101 de r s wi, th 70 of •fo t a2.1
777f
to
tali
te
an
poi ders wit
area
Holders
1
Garden
ll
area
ell
Holders
, 7
I 11080
!
3 U
,I
19, 070 1
240
69800
9 060
har, ta.
tal )11e
4k
1
HTa
[
, 53 0-
i
- z-
,
-
.
i
L7.! feral
s tern
'
18,830
?9700
150
1 , 58
,
70 T--
a /..', U177y_:72:3___
400
1
L?
260
`In
9 . 710
s terT,
i
5, 190 i
2 7/0 ii
5 0 40
1
1
1.
t: al.
. Iredomin an t,
_. To___
9,18.0 !
4.4...w•r4.4,,,•
,
,, 5 1
. . .___
_ v
7L zp:...,,L ±24y.L__Q1.._.__us)__.÷___2._1 . 3,21g, j
of
ta,
L..,.
0
OF
eater Accra
_
9 9 180
19 9 ,
'150
180 1
180
th R17]
sid
300
/
1
1
,LRE U-TN
_
A
1 n
2, 5
60
E11. Oia0
J9 • +-)u i/
90
2, 360
760
err-,
a
11 17 0
'6,820
2 290
s
oF A Tj1
Pure or
kredomin an t
_
Je
About 22 per cent of the tom ac
t .: rm
.. L it und
in
t
h e Brong Abate
e€ Lcui;
and in G
in the country are
t`^t
e
c
o-r., Region,
every fifth farmer cultivates tomatoes.
Table
5 533
cws the areaunle.r pepper, okro arth g ar .en
with theusual breakdown into pure or predominant plantings and
mixed plantings
For about two'th_ir • of it area,
pjpjr
is planted as a
cubs tid.iary crop in a mixture of crops. About 22 pe r . a" ot the
total area under pepper in the country is Mad in Ashanti. Region
The crop is grown on a very email scale in the Northern and, iJpper
vest Regions.
A total of about 65 2 9O acres is under okro cultivation
throughout the country ! of which 94 per cent contains okro as 0,
eubsidiary crop in crops m eurs The Northern Region s.c count s
for more than one - fourth of the area under okro in the country.
The area under rd n os in the Country totals 19J50e,er€
of which over on -fourth grows the crop as a subsidiary crop in
crops mixtures About half of the total area under garden eggs
cultivation is found in the Brong Ahafo Region ®
Table 5 5 4 shows the number of holders growing °: 6^^°, chro
and arden
p and the percentage of such holders in the di.fieren'
regions along with the mean area per holder.
are
There/a total of -61 4 40 holders cultivating .pepcer° throughtot
the country. Of this number, 22 per cent are found in Ashanti Re
1e "i.on
and 18 per cent in Greater Accra Region
An insignificant
unber of holders are found growing pepper i n the Northern and
st Regions
Of the total of 84., 2 0 holders cul NI. ating oars in.the nou u
per cent are in. Volta Region and 15 per cent in the Brong Ahafo
in the Greater Ac era Region, about 14 per cent of the
tc
:ai. number of holders cult vote Pkro in she Bas tern Region
A, comparatively small Dnw.be of holds're cultivata gwrdea 0
throughout the country. Of the total number of 27,130 holderL,
about 24 per cent are in the Central. Region. while atather 23 per
cent ere
).c)
the Western R.egion.
TrPe Cropp
Thin section gives information regarding the majDr
grown in Ghana and the area planted to these crops. No tr'e cour
was carried out during the census and as such cc estimate of thi.
tree population is given.
Coconut is of major Importance in the Western Region and of
minor importance elsewhere as shown in Table 5.6.1 which. gives
,
area under the two major classificatins.
Tab I e
56
1 - AREA UE DER CaO TT UT BY DI STRI UT
13:41
Resonand District
Lp
Pure oJ
Pr e d omin ant
L..
'17, 510
Axim-Takoradi
t
,t
T
Y Ni I,
cp_npl(EmQ
Su.b si di ar7
2, , 830
77, 510
400
Tarkwa
To al
i
130
77, 910
130
/
Asankragwa
Other Regions
2 9 580
8o
ia 0 OJ
Total (Ghana)
80,090
1,910
329 wv,
Ninety- - ive per cent of the area containing coconut tree
is within the Axim-Takoradi district where it is consjd
d a 2"ajc
cash crop; and about 97 per cent of its area grown it aE a pu,rE
crop or a predominant crop in crops mixtures.
As shown iu Tab? e 5.6.2 of the total of 18870 holaers havi
coconut on their holdings, about 83 per cent are located in the
Axim Takoradi district of the Western Region, and the number of
coconut holders constitute about 12 per cent of the total nurZber
of'holders in the district.
