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CROP SERVICES

BACKGROUND

We are the Directorate of Crop Services (DCS) a technical Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture under the Ghana Civil Service.

Our technical entities are as follows:

  • Environment (Agro forestry, Land and Water Management)
  • Horticulture ( Fruit and Vegetables)
  • Food crops (Root/Tubers and Plantain, Cereals and Legumes)
  • Industrial crops
MISSION

To promote the production and facilitate the processing, distribution and marketing of food, industrial and export crops; quality planting materials and the efficient use and management of soil and water resources for sustainable agriculture production.

VISION

To become a highly professional and competent technical public institution dedicated to promoting quality information and to determine the appropriateness of technologies for dissemination to ensure sustainable development of the crop sub sector.
FUNCTIONS

The functions of the Directorate under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture are as follows

  • Facilitate and promote the development and production of food, industrial and export crops, in line with the policy of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
  • Facilitate the development and distribution of improved planting materials for farmers in collaboration with Research, Extension Services Providers and private sector.
  • Provide technical support to the Regional and District Agriculture Development units on improved agronomic practices, efficient use and management of soil and water resources and design interventions to solve major constraints militating against the crop sub sector.
  • Initiate, monitor and coordinate national programmes/projects in the crop sub sector.
  • Liaise with relevant stakeholders and institutions for sharing of information towards improved production, packaging and marketing of crops and crop products.
  • Advise the Minister of Agriculture on policy issues relating to the crop sub sector development.
RESPONSIBILITIES

We are responsible for:

  • Advising the Minister of Food and Agriculture on policies relating to the crop sub sector development.
  • Ensuring that there are planting materials (seeds) in adequate quantities at affordable prices and at appropriate times and places.
  • Promoting the production of food, industrial and export crops in the country.
  • Monitoring the development of the crop sub sector.
  • Facilitate the capacity building of staff in the districts.
  • Providing technical advice to the public on all crops within our mandate.
  • Supervising of all projects/programmes under the Directorate
  • Promoting the sustainable use of soil and water resources for agriculture production.
  • Recommending issuance of permits and waivers for the importation of fertilizer and other materials for the crops industry.
  • Sourcing, soliciting, and analyzing information for the crop sub sector development.

SERVICES AND STANDARS

SERVICES

TIME FRAME

Provision of technical advice/information of crops eg. Maize rice etc

24 hour

Recommendation for exemption on VAT, Import duty and NHIL on agriculture materials

 

3 days

Permit for fertilizer importation

3 days

Provision of information on policy directions and  programmes formulation

 

1 week

 Advising entrepreneurs and investors on technical feasibility of projects 


4 hour

 
Interacting with development partners to identify intervention  for support in   to the crop sub sector’s development

 

2 days

COURTESY AND COOPERATION

WE STRIVE FOR

  •  Directional signs shall be mounted at vantage points to help the public to easily locate our offices.
  • Staff shall be clearly be identified with identity cards to ensure that clients deal with authorized and identifiable officers. 
  • Provide comfortable waiting room for our clients.
  • Well trained and affable clients complaints desk officers and clients service officers to attend to clients needs.
  • High level adoption of good agricultural practices which is consistent with the sustainability of the environment.
  • Effective collaboration with  all stakeholders
  • Highly motivated professional service delivery
  • Training   of staff on agriculture innovation in collaboration with research.
  • The conduct of post delivery surveillance to assess fertilizer imports are of the required quality.

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM THE PUBLIC

INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY AND CONVENIENCE

  • Be conversant with the services provided by the Directorate.
  • Knowledge of the guidelines for accessing our services.
  • Give us feed back on the services provided.
  • To deal with recognized or posted officials
  • Give sufficient writing notice when seeking advice on policies and programmes.
  • The Directorate shall endeavour to provide the public with  all the needed information to access its services
  • Brochures, production guides, fact sheets etc would be made available to clients on request.

OTHER COLLABORATING AGENCIES

COMPLAINTS AND COMMENT

  • All Technical Directorate of MoFA
  • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, specifically 
    • Crops Research Institute
    • Savanna Agriculture Research Institute
    • Soil Research Institute
    • Oil Palm Institute
    • Food Research Institute
  1. GAEC – BNARI Biotechnology and Nuclear Agricultural Research Institute
  • Universities
  • Non Government Organization (NGOs)
  • Development partners
  • Crop commodity organizations
  • International Research Centres/Institutions
  • Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Ghana Standards Board
  • Ghana Export Promotion Council

All enquires, comments and complaints may be address to:
          
                  The Director
                  Directorate of Crop services
                  Ministry of Food and Agriculture
                  P. O. Box M 37
                  Accra
                 
                        Tel: 021 665066
                        Fax: 021 662471
                        Email: cropserv@ighmail.com

You can also contact Regional and District Directors of Agriculture throughout the country.

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