• What is sustainable soyabean production in northern Ghana (ssping)?
  • The project dubbed: ¡°Sustainable Soyabean Production in Northern Ghana¡± (SSPiNG) also seeks to enable rural households to raise their incomes and improve food security on a sustainable basis.
  • Why is soyabean so popular in Ghana?
  • This, in turn, has increased demand for soyabean to supply food processing and poultry feed businesses. According to the agricultural sector report, the soyabean annual production potential in Ghana is estimated at 700,000 Mt covering 250,000 ha (MoFA 2017).
  • How many soyabean producers are there in Ghana?
  • There are however few large producers of soyabean who through the nucleus farm system engage many smallholder producers as outgrowers and providing some level of support such as land preparation and seed supply. There are 12 major soyabean grain processing companies in Ghana with capacity to process about 170,120 Mt per year.
  • What is Ghana’s soybean production potential?
  • Ghana’s soybean production potential stands at an impressive 700,000 tonnes per year. However, only about 26 percent of this potential is being realized. The cultivation area covers an estimated 102,000 hectares of the 250,000 hectares of land suitable for production countrywide.
  • Who buys soyabean grains from Ghana?
  • There are also cross-border regional buyers of soyabean grains from Ghana. These buyers are from Togo and Burkina Faso. The current locally produced soyabean grain usage in Ghana is 170,000 Mt per year and equal to the current production level estimates by MoFA (2017).
  • When was soyabean introduced to Ghana?
  • Soyabean was introduced into Ghana in 1901. However, it was not until the mid-1990s, that it became an important crop in Ghana. During the past decade, production has increased steadily from 74,800 Mt in 2008 to 176,670 Mt in 2018 while area under cultivation has increased from 61,800 ha to 102,980 ha during the same period (MoFA, 2019).