,^
a
u: i
J
.. ,
j L
FL
t
0
;ieefl
oNS.
ar
Rd derd
Y
Le
io
:cL m -Takara&t
p 0
322
far wa
290
.'t,
A.sank a ;wa
430
Other Regione
O4
7
O
3O
110
4 a .3
-
2, 440
P
Total
18
(Ghana)
p
870
able .6 ® 3 which g± re a ` the regional level the area and
osi.:. a1Iii tlra. e'i.f - d into
305
O2
half
the uaual Ca,
es
ai 'g$
a. ' F J` al o f
0 acresunder Oil palm cultivation
n i tha9:; cc; n Jrj & tb 'm^
of
this area i found in A han i Region and a $'g TSax.er 1 7 pe
cent in the Weetern Region.
A EAR
d
We
corn
District
3368O
Central
Eastern
Volta
A :E an't .I
B on ' Ahafo
Total ( ha
OIL PALM CACHES
Pure r
Predominant
P^
19 3 O
9,
S6
320
30$190
10.5 -0
1295O
5
00
i29900
15 4,;190
4,
60
539
730
!
28-A640
17. 070
146970
28:L0
440
30.
210,210
About 73 Per Cent of the area under oi l Pal. is i n lure eta
or contains it as a pr°e eom n xnt crop in
t he
xtnre ol craps
Table j n 6w r shows the number ofho1der g
and their rercentago in the diffcren't di tri.c s 3
- A ^y
&0 ,
si
,"?
4
Oa 2k-1,
Re E 1 On
0
1
o rff 1,1'1
g
1 Pal l
Weeter4
23,050
C -ri .tral
1 1 ,250
Eastern
11,290
4 s he
,
g
1
8 550
Volta
14,760
Ashanti
Drong Abarc
Tota -1
"
(Gh ana )
)n
r,
1
74,2 2 0
Thirty-one per cent of the holders growing ail palm are
W o stern. Region and another 20 per cent in Ashanti "eg.1Q.a.
tb
The highest mean area per ha der for oil palm
Ash P_nti Rgion where th utean arca per holder is 9.8 acres.
Of the 822,970 acres under plantain as shown in Table 5.6
below, 625510 acres or about 76 per cent have this crop as a
subsidiary . to other crops in the mixture. About one-third ;f
area is in Ashanti Region while about 16 -per ent As in Ei,stera
Reion.
AREA UNDER PLANTAIN . BY DI ST RI C T AN D BY PLAE T G
Table
Re s7 ton Rnd
AREA UNDER PLANTAIN (kORES)
Pure or
2::::::i ,,7
SU L FJ. dlail
eq20, 11= t
45
Axim-Tak..oradi
2.100
,7,)
j
Y
p
040
6
1,190
1
32
,'..?
230
Tarkwa
Asankragwa
16,970
Wiawso
26,450
l
Centra Reion
2780
Cape Goast
Lssiam
330
1
A
, ,,,.80
Dunk.via
420
Swedu
550
!
5
30
1
2,030
1
1 180
,,
'
177 T 5 1 0
.
'' 'i
r
R-4 UOU
.1" -:
,]
7 e)
n 7,.-,
.„, ,,
'')
1
:.. 7,-
4, 060
4,390
5 640
7,320
15, 370
2
4., 4 ?0
.
1- 5, 7 S&
49j
^^ aye
,^ ^
s
^..,
^
..
''
EA
TJNDL
Y0
Pears or
..
a s n
? j
11
f
97,130
R
Akiw Oda
24480
10,46
Aamankee
16.,470
1,130
88
K io i t ua,
.A a o o b'c
13,690
5,090
50
18,18
3,820
1)J°ais
Volta
i.
A.^p. a
on
w
^
i
s
i West
KumasiBast
'
33,920
aaa
e, wai
d
^
2,660
21,590
590
79,080
193,5:10
5,030
21,830
2,130
9,970
30
2:.3, 9660
13,
12,570
8g>
JuasoMaaipon
22 680
36,870
M
12,370
40,780
10,470
39,350
32,6 40
149,660
1Q, 810
34,620
6,860
61,100
5,540
30,410
Wen h l West
1,090
5n 53
East
8,340
8, 00O,
9
pong Wee-
Of1inso Te
p
a
°n
aso
Sunyani
raiaa
Wrich
heat o f Ghana
74
Total (Ghana)
The number of
1,400
"i 6
197,460
who grow
oid
'a
s^
625,310
7 r
, M s=i 1,.
e
o
and their°im co n°t . e -±og the with the ea area -per h l 'ex a
ahown in Tab1 5. .6
Tabs 5, 6 6 -- HaLDERS WIT H, PLA TiJN AND AREA PER HOLDER.
