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BRONG AHAFO REGION
(BAR)

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
  • Brong Ahafo is the second largest region in Ghana with a land area of 39,558 km2
  • The region has 22 districts and MOFA has a district directorate in every one of them.
  • The regional capital, Sunyani, in addition to the Municipal directorate, is also home to the Regional Directorate of Agriculture.
  • Vegetation: forest, transitional and savanna, roughly representing the southern, middle and northern parts of the region respectively
Regional Office Block
  • Rainfall: Bi-modal with an average annual total rainfall of 1,088mm – 1,197mm
  • Population: 1,824,822 (2000 census) 2,157,944 (2007, MOH)
  • Proportion rural/urban 62.6: 37.4 (GSS,2000)
  • Est. population growth rate: 2.6% (against 2.5% national average)
  • Region’s labour force: 819,190 out of which the 566,066 (69.1%) is from the agricultural sector. 51.1% males and 48.9% females.
  • Economic trees: 29 million m3 – 17% of national stock (1989)
  • Forest Reserves: located at Nkoranza, Digya, Amama, Yaya, Tain 1 & 2 etc Water falls: located at Kintampo and Yabraso
  • Monkey Sanctuary: Buabeng Fiema

LAND USE

Vast tracts of arable land, forestry, inland fisheries and clay deposits are the main endowments.

  1. Arable land area: 23,734 km2 (60% of land area)
  2. Land under cultivation: 9,746 km2 (46% of arable land area)
  3. Major agricultural activities:
    1. Crop production – accounts for 70% of regional agric. output
  4. Livestock production (Atebubu, Kintampo N/S, Pru)
  5. Inland fishing/Aquaculture  (Yeji, Sunyani, Dormaa, Tano N/S)
  6. Agro-processing(Sunyani,Wenchi, Berekum, Techiman, Jaman N., Tain)
  7. Agricultural marketing (Techiman,Syi, Goaso, Atebubu)
  8. Irrigation (Techiman, Wenchi, Asunafo S.)

CROPS GROWN

  1. Staple crops: maize, cassava, plantain, yam, cocoyam,
  2. Cash crops: cashew, cocoa, cotton ,tobacco, coffee, oil palm, Mango
  3. Potentially important crops:rice, pineapple, watermelon, citrus, soybean

ESTIMATED AVERAGE CROP PRODUCTION (000 MT)
                              AV.                         proj.
                  2003      2004       2005     2006     2007
Maize           301        305         341       364        375
Cassava     2,565     2,754      2,412     2,429    2,502
Yam          1,842     1,462     1,638      1,673    1,723
Plantain        454        466        513        636         652
Cocoyam     377        395        435        358         364
Rice                 4            3            3         4               4

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION &MARKETING:

Poultry:
  1. Largest concentration in Dormaa with slightly over 3.5m layers and broilers (2008).
  2. Berekum, Sunyani, Techiman also involved.
  • Grasscutter:
  • Current regional stock size – 5,000
  • Over 600 farmers trained with GTZ assistance/BARGFA out of which 206 are in business (2008).
  • Regional grasscutter farmers Association in place.
  • Ruminants: Northern parts of the region, particularly Kintampo, Atebubu, Wenchi, Techiman.  Techiman has a popular livestock market and MOFA has a goat breeding station at  Kintampo and a Disease Investigation Lab. at Techiman
FISH PRODUCTION
Inland fisheries: mainly at Yeji, where there is a fish market, and its environs. Total fish landings – 15, 731,693kg(2004) and 5,924,743(as at June 2005)

Aquaculture: Concentrated in Sunyani, Dormaa (has a fingerling production facility), Berekum, Techiman Asutifi and Asunafo N/S districts.
AGRO PROCESSING
IRRIGATION
    Maize grit/soya blend – Yedent Agro Processing Ltd, Abesim
    Tomato paste- Wenchi
    Tomato Processing (to be inaugurated on the 7th Nov. at Techiman
    Roasted cashew nuts and cashew drink – Berekum, Nsawkaw, Wenchi (Awisa). Sampa
    Chilli powder – Dormaa, Sunyani
    Gari - throughout the region.

Location       District     Capacity      
Tanoso        Techiman         96 ha          
Kokroko     Techiman         66 ha  
Kaniago       Techiman        65 ha
Noberkaw   Asunafo S .     60 ha          
Akrobi        Wenchi             66ha

SPECIAL PROJECT

Name of Project                            District
Inland Valleys Rice Dev. Proj. -   Tano,  Atebubu
Livestock Dev,t Proj . -         Kint. N/S, Ateb.,Pru
Cashew Dev,t Project -        Wenchi, Tain Jaman N/S
Village Mango Project -   Wenchi, Tano North
Root and Tuber Improv’t & Marketing Prog (RTMP)

Potentials

  • Land available  (23,734km2 ) for crop and livestock
  • Several rivers and water bodies available for irrigation and livestock
  • Potential exists in the hatcheries and feed mills industry in the poultry concentrated areas of the region e.g Dormaa.
  • Vegetable processing, especially processing of tomato, pepper and okro. Techiman, Tano, Atebubu, Jaman, Dormaa
  • Production of industrial starch, glue and alcohol from cassava, throughout the region.
  • Potential exists for the creation of livestock markets, which can be modelled on the Techiman market
  • Poultry production is becoming increasingly popular in all the districts – notably Dormaa, Sunyani, Techiman and Kintampo.
  • Cottage industries for the production of palm oil, palm kernel oil, gari, earthenware, Asunafo N, Tano N/S, Techiman
  • production and processing of Cashew (Beverage, nuts and other prod.) Tain, Jaman North and South, Wenchi  and Techiman.
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