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Upper East Region

 

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR PROJECTS IN THE REGION

Towards attaining the above listed objectives of the Ministry, a number projects have been put in place regional and nationally to realizing these objectives. They include;

Livestock Development Project

Rice Sector Support Project

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR PROGRAMMES & INITIATIVES IN THE REGION

They include;

Root and Tuber Improvement and Marketing Programme (RTIMP)

National Fertilizer Subsidy Programme

FAO Dry Season Support Programme/Initiative

Northern Rural Growth Programme

Village Mango Programme

Youth in Agriculture Block farms Programme

AGRICULTURAL POTENTIALS FOR INDUSTRY

Tomato: Tomato processing remains the chief bottleneck to increased tomato production in the region partly due to Northern Star Tomato Company Limited (NSTC Ltd) not operational. Currently, proposals are being prepared for possible financial consideration.

Meat Processing: Bolgatanga Meat Factory is currently under divestiture and therefore needs an investment support as has been done to the Pwalugu Tomato Factory now Northern Star Tomato Company Limited.

Vegetable oil: Local industries for vegetable oil extraction such as sheabutter, groundnut, and soybean are on small scale with low capital.

Rice: Rice processing for value addition can contribute to improved storage or shelve life, marketing, incomes and nutrition in the region and the   country as whole. Quality rice processing will revamp the subsector processing centres like Nasia Rice in Tamale, ICOUR in Upper East, Single Mothers Association, Trade Aid Integrated and many other centres, thus reducing the revenue spent on importation. This will consequently lead to a boost in the Block Rice Farms and create employment for the rural population.

Fruit: Watermelon processing for value addition has a potential for increasing incomes of farm families and improving nutritional status in the region and the country as whole.

Tree Crop: Shea nut tree, the cocoa of the region currently is receiving a lot of attention.

Prospects and Potentials of Agricultural Facilities in the Region

 

Districts Large Scale Dams Small Scale Dams Total No of Dams Area (Hectares)
District Assembles &NGOS LAC 1 LAC II
Bolga – – 5 4 9 81.35
Bongo 1 – 8 2 11 939.5
Talensi Nabdam – 19 1 1 21 161.7
Bawku Munic. – 3 8 6 17 277.8
Bawku West – 14 8 4 26 385.1
Garu Tempane – 5 4 2 11 523.0
Kassena  N 1 1 5 4 11 2564.5
Builsa – – 5 6 11 109.7
Total 2 42 44 29 117 5042.65

Number of Irrigated Pumps by Districts in the Upper East Region as at 2008

 

Districts Pumps Delivered By MOFA Pumps own By Individual Farmers NGOs/Other Organization
TIPCEE Techno serve FBOs District Assembly Total
Bolga 8 57 – – – – 65
Bongo 13 36 – – – 2 51
Talensi/Nabdam 17 75 – – – – 92
Kassena/Nankana 25 185 2 – – – 212
Builsa 15 21 – – – – 36
Bawku Municipal 16 38 5 3 29 – 91
Bawku West 17 15 – 4 – 5 41
Garu-Tempane 3 5 – 2 – 7 17
Regional 114 432 7 9 29 14 605

Increased Used of Water Pumps from 2004 – 2008

 

DISTRICTS / YEARS 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Bolga 4 7 10 32 65
Bongo 2 5 5 28 51
Talensi/Nabdam 3 3 11 35 92
Bawku Municipal 2 14 15 19 91
Bawku West 3 12 29 34 41
Garu-Tempane 1 4 10 14 17
Kassena/Nankana 4 9 10 59 212
Builsa 1 5 10 16 36
TOTALS 20 59 100 237 605

 

Ruminants: Cattle, Sheep, Goats

The region has registered 240 farmers to benefit 2,400 small ruminants as part of the credit in kind programme under the Livestock Development Project (LDP) being implemented in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA). The first batch of 600 animals have been distributed

Poultry: guinea fowl, fowls, ducks, turkeys

 

Local Chicken/Guinea Fowl Production: Production of indigenous chicken especially guinea fowl can be enhanced with provision of small scale incubators to replace natural brooding and cold chain system can boost processing and transport to southern markets

Swine:

The region is culturally favoured for the rearing of swine. Most of the indigenous households keep swine. The region currently supplies the local and southern markets for slaughter.

Others (dogs, donkeys):

These are traditional animals reared and used for social and domestic purposes.  The development of this sub-sector will go a long way to improve on rural incomes, intermediate rural transport and traction for land preparation.

 

CROPS SUB-SECTOR

Naturally the region is blessed to have soils and general environment suitable for crops such as:

Cereals:           Sorghum, Millet, Maize and Rice

Legumes:        Groundnuts, Cowpea, Soybean and Bambarra beans

Fibers: Kenaf, Cotton and Kapok

Roots & Tubers:  Sweet Potato and Frafra Potato

Vegetables: Okro, Pepper and Leafy Vegetables

Non Traditional Export Crops: Sesame, Paprika, Cashew, Mangoes, Sheanuts.

