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REPORT
ON
SAMPLE CENSUS " AGRICULTURE
OF GHANA, 1984
VOLUME I
it
ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND PLANNING SERVICE
MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
AccraDecember .1986
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T 7T 5-12
2.1 Int cluct, jon 5
2 , ? I'reraratory es 9
2, 3 S Sampl. C 4 on
2 R 4 A q-10
2, 5 The C en s 1A.P, C:uestionnaire3 "".
2,6 T-0 P. r: uf Eri iza era o
2.; '2 To 11-12
A • T T f" .1 S
3
3 d introduction
2 111't'aral Holding md _r ,''+
3 E r)u eho d 3
4 Fa ra For,. ehol 11
5 Head of Rou3Phol
6 Agri cult Year
I ° Hain ( First ) or
3 Parcel
3,9 Field
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S 's Q.11 -) S -r
1.4-15
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4 .2 IuI L. _ f Holders
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 Cereals
5 m 3 toot C O 3.r o
5,4 Du_l.se an.C.+ Nuts
5 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
2,3 Frequency Distribution of Number of °D str! cts N -iNuI Nr• of HA.s C ontained.
4.20 :umber of Holders by Region nd District
4.391 Number D.f Holders Growing Maize and PJce
4,3m 2 Number f Holders Millet andGuinea Corn
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27 -28
28
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List of Tables (ente
4933 Number of Holders Growing Cassava, Yam andCocoyam 21-22
4.3.4 Number of Holders Growing Plantain, Tomatoesand Pepper 23_24
4..4.1 Size Distribution of Holdings in Ghana 25
4.4,2 Size Distribution of HoldingsWestern Region 26
4.4.3 Size Distribution of HoldingsCentral Region
4,4.4 Size Distribution. of Holdings GreaterAccra Region
4.4.5 Size Distribution of Holdings - EasternRegion
4.4, 6 Size Distribution of Ho l d i ngs VoltaRegion
4.4,7 Size Distribution of Holdings - Ashanti.Region
4.4-8 Size Distribution-of Holdings - BrougAhafo Region
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4,4.9 Size Distribution of Holdings - NorthernRegion •
4.4.10 Size Distribution of Holdings - Upper WestRegion
4.4.11 Size Distribution of Holdings - Upper EastRegion
28
291
29
4.4,12 Percentage Size:Distribution of Holdings byRegion 30
4,4.13 Size of Holdings by Number of Farms in Holdingby Region 31
4.5a Number of Farms by District 32 -34
4.5.2 Percentage Distribution of. No. of Holders withDifferent No. of Farms 34
5.2.1. Area of Maize by District and by Type ofPlanting 36-38
5.2.2 Total Maize Area by Region Jo
5.2.3 Percentage of Holders Growing Maize and Areaper Holder by District 39-40
i E d
_ ' •' k i 71 t J Y l 3
5.2.4 Area of Race by Dis trict and Type of . Planting 4l,4.
5.25 of m
olders Growing Rice and Area perHolder by District 4 2W,+,
5.2,6 Area of Guinea Corn by District, and by Typeof 21anwing]
5 2 7 Percentage of Holders Growing Guinea 0obn azadArea Per Holder by District 444
528 Area of Millet by District and by Planting Type 454.
529 Percentage of Holders Growing millet and Areaper Holder by D strict 46
53 Area under Cassava by District and by'; `1 tinting
Typ e 47-x4
5.3.2 Total. Cassava Area by RegIon 49
5.3.3 Percentage of Holders Growing Cassava andArea Per folder 49-5
75.34 Area Under Ya by District and by PlantingType 5l5
5.3.5 of Holders Growing aw-an AreaPercentage e.4.
per Holder 53-5
5,3.6 Area Under Cocoyam by DlstrLC t and. by an4fi g
Tyre 55 : :
537 Percentage of olders Growing Coco `arn and AreaPer Bolder
5.4.1 Area Under Groundnuts by District and bPlanting Type ^5
542 Holders Growing &roundnuts and Area perHolder
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 byPlanting Typ e 61
5 4 6 Holders Growing Ijawbara Beans and Area perHolder 61
5 5 L Area Under Tomat oes by Reg on and ' by. PlantingType .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 thshatorwthe 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) wasamong 23 African Countries that p a
rticipated in the World. Census ofAgricultur, but thiB merely involved formulation of regionalestimates 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 eatiten of areas and yields of crops were derived from l'QDcrt .ubmit-
td 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 aamplasurveys of email .hidings were conducted, and the .-sapie size forthe survey rose from 2,000 holdings in 1965 ta 5,000 in 1969.
In 1970, Ghana participated fully in the World Census ofAgriculture 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 1972pVolume 1 of the Censum Report giving inter alia, the results n1: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
4-Q -
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.
it was decided by the National Agricultural Census Co tee
that the Census Programme should be split into two K'1 ses the firs'
to take place in 1984 and the second in 1985 I t as also agreed
to follow the main objectives set out for the 19 70 Genus of AgrI
culture rogram e which ears
(i) To conduct a Sam hA le Census of Agriculture 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
(iii)to
produce from the sample a master sample of
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
MS&ci In carrying out the Census was the Statist ,ca So ion.
Apart fromHeadquarters staff including Senior O ficers work, .Ing with the MMotion, the Department has permanent officers in e:acbh
Western
Centro].
Greater Accra
Eastern
Volt
Ashanti.
Brong Ahafo
Northern
Upper Eaet
Upper West
T ta].
of th region8 of lei hAna headed by a Regional Agr i.(:10 ral Eeonmist 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.tutilitBed 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 forceavailable for the census enumeration.
T a e R2EEL STAFF USED FOR CENSUS ENUMERATION
Region enior, Professionaland
_Stat
Field Enumerators Tot em
10 56 6612 63 75
6 37 43
16 65 101
11 59 70
15 70
12 95 107
9 37 ! 46
13 64 77
10 50 60
114 616 730
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. PublioiUA series of activities were planned to publiol,as the Agricul-
tural 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
Seenti?1 :7 night i . ' a It April 1986, '" a K. u p1, annex?., Howe v 4^9 ",, for
^axious reasons, •tho TV and Radio Pro r mm were ca°,e .isd at 'ftt
a t .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 ix
a second volume of this Report,
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 measu-
went 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
2.3. S .ep.11ag_plan and Sa_r_. Selction.
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 ".. . ,^ . e" 101i ^ Rl ?,3 ^" 1T e I m'^'';n ^ `aA A,' ..4".,. . ' 1, ":?` II t O I i l s..:.,-^_, d ^ o _^;, ^ ti ,,A:
8 '
11 V6 t aa a r van °: faoB3't ca us i o 1 be .lg '...
iSS n e t O Justify 1i n .. a. Cuecoat tof = cornp te .:-Y.num wr .n o `, 1a at
CO2tJ7 anc:hi asac Gh na. whereo jecti 'e Me a de o.f. direc"; . ° e ,.
I en of fa,a a are required te obta.in datay on fanaA g ee and
CCP area . The country y neither ha the reourcee and trl, ed msn-
pO ICr nor Ithe infrastructure to embark on any I .et' ie nrogra e, Of
complete cas em nt of all farm , Hence_ a arnple coneus appe ra
the only o oslhi . ty aeit can 'he conducted by ing P ll er and
therefore better qualifiedu-id tranedL force The size aa'i deaio^.n
of the aample census have to be such as can produ c e ,ice. l4; national
and regional and if possible al so dd iatr ct titoa
The oo'untry hashae been dividedinto umberaN on Areas (:EAc) all
of which had be en previoucly mapped by the Population Census
Offices g In early 197 , the boundaries of the exieting :FE u were
revieed and a now list of l2996 EAc prepared, Th a r i ed !-L `
of EAc formed the frame for the selection of ° b.c now aaapl
Enumeration Areas for the 1984/85 Agricultural Cdn ua.
The I2996 EAs were stratified into he following forty
three Agricultural Gensua Distnicte according to agroecoiogloal
con di ti,on .
Table 2. LIST OF RES!JLTING STRATA
Region Dietrict
Weatern l AxiiTakoradi2 Tark.wa Asankragwaa
4. W.iaws e
Central . Gape Coast6 Easiarn7® Dun wa8 a Swedru
Greater Aecra 9, Greater coil;..;..
East e: . 10. Oda11. As ..an e c1 Kofori du13 Alkoeoabol4 'lb.l5 Mpraeso
Table 011tc'0
Reien Distrietto
Volta r 16. SogRkope11, Xeta18, Ito
9.20. Jasikan KeTc-Kracni
Ashanti 2]. Kumasi WC222n Kumasi Eaat23 Bekwal24. Obuasi25. Juaso mponu East26© kampong Wes27. Offinso-Teppa
Brong Lhafo 28. GoaBo29. Sunyani30 Dorm .31. Wtnchi West32. Wenehi East31. At,bubu
Northen 14. Damongo-Salsga35. Yendi-Eat36. Yendi-West7 Tamale
Upper West38, Gambaga19. Via
Upper East40. Laura43. Navrongo42. Bo/gatanga43. Bawku
In order to ura adequate representation of the different
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 classi-
fied as Rural; Semi-Urban EAs were those with. more than 1. t 500 but
less than 5,000 population
Fire StAalaaltEaPnitsWithin iach category of EAs in an gricultural dltri,
sample of EAR, the first stage sampling units,
varying sampling fractions of 1t10, 1:15 and :A20 r1r0=
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
pemi t adequate sample size to he leci;ed, It tcz3rA
O0whi1,Led nd a ^^."^.4^a'0..?&ip1ingf act . 0 F
d.^ tt,R. eL to a-lnd .T a+ . l.^. E.'•` 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
of EAc to be ,elected in the different categories. A in all
1008 E .EAc wereeelected ae eh wii in Table 22 w.
e
Table 22 -= NUMBER OF SAMPLE ENUMERTIO1N AREAS BY PJ 1O
No of ..maSanr1e Are.a.e ..x m
Sc uiHai cr^ _. . _._,. a Urb _ r` a x
Weetern 103 16 15 i 72o 63
Greater Accra 43 20 3 20
Eaal e rn 141 18 33
Volte. 114 13 21 80
Ashanti 153 9 42 102
Brong Ahafo 10:1 6 32 1 65
o r t ie? xi 11 5 8 17 90
Upper Weal 50 1 °r 3
Total ioo8 110 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 OF DISTRICTS BY NO OF BAs OONTAINEI)._^
Number of Sample Wiese Number of Districts:
Less than 14 9 1
14 (.7 3
18 - 21 14
22 - 25 12
26 - 29 6
30 35 6
36 40 1
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
dentifying the selected areas an the ground ,mith the help uf zaps
, of thes e As and their boundary descripticuo It was ati'ossible-tohavv,ph e copies ofth„,1A maps mad because of 4t,,g
shortage of chemicals needed for the pu.rpose, However, boundary9
descriptions of the selected EAs were made available by the Popu-
latiou 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 were their live took and poultry
Third St y• e Units
Tvo 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 MethoploaPrevious 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 atati-
tics surveys have been using the "tape and compass method mea-
euriag fielda and holdtngs. This method inVulvte 791ottixtg the 3,'rA
i u r ^.^
O1 th r s 3 L r ; ;^ by "@. s..
i,. as F:, a ^:: F;
; ^) 5 : i.+.w,1: ^' 3 i::A h 4, .7-^ G3 'i'.^^ k... to t t;! fir' E 1,. uT. >,
3: f , c
Ae`" Ir •t. " t1 `• k^ en g th f each s.R,
q ::tea
2 5 a
.A.R[d OTI 6 sa L. Lf)-r^ r.
3 a ¢ `:u p^°^ ' ,
qy^
s^ 4
^g used^ during phase ^° A ^: .#y i Y75 ) ^ he 6, g 4 W ...SdA Cv a3j 6) N3 6] ^ 53 L { i i , 3 ^. .k. N
. TA given in Appendix I im the I truetions a1 is in ,A pp 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 ^3 "iS ^ a ^^ w^ ^,
A ° f L] 6 ^ v. is F'u a s ..
This form was used at the beginning of the ce sus to Compile
Complete and up -to -date list of all agricultural holders In the
selected Thumcr°a.ti.on Areas for the selection of the co stage sarn-
pling units i agricultural holders.
