Land Acquisition and Data On Plantation Crops

Land in the district could be acquired through inheritance, lease, and private ownership or hiring. As far as the terms of land acquisition are concerned, about 50% of the farmers acquired their land without any payment, the rest acquire their land through either sharecropping and on a fixed rent basis.

The main types of sharecropping are the “abunnu” (half of the crop produced are given to the tenant farmer and half to the landowner) and “abusa” (two-thirds of the produce is given to the farmer and one-third to the landowner).

Farmers’Groups

There are about 146 farmer groups and other common interest groups in the district. The formation of Farmer Based Organizations is on-going. The FBOs have the potential of developing and strengthening the Value Chain of various commodities for the mutual benefit of all actors.

Over the years, the capacity of these FBOs has been built by MOFA in collaboration with institutions like, ADRA, MIDA, TIPCEE, KROBODAN, Hunger Project etc. Some of them have benefitted from credit facilities provided by some of the above institutions.

 

SOMEFBOsINTHEYILOKROBODISTRICT

• 1. Korm Land & Water Management Group
  2. Pleyo Cassava Processing Group
  3. Sodjonu Land & Water Management Group
  4. Labolabo Cassava Processing Group
  5. Koyire Land & Water Management Group and
  6. Koyire Cassava Processing Group
  7. Ahinkwa Cassava Processing Group
  8. Opersika Land & Water Management Group
  9. Perpertifi Land & Water Management Group
  10. Akpamu Yiti Decent Mothers Cassava Processing Group
  11. Obawale Cassava Processing Group
  12. Trawa Cassava Processing Group
  13. Akorwu Kakepemi Nyermisomi Cassava Processing Group
  14. Yilo Krobo Grasscutter Farmers Association
  15. Yilo Krobo Mango Growers Association
  16. Yilo Krobo Poultry Farmers Association
  17. Yilo Krobo Beekeepers Association
  18. Yilo Krobo Pig Farmers Association
  19. Yilo Krobo Cattle Farmers Association
  20. Okper Maize, Pepper & Cassava Farmers Association
  21. Okper Love & Unity Society
  22. Huhunya Unity Farmers Association
  23. Apersua Mile 7 Farmers Association
  24. Opersika Emaahi Farmers Association
  25. Aketebour Cassava Growers & Processors Association
  26. Yilo Krobo Mango Seedling Producers Association

Marketing

The three main markets in the District are Somanya, Nkurakan and Agogo markets. Middlemen from Accra, Tema and Koforidua play a major role in the marketing of agricultural produce in the district. Most of the farmers sell their produce to middlemen who, in turn, send it to other marketing centers within and outside the district for sale.

These 3 main markets of the district play a very important role in the marketing of agricultural produce.

Please refer to the table below.

MainMarketsoftheYiloKroboDistrict

Name of Market	Location	Market Days	Remarks
Agogo Market Nkurakan Market Somanya Market	Agogo Nkurakan Somanya	Tuesdays & Fridays Mondays & Thursdays Wednesdays & Saturdays

 

AgriculturalInfrastructure

• Fertilizer depots – Nil
• Input retailing shops – 11
• Tractor service centres (AMSEC) – 2
• Storage facilities available (traditional and improved and communal or private)

Construction of Mango Pack House by MiDA is on-going

LANDUSE

LandUse(SpecifictoAgriculture)

Land Use Total Land Area (T.L.A) Agric Land Area (A.L.A) Area under cultivation (2004) Total area under irrigation (2004) Area under inland waters Others (forest reserves, savannah woodland, etc.) Fallow land area	Hectares	%
	805 Sq.km 783.7 Sq.km 650 Sq.km – 15 Sq.km 21.3 Sq.km 133.8	100 97.4 80.8 – 1.9 2.7 16.6

 

LandUse(General)

Land Use	Area (‘000sq.km)	% of Total
Savanna woodland Bush fallow and other uses Unimproved pasture Forest reserves Tree crops Annual crops Wildlife reserves Total	10.8 Sq.km 15.0 Sq.km 2.5 Sq.km 21.3 Sq.km 1.5 Sq.km 648.5 Sq.km 105.4 Sq.km 805 Sq.km	1.3 1.9 0.3 2.7 0.2 80.5 13.1 100

 

RainfallDistributionbyAgro-ecologicalzones

Agro-ecological Zone	Mean annual Rain (mm)	Growing Period (Days) Major season                            Minor season
1. Rain Forest 2. Deciduous Forest 3. Transitional 4. Coastal Savannah	1,200 – 1,600   750mm  – 1,200	March – August   March – August	September – December   September – December

 

DomesticFoodSupplyanddemandPosition(2010)