Irrigated Crops: Tomato, Onion, Water/Sweet Melon, Rice, Okro, Pepper and Maize

 

Cropped Area during the Period 2000-2010

Area Crop In Hectares(Ha)
Crops 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Maize 10,466.0 9,995.0 11,397.0 11,908.0 13,040.0 17,497.0 14,355.0 17,382.0 23,763.0 31,039 37,921
Rice 31,421.0 42,987.0 39,816.0 37,000.0 33,040.0 44,397.0 16,396.0 25,556.0 26,934.0 39,833 47,361
Millet 84,570.0 63,356.0 64,913.0 67,505.0 66,900.0 71,247.0 81,116.0 60,751.0 65,342.0 63,927 60,720
Sorghum 84,532.0 112,220.0 118,881.0 124,500.0 121,500.0 111,678.0 122,809.0 59,280.0 96,602.0 70,536 71,165
G/Nuts 109,426.0 135,710.0 123,842.0 124,500.0 122,805.0 111,860.0 173,792.0 98,476.0 73,150.0 80,066 81,450
Cowpea 0.0 0.0 0.0 54,640.0 61,810.0 61,849.0 52,930.0 45,577.0 46,907.0 33,530 29,403
S. Potato 0.0 0.0 0.0 6,283.0 ── 8,580.0 8,471.0 5,589.0 10,120.0 6,853 6,940
S/ Beans 0.0 0.0 0.0 860.0 ── 14,783.0 1,411.0 8,169.0 13,517.0 20,320 21,510

Yield figures during the Period 2000 – 2010

 

CROPS Yield  in Tons Per Hectare(T/Ha)
YEAR
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
MAIZE 1.56 1.50 1.61 1.20 1.29 1.21 1.02 0.50 1.59 1.51 1.55
RICE 2.14 2.00 2.10 2.05 1.55 1.58 3.20 1.61 3.16 2.81 2.81
MILLET 0.87 0.83 0.83 0.98 0.74 0.82 0.80 0.48 1.07 1.14 0.97
SORGHUM 1.11 1.20 1.16 0.53 0.93 1.12 1.15 0.56 1.27 1.24 1.14
G/NUTS 1.10 1.10 0.95 1.20 0.75 0.93 0.93 0.52 1.21 0.77 0.92
COWPEA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.46 0.44 0.45 0.81 0.51 1.05 0.88 0.80
SWEETPOTATO 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.09 ── 11.04 11.05 4.26 11.81 10.65 9.30
SOYABEANS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.67 ── 0.48 0.87 0.60 0.96 0.91 0.98

Production figures from 2000 – 2010

Production (Mt)
Crops Years
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Maize 16,327 15,000 18,390 14,300 16,822 21,216 14,712 8,581 37,783.2 51,143 62,257
Rice 65,381 85,974 36,600 76,000 51,322 69,976 52,417 39,924 85,111.4 111,273 135,222
Millet 70,399 52,583 56,502 66,200 49,506 58,581 65,264 30,155 69,915.9 79,629 64,091
Sorghum 97,849 129,056 132,282 144,000 112,388 124,760 141,214 28,946 122,684.5 97,495 86,614
G/Nuts 103,955 135,710 137,465 149,400 91,899 104,574 161,350 48,774 88,511.5 63,870 73,808
Cowpea – – – 25,134 27,402 27,938 42,901 23,637 49,252.4 26,781 22,800
S.Potato – – – 75,961 – 94,714 93,603 19,779 119,517.2 72,967 61,570
Soya Beans – – – 570 – 7,103 1,230 5,278 12,976.3 20,177 22,044

 

Potential Areas of Production:

 

Rainfed

 

 

Rice Production: Valley bottoms at (Sumbrungu, Kalbeo, Nyariga) in Bolga Municipality, (Pwalugu, Winkogo, Pusu-Namoogo) in Talensi Nabdam, (Wiesi, Gbedembilisi, Fumbisi) in the Builsa District, Kologo -Naga, Tono) in the Kassena Nankana Districts, (Nafkolga, Sakpari, Tamde) in Bawku Municipality (Tamne in Garu Tempane and (Tillie, Widnaba & Lamboya) in the Bawku West District.

 

Soybean:

Investment into grain production, soya oil extraction and cake production for human and livestock export substitution.

 

Sesame:

The international market for Sesame is inexhaustible but marketing outlet and investment to promote the production.

 

Irrigated Crop Production

Maize: It is possible to undertake three cropping sessions per year using pumps between February and July.

 

Irrigated Rice: Rice production is undertake mostly at Tono and Vea dam-sites as well as use of pump irrigation irrigation at all dam sites. There are two main irrigation projects, the Vea Project in Bolgatanga covering 850 hectares and the Tono Project in Navrongo covering 2,490 hectares. Altogether they provide employment to about 6,000 small-scale farmers. Other water-retaining structures (dams and dugouts) provide water for both domestic and agricultural purposes.

Vegetables: Fresh/ Dried Onion, Chilly Pepper, Water and Sweet Melons for Local/ Export markets potential

Achievements in the Irrigation Subsector in the Region

 

Yearly Production Figures and Beneficiary by Crop of Dry Season 2nd Cropping Irrigation Scheme

Year Beneficiary Tomato Onion Vegetable Rice
  M F Tot Area(ha) Prod-mt Area(ha) Prod-mt Area(ha) Prod-mt Area(ha) Prod-mt
2003/2004       879.00 10,636 63 625.00 10.40 20.80 1,091.0 4,910.00
2004/2005       628.00 6,594.0 50 420.00 18.60 29.76 900.00 3,660.00
2005/2006       655.89 7,805.0 207.9 1,892.00 15.40 12.32 896.50 3,407.00
2006/2007       1,085.00 12,478 211.6 2,010.00 25.60 35.84 623.00 2804.00
2007/2008 9024 2998 12,022 749.95 5,729.28 645.23 7,542.78 67.38 204.20 111.40 311.92
2008/2009 9366 3038 12,404 1,762.34 13,394 618.93 4,407 289.62 565.00 49.24 167.40
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