2- ,. .•- Fy rm 2 mr.vent cry of Live ive took and Pour
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
well as those belonging to him and n.on ho der m ether of his house
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.
2 5 3 Fo AyaUnderDifferentC andCrg ixture
This Questionnaire wasused to record the crops and their areas
grown on each field (farm) within the holding of each selected
hold er
This form was completed after r the fields awete o :c ively
measured using the tape axed compass :method,, Those a^ 3 5a v w,
found to be far ways" I $ e o , thise which the holder could nn..o
viivitt and return to his normal residence the sar.;« day, were e recorded
separately
gy254m . Field Document -Sel ection of Holders
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
y >unraLIou 1reas ac completed, It t out the steps to b
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 defini-
tions involved. The tact and technive of uanvassing the question-
naires 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 practicalfields 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.
The field enumeratora were . .,:equipped with boundarT d. 2isy t5,of
the axew. easigned to them as well as copies of the qution-qaireN
and ! the necessary equipment to conduct the erluzratioYA
xxiO ^
&had t_» a ^!^, -'3 '..
v.. r ,^. t
eS ^S+ n%VJ 11 rRt OT^ two 4^ r r three „^ +^ L, -. ^, ^,^.N l,.. ?..5,. ... `t,.f ln-= :- ?. ^., a.. to
but in rare eas e s in eom e F91 g tricte where sums of the =A? HOOP,
had eaod „^t, .ti â before the uommCfC ZLcn of the pr g.a..'' r t
eflU1irratorabad to work in four enumeration areas.
The enud? raa:ore 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
There was a lot of delay in the urban eraa er at i :n. areas becauee
of the difficultiess encountered in identifying possible holders
and locating pt m- frinterview There were numerous "c .: l lac &'
.0 to ithe fact that moet of theseholders were aleo workere in
the o.ffic o
in a few inances in some regions, a few areas proved ft
cult for enumeration due to lack of c ' peration from the VANob;efn
^aandid the people Such uch cases were most prevalent in localitie
cre were land dipute or chieftancy t o es, No repiacemen. e
were made in areas that refuted to cooperatewith the Cen uc
Programme and raising factors were accordingly l adjustedat the °,iu
of tabulation seaming that areas that failed to co opeza c rr,rc
not different in type from the re t of the un . F ree •^; c e
coNcEpTs EPTNTTT NS
TU5 chapter is devoted to a discussion of the conceptffi and
definitions of the terms used on the census questionnairas such a
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
As the holder. In Ghana, one or more fields (Irma) may be
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^
Lay householdd which a ?'r s'^. e g i
4b s psiem ° r a
!.a G oof t t^..r`, "i
b0-.,".^',.
m' m a ?econe dered m .t?S._(?.. r 1 3 rocog.^ iz6d
orrail , the farme cultivatedd by iuemher s of the family $r fte head
of the ba eeboicI are regarded asaB : a - of the h. ld_tng of the ead.,
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 oer-
orxs 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 C° ua, a alwn .
dar year from January to December was considered as an 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 porary crops which have a
growing cycle con encin with their planting In the esoond
half ofo.f the agricultural year and harvesting extending from
November to .0 ry.
Au agricultural holding raising crops consists of one or more
laud parcels or Xarm A parcel or farm is any piece of land in the
holding which is entirely surrounded by Ian& water, road forest
e 1; . not forming ng part of that hold'n..g A l:..`1 +°L pare . I, '^a"LU a, n33
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 followsfoliowe 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 pre-
rented in this chapter
- g w Number of Bolden
Table 4® d shows the number of holders in Ghana, by dietrict
and region
Table 4d 2 1 - NUMBER 01? HOLDERS BOY RIDi^N QD DI STRICT
Regionn and Districtc —_-- — .nus.+^:mcewre'+xo-aenwrue:«ee^.-ms•:e.as
Number of Holders.-cro ,. ^.-... _wttcmm.-^rvc.wiwme, ^mzuwona^.ermvlevr :.samcc^ R^+e'r¢.—nsa, axsarru..=w
We s Le a p Re on 206190 I l
Ax im Tahoradi 48760 26
Tarkwa 43290 4ff' ad
ran ra wa 43340 2 •
iaw o 70800 38
era r_al 212_5_1 I1.7
Cape Mat 38030 21
Essiam 47160 2.5
Dunkwa 61490 3 3Swod u 70830 ®^,
rea°ej _ASvj i . o. 48700
48700
26
2, 5Greater Acre
Eastern Region 244140 ^s a
ikim Oda. 50700 .
A a n e se 42310 3
Koforidua 54920 30
Akosombo 60350 33
Ki i, 17270 09
.Mp r a e 3 'M 18590 y 1
Volta .R eRi i 274480 1 e -$
Sogah o f 51940F^
2 8
Region and District Nutber of. H;.i1'der ba
Brong Ahafo RegionGoasoSW3yani
DormaaWenchi WestWen chi East
ppAtebubuNorthern Re ionDamongo.Salaga'Yendi-EastYendi-West
Tamale
Gambaga
Upper West Rui„ion—
at,1 e 7 ( yr) td)
Keta 65130
Ho
4'4430Kpm doJasikan-Kete Kraal 6661O
h 113..2.50an ReEk2a_Kilma sl Wes t `a Sq-70Kur si East 910Bekvai 42750Ohuasi 32860Juaso-Mampong East ' 860M^mpong West 59 1+80Orrin so- Teppa 47980
252 669 7
41770 2.22.7
r51: 030 2,5n305'70 .743700 2,44091+0 2
139900 7.633800 1.821810 1.221740 1,240360 2,222190 1230960 1 710720 0,f)20240
Wa
Lawra- AmuUpper Eas t. 121230Navr nongo 54790
.ngt57810
Bawku 8630
TOTAL GHANA 1050 2 290 100.0
Tcr 3 a' s :, of l ofuf 5,, ?L
., r .:` €.? ^_^,: t >, -
4'w Y` ,, e n ha the highest x1.k 5 'bri d-. d: r.S o d e 'Y 9 v 2 F, h >. 3o ^^^ °. p ""
cent of all holders in ( .an( hana Upper Wst con ,: _ .t d
about 1 n 7 per cent of the national agggat , .
. r . li dery n C r , Q-u
Table 4 l hows the number of ho1drs growing a.ize an1 .m'°s.(:and. the r percentage in each .strict..
PA I .E_
I
I IIowing
_
Region and District Holdere Growing
avac,a.w.v:aaniw:w,wm w^^e:,n,.nwmmvn:xrms-.sm..c.. rwwav'tnc¢zlmx+tt3m2 ^ ^ anRtcaeM°e. rar . ^x oomme+em+. uaazuM 1 tiL. A' M ^v
P ie n jon^_w vasma^zx—vrsa.+
127550 109N
14233
xiL Thkorad 18330 1. 6 E X50
Tarkwa 20320 L7 3230A ankrag a 36090 1 311 7090
Wjawso 5281 45 2960
187110 160 2290
. slaw. 43080 38 3 30Cape Coast 32030 27
Du kwa 5 720 48 1700
Swedru 55290 47 260
C a :Le: Agcr . R oa.. goo
32730 2 8f
19 00Greater Accra 32730 3 2 1900
. ete= Re 'io 1 750 145 2220
th Oda 14620 e 1 60
Asamankese 36070 31 s150
oforIdua 4 170 4 I a_.
Akoso 4486060
bi 16050 L4 y1
Apra so 9980 j 09 1 t21.Volta Re .on 175890 15.0 780
Soga .ope 42630 ; 190
Keta 22172 ,.F,. L !^ i.L9 2220
Ho 26920 2^
o.m.
Kpandos.. ^° ^ f^ rat
Jasikan Kete Krae .. 5277 `` t -. . 4Qr ^ S g Va16 2.00 143 3 8250
(uoiaiJ A East 11590 1.. 0 1
„u
Holders 'flowingTiA0
1,4
z.i l'8 '-'::;
250 i 0.3990 1.0
148014260
7 ,7L. -)14.
14190 14.5
1F3 3: 1,43.4
13. 0
1660 1,76170 / 6.3190 0.2
570 5.8960., i.0
4770 %4 P,
.67,30 =^. 1 4
13500 1s i
9 2 30 9.44000 1 4.1
RICE
TN,
Total Ghana 1171,720
ooniKhd ZE
Rogion and District Hol tit Growin
Kuma81 West 15050 1.3Dokwal 15720 1.3Obuasi 12080Juaso-Mampong East 36350 3.1Mampong Weet 42410 3.6Offinso-Teppa 34000 2.9BTolf_Ah4o 166910 14.2Goaso 32100 2.7Sunyani 38990 3.3Dormaa 24220 2.1Wenchi East 24500 2,1Wenchi West 27840 2.4Atebubu 19260 1.6Northern Region .119610 10.2Pemongo-Salega 2597.0 2.2Yendi East 20560Yendi West 19140 1.6Tamale 35530 3.0Gambaga 18410 1,6REEIr West Etgio 18720 1.6Wa 2400 0,2Iawra-Tumu 16320 1.4
3RP7jaSt 6250 0.5NavTongo 4760 0.4Bolgatanga 1490 0.1Bawku
A total of 1,171,720 kolders grow maize In Ghana ThiFiabout ' per cent of the total number of holders in the country.About 16 per cant of the total .-are 0$tfrai Region. TheUpper East Region contains the lowest numbe4 about half a per•cent
Ashanti and 3rong Ahafo Regions contain almoat the pa me nuthberof b.oldrs that grow zaize, and these two regions together accouAtfor 28,5 pev cent of the total in the country.
.,, 20
About 9 9 12 0 h o t 1_3, e s i f
l re g aE '^ :I n n .3 4. e e C -) . l -i.,: _ I_ ny
,' {;. ,.
of whichh 84 par r centceut aae, t round the Uppe ^`fiLr r
A .. .'^ r'N
deli aern and Volta egg.off!
Th cultivation of other major cereal crape, namely, r"Rw_.cmza -.
corrr and millet is confined mot1y to Nor he and Upper goneae will be teen frrorn Table 432 belowA
T L A pT^y i s ^] S-[ "6" '[; g'^^(' '{ '-K ^mT y^ 7 ^C^G. I..^ ^. ^e_
' . _..^-.. .,,. L^ 1^,^..
.
' Yl.l.^ ^d L ^ ^ d L 6 1„^.^ ^..S:t^ ^ kT ^^..; ^^.k-.;Y Ld' ^ ^^ ^J ^l..i.^^ ,.^
u^
-L^
^^ ^` ^ ^^ - ;' ^^m..^ ^ r ^•,
Guinea C O . Mille
Number o 'N bey. ofRegion and Districtt sHold ere Holders
'Northern Rion 122,490 534 97,010 g 485
Damongo-Salaga 25,380 114 20,080 l0Y ci °Eased 19,650 86 14,130
Yend West 21,430 93 l 83O 9 436,240 i5h8 24,310 12a2
Gambaga 19,790 86 19,660 1 9
U en East F,g a on 76,500 1 333 82,590 1 414
Navrongo 40,890 1 7 8 y 40,690 20
Bolgatanga 32,130 140 38,220 9 4
Bawku 3,480 l5 3, 4.80I
f
U pyr West R^ ion 21,800 95 19,990 10Q2
W t 3,040 1.3 2400 00 4 1.2
18,760 8 :L7, soVolta R^ ark 5,620 2 4 - R,
Brong Ahafo Region 32180 14
,,, ^ o^
..,l000r i (Ghana) 229,590 1 00 L 199,590 f,
The four districts tricts of Navrongo, Bolgatanga, Tamal e and ..amcngO"
Salaga have almost 55 Per Cent of guinea corn growers end 60 per
cent of millet growers in the corm ry.
