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BACKGROUND

The Volta  Region is located at 5°45 latitude N and 8 °45´ longitude N, it covers a total land area of 20572 km ² and stretches from the coast of Gulf of Guinea running through all the vegetational zones found in the country
The Region is one of the ten (10) Regions of the Republic of Ghana. Geographically, Volta Region lies at the eastern side of  Ghana. Volta  Region share common boundaries with four (4) major regions of Ghana namely, Greater Accra, Eastern, Brong Ahafo and Northern regions.

Volta Region is divided into 18 administrative districts  namely Adaklu  Anyigbe, Akatsi, South Dayi (Kpeve), North Dayi (Kpando), South Tongu (Sogakope), North Tongu (Adidome) South Ketu, North Ketu, South Nkwanta , North Nkwanta, Ho Municipal ,Hohoe Municipal, Jasikan, Kadjebi, Krachi East, Krachi West, Biakoye and Keta.

The region’s population in 2000 was 1,635,421.(2000 G.S.S.)

Agricultural production is are in these areas

• Food and  Tree Crop Production
• Livestock Production
• Fisheries /aquaculture , cage / pen culture

VEGETATION

The region has a length of about 500 km stretching from the south to the north and its vegetation can be categorized as follows

1. The coastal strand  Mangrove Swamps
2. The woodland Savannah
3. Savannah grassland
4. The Mangrove Swamps
5. The Deciduous forest

RELIEF AND DRAINAGE
The topography of the region has a low-lying altitude from less than 15 meters above sea level at the coast and 885meters including mountain Afadzato being the highest point.
More than half of the region falls within the Volta River Basin with the Volta Lake draining a substantial portion of the region. The region have the world’s largest manmade lake ,  river Dayi, Oti , Daka several seasonal streams  like Aka , Agali , Kplikpa etc.

SOILS
The major soils are savannah ochrosols, sandy coastal soils, tropical grey earth and  regolistic groundwater laterites, topohydric and Luthochronic Earth .The soil type’s ranges between  heavy clay to sandy loams. Heavy clay loams, sandy loams and alluvial soils .

CLIMATE
The region has tropical climate, characterized by moderate temperature, 21°C -32 °C for most of the years.
The rainfall pattern is bi- modal that is it has two rainfall regimes in the year, the first from March to July and the second from the mid – August to October. Rainfall figures, which vary greatly throughout the region, are highest in the central highland areas and in the forest zone; they are lowest in the Sahel-savannah zone in the north of the region .The annual rainfall ranges from 513.9 mm and 1099.88mm

LAND USE

The major kinds of land use in the region are:

• Forest reserve/ water sheds                             -           732.30 sq.km
• Volta Lake and water bodies                           -           3360.00 sq.km
• Lagoon Areas                                                  -           330.00 sq.km
• Cultivated Area
• Tree Crops                                                      -           1250.00 sq.km
• Arable Crops                                                   -           1870.00 sq.km
• Commercial Farms Partially Mechanized           -           350.00 sq.km
• Irrigation                                                           -          15.00 sq.km
• Potential Cultivated Areas
• Potential Irrigable Area                                     -           250.00 sq.km
• Bush Fallow / Unreserved  Forest etc.               -          12342.7 sq.km

CAPTURE FISHERIES

• Marine / Lagoon fisheries
•  Fresh water fisheries (Volta Lake ,rivers and streams)

FISH FARMING

• Pond culture
• Pen culture
• Cage Culture
• Hatchery operation s(Public and Private)

CULTURE BASED FISHERIES

• Dams and dugout development

POST HARVEST ACTIVITIES

• Fish processing and fresh fish trading

CASSAVA
• Gari,
• Tapioca
• Starch
• High Quality Cassava Flour

RICE

• Milling of  rice

OIL PALM

• Palm oil/Kernel oil

CATTLE

• Milk Processing

• North Tongu,
• Hohoe
• Nkwanta

CASHEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECT  -

• South Nkwanta
• North Nkwanta

• Kpando
• Hohoe
•  Jasikan
• Kadjebi

• Ho
• Hohoe
• Kpando
• Jasikan
• Kadjebi
•  Nkwanta
• Akatsi
• Kete-krachi
• Ketu

MCA (MiDA)-

• Kpando
• Hohoe
•  Akatsi
•  Ketu
•  Keta
•  South Tongu

IDA PROJECTS   -

• Ketu (Afife)
•  North Tongu (Aveyime) 
• Kpando ( Kpando Tokor)  

SPECIAL INITIATIVES

• Kpando
• Hohoe
•  Ho
•  Jasikan
• Akatsi  North Tongu
•  
• Kadjebi
• Adaklu Anyigbe
• Adaklu Anyigbe

 RICE SECTOR SUPPORT PROJECT –

• Hohoe
• Kadjebi
• Jasikan

GTZ (MARKET ORIENTED AGRIC. PROJECT) –

• Kpando
• Hohoe
•  Jasikan
•  Ketu South
•  Keta
•  North Tongu
•  South Tongu