“Agriculture in Ghana accounts for about 40 percent of national economy, three quarters
of export earnings, and employs 60 percent of the labor force. Agriculture is the
backbone of the economy and the sector has served as the main driver for the growth over the last two decades. Moreover,
agriculture is the most important sector for poverty reduction and has helped the country
become the first Sub-Saharan African country to achieve the first objective of Millennium
Development Goals (MDG1) by halving the country’s 1990 poverty rate before the 2015
target year.”