ib
Reglen .9nd
N E OF HOLDERS R 0
-
C AVA146:m b ‘e rHolders
"A SSAVA YAV
TAumber of
qoldPr
COCOY
C 0q YOAMNumb e
,
r ofHolder %
•N es v e l la i 0/1
m-T o ra
T a rkwa
A laikra g W aW aw so
°T2
cape Coast
Essi, am
D-Linlz a
Sw e dru
Greater
Greater Accra
a ctern RILI on
.jm Oda
As amanke se
foridaa
Akosombo
Xi bi
rae so
Volta R on,
Sogakope
Neta
T1 0
Npando
Jasikan-Eete Krachl
fi t
91. We St
a o
Beimal I
The ;a umber of holders grow:- 7 the different typoz root crape
Bhownby district &.c't region in Tahle
181800 13.1 28490 10.4 . 98080 1239600 2,9 1030 0.4
41790 3J) 230 0,1 Fps) YvY
37980 2.7 10560 3 ,8
62430 4,5 16670 6,1 67410
188040 13.6 4360 6 42060 5
32530 2.4 350 0 ;1 1120
44360 3.2 640 2 11400 1.757000
4.1380 0.6 ph 2.190
54150 3.9 1990 Vei
28560 2,1
26560 2.1
226010 1C 1.1Q 19110 aw 0 118700
49980 3,6 2860 1.1 84-20 4.839380 28 3610 15990 2,O
49340 3. 6 1440 0,5 3°260 1.8
5 U10 7170 6 21)60 2,7
154.90 1.1 2290 0.9 5210 e
15610 1 1 1740 7:a)
237180 26920
44660 3.2 1100 0.4 480 0 1
27810 2.0
29850 1.5 3580 6900 9
31210 2890 1.1a 980
112650 19350 7.0 J07 3 8285160 20.6 46760 17.0 237860
40310 2.9 2300 0,8 29060 4
43210 3.1 6000 2„2 410M
41240 3.0 12 •e)o 4'e 344106
bJo 4 _5,. n c>Iltd
Juaso mpmg East
Marnpng Nestr^30b' 'In-rsr Tep a
Doiinaa
Wencht Wt
W n,¢ hI East
Atebuhu
YQnd.t East
Ynidl West
Tamale
a ga
Wa
Lay
s- TuinuP
N avr^nge
olga tangga
Bawku
TotalL Ghana
L C3 ^ 4 G 1. s wq n A,
^
1 r^. .... ,,..,
27440 2 3680 3280350
a°.15
3 310 28 9210 3 1 4 5700 45
55020 40 10410 38 -3370 54
39650 2. 2260 0.b 33b30 4,168020'an' 12.2 8
7 ^ [/iy {^/(
k ^ 3.+ S:,Q.^
,.> 2®
^ W,
y ^y.. ,
Cy ,;£'s8» b ^
1 d"^
30120 22 3160 L2 35380 4432360 23 9720 301 40 ' .a 8
28720 21 11700 1 64 1.9850 2527660 20 14380 5 q 4600 06
35870 2 14l50 ` 51 L6130 203
13290 LO 1 8-10 6.
67670 49 61070 222 f P
20980 1.5 16740 61
12860 09 13560 49
11110 O8 10860 4 , 0
21960 L6 170002
760 081 2910 1®0
200 — 2.0430 38
4880 s^
290 5550 2 ^.,
: : : :. : :
3 l c ^ 74-16, ° :? ^n ^ " 9 7,90 1,00 e
country tot .,.3°82, 6o Thi
total number of : oLlers in tI
.. ucated in the -s--ha ti, V Ci .
. 1 per cent of the aggrega' m.
wac found to have no e :
Holders growing cassava In the
represents about 7 5 Per cent of tha
country , Most of these holders are
an y Eastern Regions accounting for
The sampiC In the Upper East Region
cu t i Tatiug cas a a
I _^
Table 4..4 - FUWER
District and Region
District_allAj.ezioh_
Axim-Takoradi
TarklYa
Asankragwz
Wiawso
Central R!LEipn
Cape Coast
Essin
Dunkwa
Swedru
Greater Accra
Eastern flgion
Akim Oda
Asamanke6e
Koforidua
Akosombo-
Ribi
!
540 0,9
110801 1131
11080 16.1
9060 148
8710 1 1 0
'7 40 1 n
2540 41
1280 . 2.1
4150 6.b5460 9,0
4710 1 '-i -i
„ ,,5 1r„v ,. ..
About 15 Der cent of holdere in Ghana. engaged themselveo in
Yamcultivation. Out of 274,760 such holrdes, 77,620 Or 28 porpp
cultivation
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
such. holders Ghanaa, The sample for Greater Acra and-Upper
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 . thetotal 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 ACCrar Nothe .rn, 7DperEast 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.
oy HOLDERS GROWING PLAMIN ' n" . " ' ' ----,, ET2ER
PLANTAIN_
TOATOT.,_
7,7p7-RWii-, of of
m
_ _ _.„
Holders q Holders 4,
73710 15.6 31510 20.2
5700 1.2 2690 1.8i-1097 0 2.3 3000 2& 9:
24130 5a 6820 4.4i
32910 710 18800 12./
297 5.3 19430 14.52420 0.5 9200 59i
7960 1.7 560 .O4 i
13850 2.9 5400 3.5
5550 1,7 4270 2.250 041 10350 6
c k) 0.1 10350 66i8 .5650 181 7670 4.9
24300 5.1 410 0,3
11420 2,5 --
7060 1,5 2270 3. 5!
6690 1.4 3940 2,57
8160 5 9 200 Oa
7 820 1.7 050 0.51
A lt R
So a o p e
e i Y A
.L
K p n o
Ja si.k% K..et Krachi
Kuma i West
Kumasi East
B€ t.w
0hua i
} uaso Mpony EastMampong West
Of fInso Teppa
0 a a e 0S. yan . .,
Dormaa
WetLehi West
enchl East
At ebubuNorth
eM''."S3 5L1
Dawon.go-Sa1aga
Yen di pact
Yendi
TamaleG am a aga
a
iawraTtUflU
Navron.gu
of a t ang ,
3 awku
Total Ghana
21080 4 m A 24130 0 15,5 5 ? 6 530 ,. 10 J S
1680 ) 3 Cl—,L,-i'`•s ^r'' 240
111 3 g
570O 1..2 4400 2 8 2200 346
4] Q0- _ 7 00 :3 O 1310 2.2
95209520e ^,r^
& w 01
a°
•",1 84 ,;,
a,P
e°t - ^,T&
188830 3 99. 21230 136
20570 43 1 07 5 20 30
20650 '.4 3210 2 h: J... 850
33320 m 2 O T . Ec : 2080
19 i 0 42 a 380 02 1900 341
35470 75 1010
2810 59 1430 0.9 630 1 '
30110 6.4 5430; 35 10.7
7340 155 35270.• 26 61J.0
i 103
2300 49 8710 5$6 990 116
25840 55 42 1 € .. 7 r 1400 23
12840 27 91431 5. e 460 07
236k 04 9930 64 2360 39
9341 290 2290 1.95 9002 5
as neery X40 g940{
0. 5 vm ea
680 0 543o 35 20 0.4
130 ;NO 100k 0.1
830 .0 5
330 01 1530 110 220 ¢9
,1 20 237 1 5,`9p'^^J6.i r
sZg, 9
{..J o 3 G : o
490 0 ? 390 V
400 E^
40O )
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 culti-vating crop. About 40 per cent of these holder* arc :,ouad
in the Ashwati Region. The wInber of holders growing pla in lathe 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 ha.Region h the highest number of holers thal;cultivate pepp 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 ru.116.
by size and distribution of number of farm 6.
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
are grown on other parcels of land which may change frequent-
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 OF HoT.,T5.-{fic,
Dize of Holding (Acres) Number of Holdings 1
EkNA
0 1,223100 66.1
2 3 9 33870o 18.
4 c o 134 800
0 7.9 61,00o
A 000
7 0 14.9I
34 400
20
an,
29.914,300 2,6
0.
4gg
t:C11) yi 03 6. m o ro
..si .^^{' "^v e-s v .!^., of all r i `^ °^ [„ r`^ e
t^ ^'S, i r- ^j ^ ^ ^^ _d, i^ ^ ^ 5? .a. a^. u^ ...2.5,, , .,^^o- ^._ l Vw^r ^g ,f... _ _,^ _ _,.
than two acee8 and a o rnately three pc of all HI
',ore than 10 acre In e.:.2e
Tables 4 4, to .1 chow th s ize dint ibution of hold
in eaoh of the ten 'egion.
.1. R e 1. nter '
'e ^ ^^ ^"^^?°5 %Y r "^ °s-- - ` ,-^. 7 ,°'^ Fg i -{ ; '^ 5-a ^-s ^e
L cLLo 16400 6L,4
2 - 39 4- 600 21.7
59 169U0 3®2
6
8 , ; 2OO 25
10 - 149 5 00 .
1 - 19.9 1800 o,
20 - 299 400 0 2
30®0 and more 400 0e2
T o al 100.0
urn e o t jql din...
so 1®9 1779600 817
;? 39 2 8, 200 i30^'^ a Ej [y.' Sp^f
66 79 10"!8 99
1 r 000E
10 149 600 03
1 5 199 300
20 299
300 and More 100
Total
^ ^,_y.+ms. :` ^
h
^-
?4Try i000
30.0 and more
Totta
86.4u
0.8
200
48,7M
T a'2]. e 4.4 STEM M
244,200
p *.*.*• r nX . ,
Number of Holdinz s J84.7232 600
2. 500 1 10.46,300 2$
2,1W,1 .23,3000.6
1 1,4W C ,, 53W
SAe of DioldinE (Acrel _.0 - 1 92 3,94 - 5.96 - 7.96 - . 99
10 - 14.915 ur 19.9
o a aJa
„,=v-,-----_,„:_,-----_q_ iol,pm,ri_Qgye,s1_ 'Number of Tioledng6;
0 I .9 42,1002 3.9 4, WO
4 - 5.9 1,2006 7.9 4008 9 9 _
10 - 14.915 - 19R920 - 29.9
Q t!_of Holdin 4z-€510 - 1.92 3e94 5.96 7.98 9.9
10 14.915 19.920 29.930.0 more
u#er of Hal di.r2; 1f 86. '32109700
27,600 i 11 3i3,200 1.3
700 0.31,000 0.4
900 0.4100 6
Total
Table 4.4.6 - VOLTA REG7ON
[^ 9 of
lo
id
,la
i-!_ :
::.s'9iv
x b 3 sly
lam: u^^ ., ^Aw ^^^ ^
<. _
20 ?99
3 ', 0 and Mrs d,n,,.ba^a,..:„_a.,..,
p^
em:^.c seu.^b ,.z..^.,..^:...s ,_-arm:.__.
e ^^- ^ ^ ^^
1000e^^-.+ °
S- .:J i e^:» 7 ...,...tea A e i..l N gsl3G 1 d..=! T
o H !I Jm.... w..ey x^ IT0
t^rcasm.
1 9 2. 3 6 0 4o-P 756 6
2 3,9 38400 1.2..
4 59 16500
6 7.9 7900 25
8 . g® 280O
10 i4.9 470O
15 ^° 19.9 3 000 ^'n
20 299 1 300 O '
300 nd more 2,100 O
tal 314 200 1000
ize o fHoe' d .^8•d.,..m+ b %r ^.«o.:. as,,,d lei. Tex .mil 3 .+» .^3zecx.,.,,., - ..... .,,..^„L..,w. ,m.,.s...:
0 I9 1 i2 000 443
2 3 B3,900 33 2
4 59 30, 200 1L9
7.9 i ,v 8OO O 47
8 ® 9 470U
10 — 149 5 Boo
15 — 19.9 1 800 z y s
20 299 13O0 05
300 v a more 1300 0 -
Total 252800 , K O
300 and more
Total
1 4 7 00 10,5
33 t 500 24.0
3 25.6
21,300 15,211,400 8 e 2
13, CY30 9.3
5,900 4. 2
3,500 5
700 0.5
139,800 100
16,900 54.59,000 2 q , 0
2:200 7,1,
1, 600 c 2
700 2 3
600 9
9
Sj r# o f Hol: d in
1.9
2 3.9
4 5.9
6 7 9
6 9.9
10 14.9
1 19.9
20 29,9
N Ora H ERN RE CG
Eumb er of Holtlin.
Table 4,4 j0 .UPPER WEST WI
ze o f diAg_S. AcTts) N*
0 d' 1,9
2 _ 3. 9
4 - 5.9
6 7.9
8 - 9.9
10 - 34.9
15 19.9
r 29,920
® 0 and more
T a taI 31,000 100.0
Table 4.4.11 - UPE& EA,ST
e p
1.9
3.9
4 - 5.96 7,9
NImber of Holdinu •
52,500 1 "
40,500 33,16,0000 A:3.