Crop	Total Domestic Production (‘000 Mt)			Production Available for Human Consumption* (‘000 Mt)	Per Capita Consumption (Kg/Annum)	Estimated National Consumption (‘000 Mt)	Deficit/ Surplus   (‘000 Mt)
	2008	2009	2010
Maize	14,253	13,215	19,588
Cassava	118,793	121,176	168,807
Plantain	3,916	2,948	3,816
Cocoyam	17,029	17,881	16,656
Yam	21,514	11,958	14,571
Total

 

 

DATAONPLANTATIONCROPSINTHEYILOKROBODISTRICT-2010

Mango is the major tree crop cultivated in the Lower Yilo. It has both ecological and economic potential. Land area under mango cultivation continues to increase every year. In 2010, a total area of 1,314.9 ha was recorded.  Some of the varieties under cultivation include; Keitt, Kent, Palmer, Tommy Aikinns, Harden, Erwin etc. Mango growers in the District have received enormous training from MOFA and other institutions like ADRA, TIPCEE in the past. Quite recently, MIDA and ADVANCE have trained the Mango Growers Association in Commercial and Technical Development. Some farmers have also benefitted from the MIDA credit assistance. Currently MIDA is building a mango pack house at Akorley for the catchment area.

DataonMangoProduction–2010

CROP	EXT. CROP AREA (ACREAGE) HA	NO. OF FARMERS IN CULTIVATION	EXT. YIELD MT/HA	EXT. PRODUCTION (T)
*Mango	1,314.9	486	5.1	4,024

Note: About 60% of cultivated area fruiting

EXTIMATEDREVENUEFROMONEHECTAREMANGOPRODUCTION

No.	Variables	Years after Transplanting
		Year 4	Year 5	Year 6	Year 7	Year 8
1.	Number of fruits per tree	150	200	250	300	300
2.	Number of trees per acre	40	40	40	40	40
3.	Number of fruits per acre (1×2)	6,000	8,000	10,000	12,000	12,000
4.	Price of 1kg. mango fruit (Gh¢)	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40
5.	Revenue per acre (Gh¢) (3×4)	2,400	3,200	4,000	4,800	4,800
6.	Revenue from 1 hectare field (Gh¢) (5×2.5 ac)	6,000	8,000	10,000	12,000	12,000

 

Agro-ProcessingFirms/Groups

Name of Company/Group	Location	Main Activity
Koyire Cassava Processing Group	Koryire	Cassava Processing
Ahinkwa Cassava Processing Group	Ahinkwa	Cassava Processing
Trawa Cassava Processing Group	Trawa	Cassava Processing
Obawale Cassava Processing Group	Obawale	Cassava Processing
Klo Akwapim Cassava Processing Group	Klo Akwapim	Cassava Processing
Labolabo Cassava Processing Group	Labolabo	Cassava Processing
Trawa Cassava Processing Group	Trawa	Cassava Processing
Akpamu Cassava Processing Group	Akpamu	Cassava Processing

Note:GroupsweresupportedundertheFABsProject–2005to2006

 

AgriculturalProjects

No	Name of Project	Location	Target	Beneficiaries			Remarks
				Male	Female	Total
1.	RTIMP	All operational areas	1,000 (2009 & 2010)	892	248	1,140	114 % Achieved. Improved cassava planting materials distributed to farmers
2.	EMQAP	Export Mango & Vegetable Production areas- Akorley, Trom, Tukuwe, Nkurakan, Boti, Akorwu Bana, Ahinkwa, Pleyo, Sikabeng, Oterkpolu, Bukunor, Opersika, Osuboi	600	368	116	484	Beneficiaries trained in Malaria and HIV/AIDS and Standardization – Globalgap and Ghanagap, Value Chain for Mango & Pepper and Production technologies
3.	MIDA	Akorley, Tukuwe, Trom, Azza, Labolabo, Ahieyom, Korm, Onumaku, Obenyemi, Oterkpolu, Bukunor, Sikabeng, Pleyo, Obawale, Akpamu, Akorwu Bana, Boti, Opersika, Trawa, Klo Akwapim, Koryire, Nsutapong, Ahinkwa	1000 farmers	678	309	987	98.7% achieved 20FBOs primed, sensitized and trained.(2007-2011) All FBOs benefited from Starter Pack Some members of 5 FBOs benefited from credit
4.	FABS	Obawale, Klo Akwapim, Labolabo, Ahinkwa, , Koryire, Akpamu, , Trawa,	8 cassava Processing equipment				Supported in 2005 & 2006
5.	Youth in Agriculture (Block Farm)	Ogome, Sikabeng, Huhunya (2010) All operational areas – 2011	100 ac 88 ac	35 47	12 8	47 55	100%  achieved 100% loan recovery – 2010
6.	Hunger Project	Akpamu, Obenyemi, Ponponya, Boti,	4 epicenters				Epicenter provided for the mentioned communities
7.	ADVANCE	Export Mango & Vegetable Production areas					Mango and Vegetable export farmers trained in Value Chain and Fruit fly control