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

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.