4 i 400 36
Size of Mold ^ a ^ ^! , ^ ^ ? r o 02
3 99 2 i OO
10 — 14. 3,300
.5 — 19 9 12100
20 - 299 80ccc
30 X and more 500 C) .
Total 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 F a; DIN. ^ BY
as.^. a^ m & 1 . :L 20 _ nL t P7-,.
,ia %,S d eiL E 829 138 8 27 06 100 0
Central 9 4 .7 48 05 100.0
Greater Accra 96e 3^ 3 0.4 100,,0
Eastern 976 2O 04 NOW
Volta 5®1 43 0s ^, C 0
rAsh n i 87.8 87 2. 3wM, . l000
Brong kha.fo 77.5 285 3O i0 100.
1 orhern 345 490 13.5 3.0 1000
Upp er West 835 146 6 1.9 '— 100t)Upper East 7 6.9 18.5 36 10 100®0
Total ((Ghana) ^
4 4anw„s-c-a
12j
.y gym..,.
2 Md
O i000 da
Only Northern Region has less than 35 Per cent of the holding
below 4 acres In size whereas in other i egins 77 to 98 per cent
of the holdings are in this category,,
In the Eastern astern, Volta and Upper West Regions, no
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
F C
Holdings 0-3.9acres
2
E i T P G E
Holdings4a0,9acres1R M2 3
Holdings10+acres
67
74
78
30 3
317 4
70 3 225
71 5 123
68 4 127
66 3 130
57 24067 7 6 10
24 53 6 7
3 17 48
10 40- 100
40
2 31
2 6 52
6 20 40
58
34
23,0
i
60
38 31
28 14
24 16
25 • 3L6
40 n
41
38
41
14
24
17
33
17
7
5
3840
4761
41
57
41
72
41
46
4 2.7 1267 27 23 53
140
6 T2
18
15
12
21
33
24
20
9
43
26
the regions. CDup giATel-- large ',aolding 6 are predom t in
Northern and Brong Ahab Regions.
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 h— - — —
Region
Western
Central
Greater Accra
Eastern
Volta
Ashanti
'Bran& Abafo
r^ rthern
Upper West
Upper East
Totes (Ghana)
About sixty-seven per cent of the holdings that than4 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 haveone farm only
About half of the holdings that are between 4 and 10 acresin si. e are made up of 2 farms. It is only in the UpDtT EastRegion 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 atM1
S t,: ^ i ; iP r G; roo s sxm, u a _ , a^-,,% y - r. ^f; b 4 r` X73 ?
of 4 or wore x^arm.s - 1hn txhs.",t ' is :off 8O .ter '•,3'. C o ,^ 'a .. i., ^ • _.
° ; ;? 3.kl o in s:ter Ac . ra a,.:gi.00,, but in th . tern a . or
large holdings have also J a'r ga•v r t ,iniher of farms as one wid
wxpe0l:
4 * 5 L Number of Farms
The de lni-ti.oan of " arm or. "pare as givon in thx e 'OFF
as opposed to a -, ield, ie , a plot within ,.s ei, 7 3s . ar 7 "4
defined in. Gy.1h :].a. The f .gures given in this ct. ion brr
on_L ' ?. genera . indication of th nuiither of farms or :k' pL C rt .i. d thy^.',
ent of f .° ,gment tion4
Table 4 o5<,1 pho s the number of :holders and the number ber of
farms operated. by these o; a . The a er°ag s it , mb r of frms t,
holder sriese from 1-. (in . iw'- Ta} ors di: in v ; n .: a »a
(in Lawra-Tummu Di -ctrl. ct in Upper Nest Region) t.
rmwwna.:wre^o—^YUC..-i.:,ami_eanxva
.e..:..... ......................... ^.^.-...W_.-, ..-._.- ± ........ .... .
1fll-A &e .^..,- -
yp^ qy^q (^
FarrnX777. 2.nd ._i tr.-ct ?^o. of Hol er o. Q _.M ^
4^,
a„ 2 0 ,, 1 ? 300,1O(, ? ,^
AximTakoraLi! 48789 5 400 . t9 1L
T .x3k b 43,290 63,800 ':
; ,a 3, 340
588, 00 25 ? 6
Wi.aws 7 0 , 800 11.3300 N
Central t jion 2.71510 28,000 5 10.1
"[^3.5:.; ^e ^ -,i. ^ .fie 47 y 140 7 0 „A @,J(I
Cape Caat t 36, 0 30 48,600' l.7
61490 8C;209 28 1_ 11 3
G r ea c^ i fwF c a R ; . c' 48, 700 60,500 21 i2Greater Accr 48,700 60500 21
r u i L^ T" 1 `' z l 244,140 340,10 u' +. ^ k
_ ,. Oda 50, 7 00 ' 0'O 33^. tl
^• b c'. rlJ r,'^a ^ 2 3_ v "` '^,_ ^§4 ^. , 3 ^,6. 6a ^ ^) ,.^ ^ 'ed ^A-d ^, as $.3 ?e.,;, ;q
54,920 69,700 360,350 75,500 2. 7 3
17,270 22,700 0.8
18,590 25, WO 0
274,480 380,803 ace 1,451,940 77 , 7o0 „ 565,130 75700 2_7 2
46,340 63,200 2.2 1.444,430 60,900 2.2
66,640 1031300 1.6
314,250 466,700 _.5
43,470 p 9(/) A ')
449910 59, 2. 1 3
42,750 62, 00 2.2 1.5
32, 800 49,700 1.8 1a5
42,860 72,900 2,6 1.759,480 104
9 300 3.7 1.6
47,980 62, ' 0()
252,669 364, '00 S
41,770 59,400 21“ .L 1.4
50,109 7 5 00 1.-
4`, 63,800 2.3 144
30,570 3L 900 1.4 1.2
433700 85,700 3.0 2.0
40,940 61,500 2. 2
139,900 253,8u.) 1.8
33,800 773
0 a^r 7
21,810 43,000 240
21,740 43,600 1.6 2.0
40,360 82,200 2.9 2.0
22,190 27 , 300. 1.0 142
30,960 69,400 2.5 2.2
10,720 19,200 0.7
240 50,200 2 5
lc
on_ end 1 st ri et
Koforidua
Akosombo
Kibi
rac so
Sogakope
K eta
Bo
Kpa ado
Jasikan-Kete Kraohi
A211. atl_lel,19n.
Kumaci West
Kumasi East
Bekwai
Muasi
Juaso-NwEpong East
Wpong West.
Of finuo-Teppa
Go aso
Do rmaa
Wenchi West
Wen chi_ Est
At eb ubu
Salaga
Yendi East
Yendi West
TamAe
Gmba.ga
er `q_c i onWa
Zawra-T=u
AieraoJ
, ^ a. c __ =^.a ^a ^^ 3
^aBola s
TJj e ,. a t— io ar. o 12123O 2 9, 00 ? 5; 6
Navrongo 5479O 128 800 •4 . 6 " 24Bolgatanga 57 10 124, 300 44Hawke 89610 16 300 o„6 .P
s^' c^ ^ 'o G a a ^ v^ x
,wA,
^ .^ 85 5 . 29 . 2, 810, ^F 0 -
0 , 5 ^.
in the country as a hole, the are a total of a: oy
Mf , 81G A :
fauna operated by about l85O47O h1dere giving a a; ervZn of
4 , 51 farms per holder.
Table 4, 5 ®2 gives by Region the pe c ntaga frequency distri-
bution of the umber° of holders with :. i f cre i n mDber of fa ms,
Table 4 5 2 - P E RO N TA_ k E Di ST RI BUTT I 4 HODEFL3 Li OH 01 0 ^FERENT NUMBER OF FARMS
6 1 loci
4'
^-. { ei °^ yf
100
X00
2 100
7 2 100
a 100
2 100
L__ — 2Frm^
Weste rn 62 31
Central 72 24
Greater Accra 77 iS
Eastern 68 26
Volta 68 24
Ashanti 61 30
. rang Ahafo 59 32
Norther 30 59
upper West 39 16
Upper East 25 40
Total (Ghana) 60 31
About nin.et y.
one per
holdingss that are made upand astern Regions, a reoperate holdings that are
I
cent of
of two
Latfvelymade up
the bolds 3 in Ghana operate
farrn or ], 5® in t he Upper ya
biGJ.3er p0: i
on t a- bye of :hc_,.deis;,of hrse : s More than hall
:3 5
the 'ilumter of holder in the Northern Rcgion hav holtngs that
are made up of two farou
While approximately one-seventh of the .dery inVDpe eet•and Upper East Regions have holdings maae up of four
.more farras
less than three per cent of holders in the rest of the country
operat e hoidings Vith such nuxber of Yam p.
UN]ER CROPS
Wit. a Introduction
Th s chapter gi Kt an a. n 1 ''aia of the ea" es ma o f a:e,. ea.
under he main ^,"^: op e grofr In f hana to oget ,°. ; w` b. gih other .' a:; .d. a t .
Amform ation on l deco and d.o . di ge, and mean fieldaizee of he
variouc crops in the dt trIcte and regicns
The esti.irtatee of crop areas given In th. -J_ r report refer to
areas on the ground ae In m.iLd°-si984 The tlmatee are classified
in most cases into (:.) the c.rea of the crop own in pure atand or
.e a , vvin.ant component :n the crop mixture and (ii) the area
of the grown as ubsid.i.ar: to one or two other crops ,..} the
mi. t'ssre® The estImates for the area of the crop grown AxsO,' eE ` 3
other crops include the entire area of all fields that conteed
an a.ppreciabl. e amouj t of the c I! op whether the OLEOp e" s `, '.e; re 10-
m.inant crop of the mixture or merely ; inor co ue:'a"z
No attempts have been made to derive".,.Angle crop quivslentareaa ^
Thus for example, if . field was planted with maize" cas aeava an
cocoyamn it entire area is recorded under each of she three coue
x, : as ; in other words, thi. s are has been . c dt'eo. e . s
r'. The , Cereals
a1e is one of the ew crops that are grownthroughout ° _,,. h
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
predominant h and that grown a.s a subsidiary crop in mixtures of
crop
Table,' " .. „AREA OF MAIZE BY DISTRICT MJ? BY 'i OP mm_ a ,9 ' G
Reg on and District
..^i eci m T k w, a .
(97 .t p,nkw a
A. s SEC. "p
Y.'Lp s>a
IN.-III a ”? so
AREA UNDER MAIZE E e ACR 3ureor
P. edor .. " n t di ii i
113, 8 5 0 7886o 192,710
489O 30,110 34,990
12,530 6,540k r,
19 VI` 0
48,790 28, 560 r, 350
47, 640 3, 455 S.d..+. . 290
37,340
35,020
6 039280
Pi
10.4 71u
202,, 650
25,470
32,830
5.8,780
43,610
rj
167 ,
42 930
14, 620
3-4 540
26, 080
69,470
„, 40n
5 , 410
EI 21,270
16,120
35, 560
69, 070
P. a r!
56, 910
62, 250
57, 580
it
jqy
k-ur 6 o r
flf ReEi on
Gap e Coast
E
189, 600
36, 900
34, 730
Dun kw a 58e 94.0
Swed r1,1 59,030
1000370
Grater Accra 100
1,94„ 460
Akim Oda 24,520
A s = m ank e 31,610
Roforidua 57,250
k E3 ombo 41,860
tb 30,740Mpra e o 8,4e0
ol T ion 144,930
So gak oD e 39,470
zeta 12,130
Bo 9,680
d o 25,740
Jasikaal-Ketto Era chi 57,910
shan .q_ Rexj s 169,5W
si West 8,990
Kumasi Fast 5,410
B e kwa 8,940
Ruasi 14,500
Juasra Mamponc East 31,640
Mamp ong West 76,020
Of finso- T epp a 24,780
ona Ahar 320,840
Goaso 55,780
Suriy 77,120
Dorm as 419390
W en eh i Ea et 57, 420
Wench'. West 53,30.At ebub),z 35,750
WIDER ZE C"
440
290
4, 340
5, 110
4,140
4, 340
8,190
950
1, 220
, 5i0
J., 75c
2,0.70
670
22,710
3,460
2,490
, 860
340
11,560
49,550
8,110
12,330
1,020
920
33,050
10,520
49:,600
6, 310
6,710
15, 540
4,830
4,2001.2,010
s r
10,180 qo 7Pn
/
Bawku
Total (Gha a) 19490,410 29"x,3 1. ,` `-^ f("r
L . L).mot '
a;_ °. j :F3.^
1
-^;,w ^i
Pare ord a, a
^,.
