Gov’t unveils GHS 2.9bn support package for food security and farm modernisation
Ghana’s agriculture sector is set for a major financial injection in 2025, with the government and development partners committing GHS 2.9 billion to support key programmes under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
According to the 2025–2028 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework, the investment will focus on the flagship Feed Ghana programme, as well as mechanisation, irrigation, livestock development, and post-harvest infrastructure projects aimed at improving food security and reducing reliance on imports.
Government resources, including Internally Generated Funds (IGF), will provide GHS 1.61 billion (55.3%), while development partners will contribute GHS 1.3 billion (44.7%). Of the total allocation, GHS 226.6 million is earmarked for employee compensation, GHS 1.13 billion for goods and services, and GHS 1.55 billion for capital expenditure.
The funding forms part of Ghana’s Agriculture for Economic Transformation Agenda (AETA), which prioritises modernisation, increased productivity, and sustainable job creation along the agricultural value chain.
Within the same framework, government is also advancing a bold policy to cut the country’s $2 billion annual palm oil import bill by scaling up domestic production and diversifying into high-value tree crops.
The policy includes a National Palm Oil Industry Policy to distribute 1.5 million oil palm seedlings to farmers, promote large-scale out-grower plantations, and incentivise local processing expansion.
Dubbed the “RedGold” programme, the initiative is expected to drive private sector investment, create thousands of rural jobs, and strengthen Ghana’s import substitution and agro-industrial transformation agenda.
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