} ,
d.ers with
Pl antamx!
73,710
&ziwTakOradi
T x'k a
5 70
;
.0
1
970
per ,
w.
35
117
2^
4
s tri ct
iZeZtoki KckA
9
sankramTa
C
----„,
'p ti x t -..,
HO dero
. olde:re vq-_ tn
Plantain
4 nn
oo
32 , 9,0
ral Re c-.1
29,780
Meau :s3.rk:.-,.,
55.7
46.5
6
13.7
10
294-20
6.4
1,
"issI.Mit1
7e 960
16.9
Dankwa
13:850
22.5
S we d.nt
550
'ape Oriaot
51
7
8
0
0
0w
d
e
65,650
26.9
1
24,300
1, I
119620
47.9
27 5
Zof dua
7,060
12.9
1
ko s omb 0
6,6q0
11 .1
0. 6
nbi
8,160
47.2
Mprae so
7,820
42.1
21,080
7.7
2
188,830
60,2
1.4
20,570
47,3
I, 3
0amas1 East
20,850
46.4
0®6
Be
33,820
79.1
.1
Obuasi
19,830
60.5
470
B2.6
aulpong West
289150
47,3
Of fin s o-T epp a
30,14-0
62,8
73,440
29.1
lt,Q;JL„.
f,kim Oda
LM
A sem wOr e
AnnILITE,Jan,
Kmna si West,
Juan`.` o Man ong East
b
Lri2rL
0 Re
1
0
g
,
s;.
3 ,#
Flo
23,060
Szn y an).
25, 840
51.6
2.6
rala a
12,840
28.2
4
Go
W
en chi West
2,360
Wenchi Ea et
9,340
2.0
1
21.4
Rest of Gham
Total, (Ghana)
6
0
453,520
9
4. ",
0V
1
t
' n.,..a
a.3
of the
plantain on the i r
a C.^, `^
e
f
l
:'.1 i?On
f
t vote i .*e?.
^
g
r o f t1^,^
r
.
r . di. e
in pact e
N + `^ie^rr°
1 t "::
^i: R-
anta
6 s. c ,ddb e
g
_ na;.4 b e. .
o-1 .
e
n . .s
t.
Y.,e
^ ^ ^'
fl 5
^^ .^
/1
u
^
^P.E,M1
„v ^ ^
'i
e
9 o
s
^h S ..:t
hO t du:^_ .,
of
Ashanti
of
'4`^ •
i
q q,
r
,E,.i.6 ^ ^9, ^ds
5
areaper
^ e b
CYsk e
o
r l' ^q 6eo:
.^'.
„
rt'" yr^ t
4
_ 4
i
of
^ ^^c „ cs.p.
e ^°
i". e..., 6y ^
t
,^,
u.
rice
c
.^y
t.A
.
Y ^'^ f,^
aces.
Sugar case is a each crop of'a'a jor ..k pOr Wane .lu two area
tha rrod.ueesugarcane to feed the two sugar otortee at feutuar o
an
d
K
e.
da
These
two factorise are Cam.' e
and b y suroane pr oduced by
iced
b y rl .
ao
with
a
u arc ei.e also grown o n a
n .. e of the iac o r iesA
w,"_ - .
by h. _ .der a either for hole oonsumption or for sale i n the local
the
oI. .,t
growe c who
"
. L re
Yc acket as cane.
shows the area of sugarcane grown and t h e nu aabcr
of holders growing the cro p .. Woo given is the .eae area r e
Table 5. 6:s7
w
i{
o
d._,n,_A..v
Holders Growing
Re
ion
..r
L
c ne
- a 'gym-
^ G rL
f
Area of
can Area pr
a
sly€ arcane
C,F
Weateru
4 910
7 560
central
5t 30
5430
'?``
_.
e
;
's n
Greater Accra
Eastern
670
260
0®4
2 20
25o
.9
Volta
5, 9 Q
6p 0'00
CD
i 3O
b
1 36u
3, 0 4 0
9 230
24500
32390
Brong
0
Ahafo
Total (Ghana)
j
r
,.