242510 5373O
Datnongo-Sa1aga 66360 0 15760Yend.i East 39 40 14 5Yend.i West 61 f 4420Ta.a1e 2862E 14460Gambag . 46.620 5410
IPxt ^ 1 7390
Wa. 960 160
Law a-°T umu 6330 16450
Ljp? P I Ee, t o 648o 3'890
Navrongo 2330 1350Boigat u &. 3 550 1340
29$, 240
82,120
53 820
5 , 7 90
42 i 80
22380
.10370
4, 8€J0
Table 5,2.2 tows at regional level the total area of aaizgrown either as pure e predominantt r ubsidiary eroj ^ a:id percentagee di tribution by Region.
E'1 T?f^ G E cT-.FA 3' t^r
m lie o . wpm _ Lc k ^..e^. ... .
Weote n 192310 10O nt al 199380 1L2Greater Ac ra 104310 5,9
Eaatern 202 S
Volt 167340 9.3
Aeh,an -1 219430 123
:Biong Aha f o 370 440 2C7Northern 296340 16
Upper east 24400 13Upper 3a t 10370 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 bls2 -PERCLUTAGE OF HOLDERS GROWING hAZ°ZE AJ.4h
AREA BY DISTRICT
of lio7, -ders in theDistrict
No. o oldero Grow
- -
per Holder
Ayam-Takoradi
T arYwa
Wiawso
4.s ikragwa
Cape Coast
ESSIWR
Thlnicwa
Swedru
Greater Accra Reion
1
206,190
48,760
43,29070,800
43,340217,510
38,030
47,160
61,490
70,830
0,700
48,700244,140
50,700
42,310
54,92060,35017,270
16,590
274,480940
65,13046,340
44,43066,640
127,550
18,330
20,32052,810
36,09D187,110
32,020
43,03056,720
55,232,730
32,730
169,75014,62036,070
48,17044,86016,050
9,980
175,83042,630
21,72026,920
31,850
52,770
61. 0
37.6
46.9
74%6
83, 3
84,, 2
91,
92.2
78,1
67 , 2
6'7.2
69 528,
85.87 .7
74.392.9
530764,1
8.1
71,7
79.2
1
1
i
1.5
0.9
1.2
2.11.1
0,
1 ..2
3.2
e d
0,9
2.0
0.9
1.0
/.0ri
Ot.8
1
Greater Accra
Easte_ri.
Akin. Oda
Asemankese
Koforidua
Akosombo
Kibi
Y,praeso
Sogalcope
Keta
Ho
Kpando
JasvRan-Yete Krach..1
uma i. WestKumai Ea. t
B kwai
Obua V .
MOO I a etaong East
Nampong '? est
ffinso °T p a
Br on.. Ahato Re on
00aso
as yan
Dorrn a.
We chi. Weet
Wench! East
At ebubu
Damongo a1ga
Yen di East
Yendi West
Tile
0 amAbaga
prWtRon
Wa
Lawry-Tumu
fi r astBi9r
Navrongo
aIga tan a
Baku
51 0
368
366
0,9660
777531
943
660
t
224 4
52
Tot .l (Ghana)
S 0 . of k:t 0 Jdera in theDI tr. _ e
314 9 310
43,7O
44910
42 ,750
32 803
42 660
59480
47, 980
252 750
419770
50490
45 580
43700
30,570
40,940
139,900
33400
212810
21 740
40,360
22 190
30, 960
10,720
20,240
121,230
54,790
57, 81 j8,630
D4O o 01ers Csra''x=
A — f
167, 200
15,050
11,590
12,080
36, 35U
34, 00'0
32,100
38 990
24,220
27, 840
.9, 260
119, 610
25,970
20, 56019,140
35, s: o
18,410
18,720
2,, 400
16, 320
6 e 250.
4,760
1 490^
Areaper io1de-
I
^
22r1A 901
1 3
32
4
1
1..
i
i 1b
1 , 850,170 1 . ,17 1 , dd20 1 63.3 1.5
About 63 per cent of holders in Ghana grow . aize In Dunkw
d j; trIct of Central Region swre than 90% and in. : ibi vi i. a ^ri e t c
the Eastern Region, about 9. of the hoidere go a,._Los,
rn n , d "
33,110
4;020
9,400
16,820
2;870
2,410800
770
9,400
1,900
2,5%
4,910
7,500
2,140
5,360
14,120
9,670
4,450
20,480
4,790
180
3,86010 , 770
68o
7,31n
1,830
480
100
100
5,220
1,470n
1,850
190
1,660
15,550
11,200
050
4,590
150
750
9,180
3S0
A nn
4,020c art:
18,650
3,350
2,410
900
ci
3,370
6;340
4,910
9,350
2,330
7,020
29,670
„ 8 650
35,530
93$0
530
4,610
19,950
1,060
- . - -MtEA UNDER RICE ACR2S)
Predominant Subsidia "Pure or
Total
4:1
The percentage of holders Fvowinv tr 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 PvJ.
41ELon and District
Ae_ae_Fn_ItElonAxim-Takoradi
Tarkwa
Asankragwa
Wiawso
Central R!on
Greater Accra Region
Eastern Re ion
Volta Re.ion
Kpando
Jasikan-Kete Yrachi
Other Areas
Ashanti eriop
Dekwai
Other Areas
Goaso
At ebubu
Northern Y.eulOn
Damongo-Salaga.
endi East
Tendi West
Tamale
Gunbaga
mtd.c_.
AREA UNIa RICE O;
C S 3
J ure or
i8OO 4630 643o
Wa 280 - 280
Larry—T .nu l520 463Q 6450a0 ? ^ a 309 320 2, 7 00 33O20
Navrou Q 14, 950 2, 700 ,E. o g t ai ga 4940
B ^ ? 10,430 O43
Total ( hana) F-6^ d $ 5 t t^ 2 2 0
Table 5.2e5 gives for the tajor rice growing h
number of holders growingg rice and the menu
Tah.l e f m ~° PERCENTAGE OF HOLDERS GROWING RICE CE AND MEAN AREA
iT E C TIcat a z n Di3trU.t ,^ ce He rz E er Id .
al e i o3a 14. 230 c 9
kxAmT^koradi 950 24Tarkwa 3, 230 7 . 5 4
Asankragwa 7 090 16 g a s
W iaw5o 1, 60 4 ® 2
Oentral 2 290 I .I a..
Greater Accra Re o la 900 3 . $ 0 5
Eastern eion 2, 220 O T
Volta d gion 9780
.panda 2,730 6 w 1 F 2
Jasikasa Kate Krobi 3,640
other Areas 39410 2 i 1 e.
Abantij Oi 8,250 2 6 I
Other Ara 5,98 .
7,720 3i. .6
^6°e a cy2,900 6e9 3J3
AtYflbU , 82o lI 9 3.7
z y e y
-E61-D7r-s---ii•EY -i --C-O-r7(7)770-.7 4--- 7.-.T.77-7,-) .P, r ,:,..,,,..c e 1 Holders _L S47Z.21.1.tE
11,920
3 9 360
350
1, 660
6,170
380
5,730
960
4,770
26,730
13,500
9,230
4,000
90,770
g
8 59 9
1 .6
7.6
15 „ 3
1.7
18.5
9.= O
23.6
22 0
24.6
16.0
46®3
4.9 !
2 9
4 4
.., .
p
.. 2
2 „ 8
1.1
0 3
1.3
a
0
2,6
1 „ 9
2 (contiO
on and District
IT , t h ern R 3. on
morl go -Seaaga-7
Cd I East
Yen di West
T -w/a1 e
Gawbagaiuer
,stRezton
Wa
Lawra-Tumu
Luqr East_:4,fEL9n
avrongo
Bul gatanga
B a w
Total (Ghia.)
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: e
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
Table „ 2.6 - AREA OF GUINEA C CRU BY DI STRICT E ` f
Re 61 on and Di. stri tp. H----
UN DER GUINEA 0 ORN
m 1Pure orPr edomimzi Sub s di a ry
Volta Hellion,
Ahafo Re con
5,970 11,150
6640
17,120
b ou
• Norte-rn Re 91,610 298,240
Darnongo Salaga
Yend! East
19,060
149290
6,
,870
F,q070
Ye al W 11,60 60,150 7
T e 38770 Boom 2..7 8, 870
Gsabaga 7,860 51,110 58,970
4
^1
s-r,.^ AREA fAI DE, S ^ ^' 'C 4 t'S 'xr w,'f^ p f I'S ^ rx ,-v ^wra
^^
) i N r, .. ^ a >: x ;
Put'e or^.
°^y
6 340 - 00 37 3
Va 4, 700 160 48U
dJ awr a . '6.7-'. 22$4O40 9 890 3253o
r L.
Eas Pon 106, 040 64 3oO 170340 g CC,)
N v ongo 47470 40, 390 7 ,' 060
Bo .gat .nga 4 9 63O 19,570 09,200
Baku
8,940 4,40 3, 4u
.. _Total (Ghana) 230 960
39C,38... . 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 re or pr°ed©mi.nant ,
The di stric eonstitutthg the major part Of the guinea eori
are Navrongo and Bo1gat ga..
Table 5.7_®7 showq the number of holders growing guinea earn
and their percentage for the districts important for the crop.
Also so given is the mean area per hoard 4
Tabi 7 w ' it(. ' AC^e . +± JTOLD't'RS GF^G NG GTFLTYE 0;^
171' ..ST D -, T-'
Volta Re^.tcn 5, 62Q 20 3C
3x a 3,160 L3 3 2 5 ".
Northern Rion 122,490 876 32
Danan.gO-Sal aga 25,380 7 5 a 34Yendi East 19,650 901 2
Yendi W est 21, 430 986 3.3
T atuale 36,240 89 . 3
(hmbaga 19,29 892.c
41RSt R ^c^xz 21,800 ` 704
Wa ,040 284 16J. awraTum 70 9 2,. ).7
4 ^
---.Holders with__Guinea_corn___
-T-6T-ToTia.Holders.,____„
76,500 634140,890 74,632,130 5563,480 403
229590 l2.4
f_qL_on_and District
VILer East fle6.,...°nNvrongoBolgatangaBawku-,--y--T--Total (Ghana)
ge all areaer Holder
2.1
, 2
ACRES)
Total1 315,480' 60,940
111,620
54650
29,3601,130
26,260
4 5
More than 60 per cent of all holders in the Northrn., UpperEast and Upper West Regions cultivate guinea corn, This pe ron-
tage is however much higher in the Yendi West 'district of UorthernRegion where about 98 per cent of the holders cultivate guinea corn.
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 55per cent in the Northern Region and the rest in the Upper West
Region,
Table ,2,8 - AREA OF MILIT TIEE
Region and District
Northern Red.on
Damongo-Salaga
Yendi East
Yendi Aest
Tamale
Gambaga
22 er LsElsWA
Lawra-Tumq
AREA UNDER MILLETPure orPredominant Subsidiary
40,520 274,960
5,760 55,180
330 42 36280 45 300
24,770 86,8509,3 80 45,270
20470 9,190400
19,470 8,790
Bolgatanga
Bawku
PTotal (Ghana
, Ur f 01'
Pr e cd o in ± zi'ant.+4j
diar Total.
88. 36 l37, 800 226 g 6O
43, 420 60,, 85, 100270
32, 840
12,1C()
149,05 42:L,950
,^-.....- ...M.. k._...!_.. 0 __,..._.
Table 529 shows/ , he three regions of &nati wnr iuU
is mainly grown, the number god percentage o:: h v oc.-c, g,.:
crap anti its Me z area ;ear° hoJ der
Wk J '^^ C- i;'T^rm a `^+ C-'' ^^.4 I ^D ^et? ^'r ^ ^ } p ry {^^ i r lN D .I. cg s NAREA PER H O LDPR
HHolders with %of Total Mean arni Distri Di strie i.6 Je
„o dens
5 70'”o
.^ ,n^^^ ^ Wt}^ 1 R 917,010 6 9 4 32
DamOnge-S lager 20.080 59..4- 3O
Yendi $a sta 14,130 648 .," s
Yendi West :8,83O 86.6
Tamale 243i0 60.2 2.6
Gambga 1 P 660 886
17 '° WeJL 2! 19,990 ^re .,.
W . 2,400 22 a ` m 1
L, ira-TUm ,1° 9^J f°:,^ E.. 4
82,590 68J 27
MEMO 4O.890 746 2.6
olgatanga 3822O 60:L i 2.6
awku 3 480 4^
w:total(Gh .a) .9S 90$ i0n
About seven-tenth of tue holders in the f o Bern.n Upper
East and Upper West Regions grow mi1let Th e mean onto pew;,
der ranges from 05 acres (Wa Dis r1ct) to 4 ^2 ac=
D strict), The mean area per bolder or 3:,,.-- e_° in ana, xe
I•er r • .r `^"
RfLion and Distrit
AREA DNDU CASSAVA ACUS)__Pure orPredominant Subsddiaf
7 ry 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 predomi-
nantly with cassava and the area with cassava grown as a subsi-
diary crop in crop mixtures.
- ARIA UNDER ASSAVA BY DISTRI.CT p Y TT TNG e iy -
Western P,LLion 107,800 230,270 33F,070
Axim-Takoradi 29,190 66,650 95,840
Tarkwa 299260 22,440 51,700
Asankragwa 29,970 68,810 98,780
Wiawso 19,380 72,370 91,750
Central Re7ion 28,460 71,260 193,720
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
Greater Accra 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 36,390
Koforldua 4,640 5:000 q 0.4,n
Akosombo 13,580 42020 56,500
Kibi 660 24,'90 25,450
Mpraeso
oIt ReLi9n
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
Kpando
11,720
7,2309,0
2350
20,
jasikaII-Ket Yrachi 29,A60 83,20 112,650
4SSLRR 124,280 240,10 34,450Xumasi West 25;960 14,20 40,210
5
4
Lc U
Pere or
&tLQJ i ji PTe d Onaina Z1"& Su si I a " o..
Kumasi ast 22,170 9 320 3 490Bekwaj `€. n 49Q 2774O 46230
Obuas 19 320 21s 30 40t 950
Juaso M gong East 6,360 49 270 00 9 30
i pong West 20, 400 83.073 ''p
Of 'i_nso-Te pa 11,560 34,910 45,470
13^.Ir . hafo .R ion. 68,050 92, 540 360, 590
Goaao 6,84.0 4946O 56320
Sunyani 10 9 880 54, 10 65. 690Dormaa 4,820 56,930 61,750Winchi West 9,640 59,380 69,020Wenchi East 29,650 51,650 81,500
At bub 6, 22 0 20,090 26310
No rther.ra a a 21,710 214,080 235,790
Daeongo- _aga 5,430 55,120 60,550Yen&t East 1,410 40.590 42,000
Yendi West 520 36,E 460 36,980
Tamale 14,350 60,060 94,410G mba a - 1,850 50 1,50
300 330
East Re Ion
_Total (Ghan i) 493,710 1,515,210 2,008,920
As stated earlier, all crop area figur
report refer to the total area on ground as
fore in the case of cassava which is a long
. figures given above refer to the total area
stood on ground in mi d 1984, and not erely
or to the area harvested in 1984e
es given in this
in mid 1984 The
durat 3, on crop, the
::.Fva • S
to the area r ¢ ...t
The above table revels that 75 per cent of the areas
cassava had this crop only as a subs dia y crop grown Ixed a
other crops.
Tabl prr,lent 1Pvel totl
i.,_ sava grown eithr ae pure, predoataant or subsidia77
rpercentage distribution.
- Pf R} TC1
Western
Central
Greatr Accra
Eastern
Volta
AslAxti
Brong Ahafo
Northern
Upper West
pper.East_
Total (Ghana)
Total Area
)38,070
199,720
28,560
244,230
1 23791E0
364,450360,590
1235,790
i
1
330 H
t-
2,008,920 100.0
About 36 per cent of the total area under cassava is con-
centrated in Ashanti and Brong Ahab Regions and virtually no
cassava is grown in the Upper West and Eaat Regiona.
Table 5.3.3 shows by district the wambe of h.oldr growing
cassav
ab
a and thir percentage . The mean cassava area is also
sbown.
Table 53m - VFP n TACE CF ECIDERS GROWTRG CASSAVA KND'A_REA 71lieLUER
Re/7Ion and. Dictrict
Western Reg, on
Tarkwa
Axim-Taoradi
A na °..
Tiawr3o
Cape CoastEsitAM.
Holders withCassava
CA 1U AreaEolder . Eolde
1.81,800 88.2 2.9
41,790 96.5 1.2
39,600 81.2
Ti,9S0 u.0
62,430 E8.2 71 7
188).060 86,7i32,55044,360
85,.69401 fi
1,10.9
Bar 3 LA L 8^ 3
r ^, 1A L' an L n'q
.^C^4. ^5,. _° .^1 ^5 „ d.,^. ^J' . r i c t _.^,:.a- ,?? a s s a55, L A S E"'x ^` a--e S £;L
w. , . k '3' R 57 0
s e' ",qa ?410 i11 '
^^ r e a; A c ra Reg, k %2 7&0 .673 0
Great e ra ,,IkccrR, 3278Q 67. 3 y 9
tea.,-+ n-I.1
m 2..,,- 22•601Q .? 01Q 926
^
h 11Aidni Oda 4996o F .6
ti
®
Asarnank 39 380
ofor dua 49,340
'A ,^eso^ bo 56210 931 , a
KA.be. 15Q49 8g. 'e d
Mpra^' 30 :a, 5g 610 84,10 092.0B; 640 760
Sogakope 45230 87J. 1110
e Aa sa 26480 180 402 g .L m S,
Ho 36420 78,6 ;91 0
Kp anado 37090 Bare 5 'I .
ja kan e e Krachi 6372O A, 6'
285,160 ^7 13
Kum a k. 40 310 0 927
a 3 at 43,210 6
B k ai 4124O l,.
a
. `^. r
0 ua i 27 44
^^ ,,i
Ju ,3o'm :ampo ng Fait 38310 89t '
Mawpog West 55 020 925 A a, 9
0 .fin3o-.T ppa 39650 5 8 2" 12
16802o
G"orad.sc 30,1201 72a'1 cN L^
3o0 64'b ^^F
Doriaar
We3 hi Wt 3 276 GOt
Wrxc:hI Eat 35870 21
,bb 13290 325 3, 20
iTc rflR$fl 67670 484 44
20,980 624
YnLt Eut 1286O 90
fe ry. a* 3'7• mis
'^ ,Oh
a" ^.° vaG 5
i.^.
^}.:FY: '^^
WesternRion 45,660
Axim-Takoradi 1,460
Tarkwa 190
Aeankragwa 20830
Wiawoo 23,180
pmtral ReeLisn 4,190Dunkwa 1,120
Swedru 2410
Other Areas 660
Estern 22770
Akim Oda 6,920
Aaaaankese 29310
Reforidua 19120
3*6&0
tkosoWoo
, Mpraso ' 49C
v, np ql
6C,
22, 770
fJ 920
7 310
1,,120
366o
6 2 5G
45,6607 i q
190
20883
23,1E0
4,190
6A _ii(ider, rut,
sa a h
Tamale 21,960 54.4Gambaga 760 ti ,
Upper West Region 200 0.6
Lawra-Tumu ,0
Zean icea
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
AREA UN DR YAM 'C R,Pre or
District P:edominant Subeidiary
So ak ope
zeta
Ho
Kp:ando
Jasikan Ke lp e I ac'.iii
Ash 1-^ i.,.- Re:a ^.
Kumasi W*s't
Hu ici. Bast
Bekwa.I
CD u a ci
«J uaso .NampOn East
b ong West
0f .n so T ppa.
G Can
Sun y .n..
DDormaaa
Weiie11i. 'east
WWe iehi East
Atebubu
Damongo S laga
Yendi. Bast
Yendi West
Tamale
GamF. aga
Ya
,aah mra T imp.
Total (GrpAna)
ART UNDER r^ lfi ..,, A,
ure
31,750 :ii 5 i oQ
s^ 6
1 4 . 4 0
670 6 9 620
16030 46860
70 4l30
3 l0
a ^^49620 9.790
i4570 53i0
2,700
140,, 00 55 060
280 7 380
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38, 26O
6 6i ]•,rr;r,r
i973i973O 2220
7 4 9 89 2 4.80
134 D 210 210 2 200
45350 1,.2 020
34 $ 7 `-
25190
28 570
390 5. 910
9, 40 6 680
331,69O 2820
13.8
2.1
24.4
0.5
23.5
2.0
2.2
2.8
1,1
7.8
5.6
8,5
2,6
11.9
13.?,
9.4
9.8
2.1
776.5
29.0
14.3
5,313430,2
1/.2
21,5
4:1
P
n n
1 A
2,0
0,8
1®2
1.1
1.2
2.4r,
8
0 8
I .6
1.4
1.7
0 5
7., 0
1 .3
i8
0.6
2,1
q
1.2
GG
tl
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
A -Aaro and Northern Regigns
The number of holders growing yam and their pe ntagF arc
pre toted below in Table 5 3, 5. by district,
Tabl e r PERUENTAllE _OF He ER S GROWING- I ,M AND .A REA PRP HOLI
and.Holders with
Yarr
PS . 4€0
Axim-Takoradi 1s 0:;0
A s akragwa 10, 560
Tarkwa 2
awso 16, 610
Centra 4, 6O
A
Swedni
Other Areas ¶1 9Q
9, :a0
Aki in Oda is 6O
ksamankess 3 ,
Koforidua 1,440
AR o sombo 7, Y/0
2, 't90
pra so 1,710
:Volt a RsElpn 26 ;20
o galc op e 1,1)0
Keta
Ew4ndc 2 s 8)O
Jasikan-Kete EraQhi 19, 10
Ashanti_ II t f ion 460'M
Riu_nasi West 2, 3(0
Kumasi st 6, OW
Bekwai 12, 90
ObuaBi 3, 6b
Jua so 1_4Dp prig East 9 „ 21)'Qmpong West 41)
Offin 50—T 2 5 261
ax e with ^^ 6? ^a
: t
vi #F
l ° ^.'a. A .h e`.s o 31 .}! n 91620 36 e+ ti; 231
Goaso 3 i60 24 to
° .n.i 9720 19 4 n
Dormaa 1 7 t.9 Oki 38'.6 24
: '9 'en c .hl West 14. 3 80 47O ^. v7
Wench. Ba.it 14v 1 ;0 3 2
At ebubu .-y 01s.,> ^,' e,we 9 4,
4 ^ 24^ mo t i)xy 60,350 43 _ 2 °^
Danox go Saiaga 16,740 495 5 Y F4` endi. East 1356O 622 2 6end West 10,86O 50U
1
23Tamale 17, 000 42,x.... ` .5
Gambaga 2. 190 9T 1 x Wee RiOi 10,430 337 _fit„
Wa 4880 455
Lawra-Twnu 5, 55O 274
Total( ll .-1an a ) 2.
8 O4o-.. »,.,w....,....^ ...._.:
5 e c
7_,....=..,av,.., ....-._-
3il
About f fty—three i er cent of holders growing yam in G
are found in the Brong Ahafo and Northern Regions. More the
thirtyv per cent of holders in each of the two regions mow y
The Regiong^.ion hs the bighest mean area per holder in
country
Co y ca . ma is 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
mixed with oilier cropsinclude the whole area of all fields
contained a significant t amount of coccy =
Region and District
Western Replan
Axim-Takoradi
Tarkwa
Asankrawa
Wiawso
2fatul_EREIRaCape Coast
Essiam
Lunkwa
Swe(1ru
Ahim Oda
AsamanIcese
Yoforidua
Akosomho
iti
Mpraeso
olt EL9m.Ho
Kpando
JaAkan Ye-tie Krachi
Otht)r .Areas
..dlaanLAMLCa
Kumasi West
Kumai East
Bekwai
Obu?,si
juaso-Marpong East
Mampong West
Offinso Teppa
Br2LE Ahafo_Reg„lon
Goaso
Sunyani
Dormaa
Wenchi Wst
Wench' East
Atrj)ubuTotal (Ghana)
Tab A T11,7 h 7;g) 0 AJV
yt or , r -7 fThm • '- Puk.-.• AN n P "
AREA ON CMOYKI(1,,07).-,'`LPure 07.