0 el
3„ 0
There i s a total o f 3 290 acres unde:c sug ='r'ear ” throughout
the co` ?tr- y of which 9, 230 acres or 28 per cent is found in Brong
A hafo Region
A total of 74 500 hol den produce sugarcane out of which
24 per cent are located in Volta Reg..ioz
u
The mean area per holder ranges from 04 acres in r ater.
y
cra Region to 3.0 sores in Brong kb. d f "i Region wit ;J, the national
can area per ho]dsr at 13 acre,,.4
e ,a .
y
6
f
<
a^"
COMPARISgN pF_ESTI. TR
',4 . -rp.:, 197 AM) 8'4
6.1. .1ntroductjon
Tn. this chapter ao. attempt ha8 been made to compare forte
cppflug years 1970 and 1984 the estimates for a few major it ea.
such as (a) number of holders, (. b) lumber of holdLags
siLe and
(e) areas of selected important crops. Possible explanations fer
variations have also been given,
6,2, hode, s_and Boldins
Table 6.1 shows comparatiwe figures of the number of holders
Fstimated for the years 1970 and 1984.
T 812,
e
,Ar J_9_
84
-
Region
'esteTn
Central
No& of Holders
in
m
68,100
8 1 ,100
46,700
Greater Accra)
gastern
No. of Holders
in 1984
206,190
217,510
148,200
108,600
314p 5c4
252,469
Northern
i3 p D er West
61,200
139,900
30,960
Upper East
118,700
121,230
Total (Ghana)
050200
')
7
1
C'-7
2f
244,140
274,480
147,700
71,600
kffi.azAi
Brong di hafo
Percentage
Increase
t., ,,1
4Uk.4
J
152 &7
y
112.8
o,
128&6
r-, Q
1B5°029
At the time of the 1970 Census of Agricult e, Greater ;Aos-ra
egion was part of Eastern Region and ttie Upper West and East
gions were together.
The number of holders for the whole country shot up by 1298%
1984. A: patt of this increase is attributable to the rising_
l'opulation and increasing pressure on ,.and To a great extent it
I
o also due to the fact that there was drought and bilah-Pra iL0CRUSPd ccarety of
6. 311-,e throughout tho: country in 1983q
73
63
^^y
s
Compara.%l,vs :a gure
for
-
y
i_ - ; ' a.rc
1°70
a.!-.,?^a ;: ven are
an
for
the
1°34 are g1 en
the
tc percentagee
Area under
Central
change
ce
by
Region .
between
s3 table _-: '.
Ithe ho
Area Under a ee
19 2 F10
164.
901000
19L 780
:L22
cera)
Greater
Tbfis" :' Jw.
v 000
73
s` C.OtC:'l1
area =
10 7 10
2- O.d..
volt a
161,000
.081000
k» ; anti
116 000
219430
Brong Ahafo
121,000
29 , 240
Eaotern
A o
f
whe
y
50',
149, 000
mI
Upper Weet
24,100
82,000
Upper East,,
j oo
900000}
(c ana)
^5»
10 1,, 31
1,787 470
AREA UNDER RI CE I N 1970 AND Ii?
Table 64
Area Under Rice
in 1970 (Acres
011
Area Under
We tern
14,000
35,420
Central
2,000
3,4 .0
Greater
:^i 3__cr,
.. 5l&
00
J cc°ra 3
3,000
i o _v t a
16,000
2, 870
I"
As tan t i
10,000
9,350
prong Ahab
13,000
29)670
128Q2
Northern
36,000
JJy ^^f
1
Eactern
t
U , per Bad
T
han O )
42,000
136,000
a
6,430
110,2 0
TIN
•
A. rea Under ,sassalra AreA Urdem CasklavA
in 1970 Acres)
107,000
33 8 M 0
q 9 72n
94,000
Western
Central
Greater Accra
Eastern
28,560
Volta
Ashanti
Brong Ahafo
Northern
Upper West
Upper Las,
Total (Ghana
217,000
244 230
150000
131,000
88,000
l3,000
237vx8o
x,000
330
805,000
2008„920
364,450
360,590
?5,790
If
Table
6-1- 6.6.
AreA
derTime
Area Un-jer
in :.970 (Acreo .in 198z, (Acre)
10,000
45,660
169000
4,190
a
Western
Central
Greater Accra)
A
Eastern
Volta
Ashanti
Drong AhDfo
Northern
Upper West
30, 00 0
36000
31,000
n5000
,
2'2;FiU
46, 0
62,890
1?7,000
195,120
156410
1.,000
T 2r)
46,000
550,210
g
„)%,,
-73
24
23.J.
i
Dpur
Eas tl ____
Total (Ghana)
-68
29.
aize: Most regions showed increases in the area tnia crop
in 1984 as cowpared to 19Y0. The reasons are nimilaz to tho6e
givtn above. It shout d
noted that when most peoplt azcid
go into farmtng, they mosly concentrate on the pQd_.ctorA
maie and cassava. Therers any increase in the n y mber of holdi fy
th6t*
will cause a correspondingincrease in the area . p,40,