Predominant Su N sidiar 7'
.
4,690 260
17r) 2,870
8640
44,330fi
MtP1
1569956
3, 040E.,:.()
9 520 9'3,420 102,940
65047,450 48,300
2,020 2,020
11,420 .11,420
850 26,890
7,120 nTh
I 2
070 133,060. 13513°260 45,340 4,5 600
14,360 1. 4 60
38,040 38040
540 22,080 22,620
1,050 8,330 9p380
220 4,910
470 50,450
160 4,740 , rNn
310 6,500 , 810
38,830 38, 830
380 380
38,050 276,45Q 314 5Q0
2,830 29,150 31 9 966
1,260 28,160 29 , 420
6,330 32,780
960 32,200 Pn
5,870 52,870 8 , 740
16,710 66,720. 83, 4 30
4,070 34,570 ri 38,38,640
19 050 250,770 269, 82.0
900 71,680
8,180 84,650
140 46,110 4. 6 , 0
13,360 13,6
9,500 34,970 44,470
65,1 912,44.0 g )(
Rud Upper es n^`; ion
in t;he c ountr as a hol e , about ni.n..rety three per cent c_;'
area under cocoyam has ibje crop g rown as sa? aiCia y to other
crops grown n on the sate li e ch T irty—three , `d r s ;a: of i
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
holders growow cocoyam.
1, `L3. . ^ .. .@^ ,.`
HLDER ll
{1 ^.,A s._L. i :S `. rV 71 6r.^—',.. l:a^s..:7 r ^ ,
}P
rat ; la- ^.s l.
,\.e .., ] ^-i lti
11:.V.e... ,.,aD A) .
li
e ^^
Western Re&i on 98 970
.Axi -Takoradi 1,630
Tarkwa 9 350
A sa y. a.b:agwa, 20,580S awa . 67, 4l0s ex ual Re ion 42 , 080
Cape Coast 1l20
r"s 1 aiu 13,420
Dun w . 21, 7 90
<Swedru 5,750
Easter ;.et on 118,700
Akin. Ocia, 38,420
Asamankese 1 , 950
R.o 'o: .dua 00 260
kosoiubo 21, 360
R .0 . 5,210
Mpraeo_o 1,500
Volta Rgion 7,120
Ho 6,900
Kpau o 8, 980
Jasikan-Ket e Xrachl 30,760
Other Areas 480
w:a .aj.iti P io o 237 0 8 60
Kwsaai West 29,060
an, . of 41,080
Holders With t al
706
42X
84,7
60.1
3.5
15,0
35.2
R iOn and ,District
ylata
4 sh ant LRer,i0npr ktx a C. o_
6,960
3,230
1,)ort2a_y„,„.n d r, Coo 0 - 0 P r Bolder
Bekwai 34,410
tbuasi 20,360
Juaso-Meopong East 35,700gampong West 43,370
Offthoo-TepDa 33,880
Ar017.0•10.R.ELqm, 106,100
Goaso 357380
Sixnyani 30,140
Dormaa 19,850
Wenchi West 4,600
Wenchi East 16,130
Total (Ghana 650,830
About'36 per cnt of the total number oS
holders gro itY1
eopyam 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 R S 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 DN UT S BY '_DS ST TICT 0 PLANT TG
t-are orPredominant
—24060
24,02032,850
A,, P t U NJ)1 R G ROT^IU DNUT S s_ { f 'TSa
P re or I:
ou ].t f .L^. ^ , $^L^ SJ i": ,J a-^,t ^^_,^...
Northern l2840 l25450 go
:D iao u o S la a 2, 420 1IQJ30 , 5a )
Y en±x. , East l ^ 300 l2740 k I4040Ynd1 West 5 7 0 i2489 13050
a1Jd rry . 'tr A 350 63 21.0 "5.F tei 4,! 5 '6M 3
Gaafiba.ga 3, 200 25 $90 1, 093
perWestEeion 6050 4 883 10. 970
`a, 400 460 86o
Lawra—
T mu 5 ^ 650 4 420 10,070
East u 4 41
_x. R 93490 8260 . „ s, 7 5 0
Nav ron ,o 34 270 5 720 3 0.no m.! gatanga 44 570 car 51 , 4.0 ^, 1'
15RVka. 14.,650 s, Muo
Rest of Ghanaa l230 2340 3 570,x:^ar maronr^., a. , m..ss nsa.-j .,seem a^.we..p^.m
Total( LY ha . a )
wRe:®seua^s^,^,w s... "
i9 440 17 430 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
Table 5 4. 2 shows for the main greundnuts rowing tracts th a
number C t holders cultivating groundnuts .d. cent oget]
with th mean area per holds,,
'_ ab.1 e ^ :° C'"" HOL .^ R^.J ld "I: LOIjJ
Ta NG G, LQUIN 7^i'f &.i rTS .0,TD ^^1
RTt
^,-,. .^_ I . ji P,,, ...: TJl 1, : 1..-.,s3-
...' llde B ` itli ^J ^
9F X3
9 - sl Ax
! LLLt,.. i` tr ams.^ ,W °ra ve .ct ial s T d
€ 3 .^,'V.r aLo^r
Volt Rejon 2060o 7.5 :Le6
l6460 5 2 1.6 ..
o r.^ A..ai Rein 32680 12.9 k .,
o °?^ or 3.^Re r B0 1t 30 57, 7.
D,e. an&0^ alaga ll08O 3 2 ,, 6 e a
.1i East 14, 2 7 0
Y ndI West , 0 O7O 467
33, 550 83l 'v
a Z a T 11,790 Tl .< 2,5
5
0-0
AeicciOn and IiietlAc, Groundnuts
upo , west RP'riOn 16t320
WR 1,920
Lawra- Tualu 144.00
EERftr- . F: E' F On 100,860
Navrongo 40,890
Bolgata.nga 52v770
Eawku 7,200
Rest of Ghana 3v610
T t n. an, a ) 271 460
A4,';) 0,4
( L,L 0,7
83,2 1.0
74.6 1.0c 1z 0.9
14 6 4V
Northern Reion
Damongo-Salaga
61,110
5,73'0
31.790
1 225,600
650
Yendi East
' end' West
Tamale
7r, 4 , 46
-v-13e
0(
Gamlaga
2 - n
4 70
.112,W17 —TUIIM 2B0 31, 510
2PD,TK.110 2';5,490
N av rong o 110 6 . tea
Bolgatanga 11';1
4rt
Bawk-o. ,40
R3t of Ghana 0 1 4 .tir';
0 g' 0
p; e— 9 ' 4
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 3ARE UNDER BEANS BY DISTRICT ZD
AREA UNDER BEANS (ACRES)1 Pure or
and strict i Predomina2it Total
e &'
i-ii grown diaiyC s.. o-o i ,
-a .. n,-4
`3W ., £s^z
Aboni: of t"I'lei ' tota . 4 ea
Reg: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
o.^c.r ^f.^r
^, ^ I Mean rior1 and District Beans W^. ^u Rol " et ^ ,: ^_L
i ^O t
h.!rfl w on $3,690 455 .t...., 'DarnongoSa1aga 9,990 29 06
Fend. East 8 24.0 37P 8 0 5;
Yendi West 17830 82O
Tamale 18,170 450 L2
Genb aga 9 , 460 42 . 6 2.1
• s. :s ^e' ^1 19,770 63 a ;.(
Wa 3,040 28
Law ra^Tumu 16,730 826 19
L' p er as I:t_ 82,040 677 , t
Na-vro o
40,100 73e 2,4
olgatanga 37,310 3Q
Bawku a 4,630 5, ®`s 38
Rest of Ghana 34,160 2.2
About 41 per cent of the total number of holders growing
beans are found in the Upper East Region, , and the mean area per
holder is also highest in this region.
Bambara beans 10 Frown mostly as a s 3 a _ :°fir .9-r in- i .
` 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
a n More of Crops.
O 5 0 V, / r -:,
- AREA UNDER BAnARA BEKNSTYPE
Rezion and District. . , _
"VpRer East RoLion
Navrongo
Boigatanga
Baku
Rest of Ghana
'li cit (Gh a)
-P Tr_ ARFA_UNDR
600
600
Total (Ghana) 350
LLL2Lnal; Li PLi,NTA
,LEST
BANDA.4---
(ACP7)
164,770 1.64777)Z 8 240 48,240
U950 31,950
84,580 84,580
3,140
167, 310 167910
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 parcen-
tage are presented in table 5.4.6 together ith the luan are "f r
holder.
Tabl 6 HOODED Lls GROWIFG EA SARA BEOS AREA l'ER HOLDER
HolderTkith,, ,sra.lon and District , Bambara Beans
URIsr East RegLRa 62,520
Navrongo 27,790
Bolgatanga 33,880
Bawku 850
Rest o Ghana 1,830
1C-6f Tow.) r, an. .Arpa.Holderc Ljaer. .holder
516 2. 6
50.7 1.7
58. 6 0.9
----------3.5
Upper Past Region accounts for nerl 97 /,)47 e-nt of th
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
S
ary Total^ L
42 v 730
18 48026, 90
4,160
17,890 90
1703O
83 X 670
16400
1,140
49 0
, a
43 9 j
d, 4b
19030
21, 890
84, 680
16,710
1440- ° y^
T ^-'Fr ato ^ 3
are grown @1 a oEA- £,n ;1 i. ly as :.rO ?r
a mixture of era 5s as shown °t;: 3 .`? g Q :'"w.f riic
l fl I? 'A T I ER TO ATOES BY REGI ON i} BT PE
Region
We stern
Central
Greater A e ra
Eastern
Volta
Ashanti
B,i-, ng Ahaf a
Northern
Upper EastUpp
er West
_ AREA„i re or
Predominant
^^ A 2 30
300
320
240
14404 860
1,010
610
Total (Ghana) 9,710 228@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 of Totai eari AreaRion
Tomatoes Holde o k ` £ Ho1ej.eWestern 31,510 1533 184
Central 19,430 8
Greater Accra 10, 350 21®3 ?
7 670 .p i
Volta 24430 88 -,Ashanti 21,230 £8 g. 0
B. ong Ahafo 34,330 i36 2.5.
N a rth e ... 5,480 39 ^h w 1)
Upper Fast 400 O3 299
Total (Ghana) 1550.2O 020
at .n 3 I ,.
,
K_O O GauD,:z E-G GS—777f to tali te an 101 de r s wi, th 70 of •fo t a2.1 an
Holders area ellll Garden 1 Holders area7
OF 70 T-- HTa GEOZNGof tal )11e poi ders wit
9 710. i
[ 29170 0.71
I 11080 69800 14 0 0,7 i
2001
1- 1 1,3 0,7 19 060 3.7 0.7 1
, 53 0 - . • i -I i 22,150 i
I
Q 0 „ 2!
13, 560 4 1 0 9,210 1 2Q 03 1
4
5"' • Je
s terT,
L7.! feral
eater Accra
s tern
ta,
har, ta.
snz-
the rn
,
pr
,
0. 5
0 .7
2 3
1 ap
0.6a
n
1, 050
2, 160
8. 470
Tj1 E11. Oia0 _ ,LRE U-TN a /..', U177y_:72:3___
sid To t: al. Iredomin an t, ,ab -icliar.,_ _. ___ . 4.4...w•r4.4,,,• . - • 4 •4,:. 4•
_ 9,18.0 !1 1 0 r)-1 010— / -9 9 180 i
L? 1 400 2 390J9 i•+-)u /
' z- ,I1 9 9 1) f01 ,n i 4k
-3 U 1 _180
L..,.1
2, 110 950
/ 15 0 40 I
- i290 760
15, 190 i
1 1 ?9700 2 7/0 i 260 , ,, ,,7 0001 I 18,830 19, 070 1 860 , Al .-;
7 y ,,,,,u
1 1. 19,120 1.9,260
150150
1
1 , 58 1, 580 I - -__......___,, 5 _ v , ,
7L zp:...,,L ±24y.L__Q1.._.__us)__.÷___2._1 .3,21g, j . 6__:L_a2LL_L2LQ__L,_22 200 1 1. ,1.50
Pur ekredomin an t
s 2 290
L3- 40
ea te Accra 62.0
t err-,
a 64
ban
org .Lhalo
th R17]
7)er West
per as"
! _e,,,Q422.424.444+4_,
'6,820
6,150-,gceu
2, 360
760
1800/
11 17 0
-, 607 ( U
1 12
ilk i 290
-Jc)
10,960
180
oF APure or
90
2, 5
300
'150
`In
240
A
About 22 per cent of the tom ac t .: rm in the country are
..L itund in the Brong Abate e€ Lcui; and in G t`^t e co-r., Region,
every fifth farmer cultivates tomatoes.
Table 5 53 3 cws the areaunle.r pepper, okro arth gar .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 nos 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.
areThere/a total of -61 440 holders cultivating
.pepcer° throughtot
the country. Of this number, 22 per cent are found in Ashanti Re1e"i.on and 18 per cent in Greater Accra Region An insignificant
unber of holders are found growing pepper in 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 thetc :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 the Western R.egion.
).c) 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 5 6 1 - AREA UE DER CaO TTUT BY DI STRI UT ,t T Y Ni I,
Resonand District
Axim-Takoradi
Tarkwa
Asankragwa
Other Regions
13:41 Lp t cp_npl(EmQPure oJ Pr e d omin ant Su.b si di ar7 To alL..
'17, 510 2, , 830 i
77, 510 400/
77, 910
130 130
2 9 580 8o ia 0 OJ
Total (Ghana) 80,090 1,910 32 wv,9
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.
u: i .. , Jj F LLt
Y Le io:cL m-Takara&t p 0
far wa 290
A.sank a ;wa 430
Other Regione 2, 440
Total (Ghana) 18 p 870
0 o N S . ;ieefl ar
Rd derd
322
.'t, 7 O4
- O 3O
110 4P
a .3
OIL PALM CACHES
P^
19 3 O 539 60
9, 320
10.5 -0 730
15 4,;190 ! 28-A640
17. 070 146970
28:L0 440
d District
A EARPure rPredominant
3368O
S6
30$190
1295O 5
i29900 00
4, 30.
210,210
W e corn
Central
Eastern
Volta
A :E an't .I
B on ' Ahafo
Total ( ha
,^ a
able .6 ® 3 which g± re a ` the regional level the area and
osi.:.a1Iii tlra. e'i.f - d into the uaual Ca, es ai 'g$ a. ' F J` al o f
305 O20 acres under Oil palm cultivationn i tha9:; cc; n Jrj & tb 'm^
half of
this area i found in A han i Region and a $'g TSax.er 17 pe
cent in the Weetern Region.
About 73 Per Cent of the area under oil Pal. is in lure eta
or contains it as a pr°e eom n xnt crop in the xtnre ol craps
Table j n 6w r shows the number ofho1der g - A ^y &0 , si ,"?
and their rercentago in the diffcren't di tri.c s 3
Oa 2k-1,
Re E 1 On
Weeter4
C -ri .tral
Eastern
Volta
Ashanti
Drong Abarc
Tota -1 (Gh ana )
1
o rff 1,1'1
01 1 Pal gl
23,050
1 1 ,250
11,290
8 550
14,760
r, )n
74,2 2 0
4
" 4 s he,g 1
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.
The highest mean area per ha der for oil palm tb
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.
Table AREA UNDER PLANTAIN . BY DI ST RI C T AN D BY PLAE T G
AREA UNDER PLANTAIN (kORES)
Re s7ton Rnd
Axim-Tak..oradi
Tarkwa
Asankragwa
Wiawso
Centra l Reion
Cape Goast
Lssiam
Dunk.via
Swedu
Pure oreq20, 11= t j SU L FJ. dlail 2::::::i ,,2.100,7),
45 p 040
16,970
26,450
1,190
230
6 1 32 5 30
,'..? 2,030
!R-4 UOU
.„, ,,
1 180
Y
1
1
,,
177 T 5'1 0
r.1" -: n 7,.-,
''.'i ,] 7 e)
2780 '') :.. 7,-
7
330 4, 060 4,3901 A 80, ,,,. 5 640 7,320
420 1 15, 370 1- 5, 7 . S&
550 4., 4 2?0 4 9 j
&ziwTakOradi
T x'k a
} , d.ers withPl antamx!
73,710
5 ; 7 0
. 0 1 970
, ^ ^ ^^ aye ^..,
s ^
''EA TJNDL Y0..Pears or
..
a s n 11 ? j f R 97,130
Akiw Oda 10,46 24480
Aamankee 1,130 16.,470
K io i t ua, 88 13,690
.A a o o b'c 50 5,090
18,18 33,920
1)J°ais 3,820 d ^
Volta i. on 2,660 21,590 590
A.^p. a w ^ i s 79,080 193,5:10
' aaai West 5,030 21,830
KumasiBast 2,130 9,970
e, wai 13, 30 2:.3, 9660
12,570 8g> s^
JuasoMaaipon 22 9 680 36,870
M pong Wee- 12,370 40,780
Of1inso Te p
10,470 39,350
° n a 32,6 40 149,660
aso 1Q, 810 34,620
Sunyani 6,860 61,100
raiaa 5,540 30,410
Wen hl West 1,090 5n 53
Wrich East 8,340 8, 00O,
heat o f Ghana 74 1,400
Total (Ghana) 197,460 "i 6 625,310
The number of oid 'a who grow 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.
perw. ,35 2 ^
117 4
iZeZtoki KckA s tri ct
sankramTa
oo
C ral Re c-.1
'ape Oriaot
"issI.Mit1
Dankwa
S we d.nt
lt,Q;JL„. LMf,kim Oda
A sem wOr e
Zof dua
ko s omb 0
nbi
Mprae so
AnnILITE,Jan,Kmna si West,
0amas1 East
Be
Obuasi
Juan`.` o Man ong Eastb aulpong West
Of fin s o-T epp a
Lri2rL 0 Re 1Go Flo
Szn y an).
rala aW en chi West
Wenchi Ea et
Rest of Gham
Total, (Ghana)
1 0
1, 80
w
00 d
. olde:re vq-_ tn----„,
'p ti x t -.., Meau :s3.rk:.-,.,Plantain HO dero9 4 nn
55.732 , 9,0 46.5
29,780 6 13.7
294-20 6.4
7e 960 16.9
13:850 22.5
51 550 7 e65,650 26.9 1
24,300 47.9 1, I
119620 27 5g 0
7,060 12.9 1
6,6q0 11 .1 0. 6
8,160 47.2
7,820 42.1
21,080 7.7 2
188,830 60,2 1.420,570 47,3 I, 3
20,850 46.4 0®6
33,820 79.1 . 1
19,830 60.5
470 B2.6
289150 47,3
30,14-0 62,8
73,440 29.1 ,s;. 3 ,#
23,060 2.0
25, 840 51.6 2.612,840 28.2 4 6
2,360 1
9,340 21.4
0
453,520 .9 4 ", 0 V
1
t a.3 ' n.,..a of the o-1 . _ na;.4 b e.g . of hO t du:^_ .,
plantain on their r . di. e in pact e of Ashanti t
a C.^, `^ :'.1 i?On r . N + `^ie^rr°t ":: 9 o si q q, r
^ ^^c „ cs.p. of if ^i: R- 1e ^^ .^ ^h S ..:t
'4`^ • e ^°^ e b CYsk e
4_ „ . t.A u.
e l t g vote i^ ?. anta n ^. .s ^ ^' u ^
/1 e 'i area ,E,.6 r l' ^q 6eo: o rt'" yr^ t c rice.*e Y.,e ^P.E,M1 „v ^ ^ i". e..., 6y ^ per5 i. ^ ^9, ^ds . '. 4 .^y ,^, Y ^'^ f,^
fro f t1^,^ 6 s. c ,ddb e t. fl 5 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 iced by rl . ao
the and b y suroane produced by oI. .,t growe c who " . L re with a
n .. e of the iac o r iesA u arc ei.e also grown on a w,"_ - .
by h. _ .der a either for hole oonsumption or for sale in the local
Ycacket as cane.
Table 5. 6:s7 shows the area of sugarcane grown and the nu aabcr
of holders growing the crop .. Woo given is the .eae area r e
w o i{ f ^ G rL - a 'gym-
d._,n,_A..vHolders Growing Area of can Area pr
Re ion L c ne sly€ arcane C,F _. '?``
a e
's
n ;
r
,.0 el..r
Weateru 4 910 7 560
central 5t 30 5430
Greater Accra 670 260 0®4
Eastern 2 20 25o . 9
Volta 5, 9 0 Q 6p 0'00 CD
i b3O 1 36u
Brong Ahafo 3, 0 4 0 9 230 3„ 0
Total (Ghana) j 24500 32390
There i s a total of 3290 acres unde:c sug ='r'ear ” throughout
the co` ?tr-y of which 9, 230 acres or 28 per cent is found in Brong
Ahafo Region
A total of 74 500 holden produce sugarcane out of which
24 per cent are located in Volta Reg..ioz
The mean area per holder ranges from 04 acres in r ater.
u cra Region to 3.0 sores in Brong kb. d f "i Region wit y;J, the nationalcan 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 -
Region No& of Holdersin m
,Ar J_9_84
No. of Holdersin 1984
PercentageIncrease
'esteTn 68,100 206,190 t., ,,14Uk.4
Central 8 1 ,100 217,510 7 ')
Greater Accra) 46,700 1
gastern 148,200 244,140 C'-72f J
108,600 274,480 152 &7
kffi.azAi 147,700 314p 5c4 y 112.8
Brong di hafo 71,600 252,469 o,
Northern 61,200 139,900 128&6
i3pD er West 30,960
Upper East 118,700 121,230 r-, Q
Total (Ghana) 0502001B5°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 itI
o also due to the fact that there was drought and bilah-Pra iL0-
6. 311-,e throughout tho: country in 1983q CRUSPd ccarety of
Area under
73 v 000
901000
161,000.081000
116 000
121,000
149, 000
82,000
164.
:L22
^5»
ce Area Under a ee
F19 2 10
19L 780
10 710
2- O .d.. 50',y
21943029 , 240
24,100
10 1,, 31
1,787 470
.. 5l&
128Q2
1
73
63 ^^y
Compara.%l,vs :a gure s
for the area = Tbfis" :' Jw.
for - i_ - ;y ' a.rc 1°70 an 1°34 are g1 en by Region . s3 table _-: '.
a.!-.,?^a ;: ven are thetc percentagee change between Ithe ho
s` C.OtC:'l1
Central
Greater cera)
Eaotern
volt a
k» ;anti
Brong Ahafo
A of whe m I
Upper Weet
Upper East,,
(c ana) j 900000 oo }
Table 64 AREA UNDER RI CE IN 1970 AND Ii?
011
We tern
CentralGreater J cc°ra 3
Eactern
i o _v t a
As tan t i
prong Ahab
Northern
t
U, per Bad
Area Under Ricein 1970 (Acres
14,000
2,000
3,000
16,000
10,000
13,000
36,000
42,000
Area Under :^i 3__cr,
35,420
3,4 .0
00
2, 870I " a
9,350
29)670
JJy ^^f
6,430
110,2 0T han O ) 136,000
46, 0
62,890
195,120
156410
T 2r)
550,210
„)%,,
-73
24
23.J.
-68
29.
TIN
•
A. rea Under ,sassalra AreA Urdem CasklavAin 1970 Acres)
107,000
94,000
Western
Central
Greater Accra
Eastern
Volta
Ashanti
Brong Ahafo
Northern
Upper West
Upper Las,
Total (Ghana
217,000
150000
131,000
88,000
l3,000
x,000
33 8 M 0
q 9 72n
28,560
244 230
237vx8o
364,450360,590
?5,790
330
805,000 2008„920
If
Table 6.6.6-1-
AreA derTime Area Un-jerin :.970 (Acreo . in 198z, (Acre)
a , g
Western
Central
Eastern
Volta
AGreater Accra)
36000
Ashanti 31,000
Northern
n5000Drong AhDfo
Upper West i1?7,000
Dpur Eas tl ____ 1.,000
Total (Ghana) 46,000
10,000 45,660169000 4,190
30, 00 0 2'2;FiU
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 shoutd noted that when most peoplt azcid
go into farmtng, they mosly concentrate on the pQd_.ctorAmaie and cassava. Therers any increase in the nymber of holdi fy
will cause a correspondingincrease in the area ..p,40, th6t*