Minister for Food and Agriculture (Ghana)

The Minister for Food and Agriculture is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The Minister is responsible to government and the Parliament of Ghana for the development of Ghana's agriculture and maintaining food security in Ghana. This minister has in the past been also responsible for a Ministry of Cocoa Affairs which has now been absorbed back into the Ministry of Agriculture.

List of ministers

The first Ghanaian to head this ministry was Boahene Yeboah-Afari. The current minister is Owusu Afriyie Akoto (MP). ^{[1] [2]}

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1	Boahene Yeboah-Afari	1956	1956	Nkrumah government	Convention People's Party
2	Francis Yao Asare	1957	1960
3	Kojo Botsio	1960	1962
4	Lawrence Rosario Abavana	1962	1962
5	Krobo Edusei	1963	1965
6	F. A. Jantuah	1965	24 February 1966
7	Jacob Ofori Torto	1967	1968	National Liberation Council	Military government
8	Albert Adomakoh	1968	1969
9	Kankam Twum Barima	1969	1969	rowspan=2 | Busia government	Progress Party
10	Kwame Safo-Adu	1969	13 January 1972
11	Major-General Daniel Addo	1972	1973	National Redemption Council	Military government
12	Colonel Frank Bernasko	1973	1975
		1975	1976	Supreme Military Council
13	Lt. Col. Paul Kwame Nkegbe	1977	1979
14	Major General Neville Alexander Odartey-Wellington	1979	1979
15	Colonel Samuel Akwagiram	1979	4 June 1979
16	Abayifa Karbo	1979	1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
17	E. Kwaku Twumasi	1979		Limann government	People's National Party
18	E. K. Andah		December 1980
19	Nelson Agbesi	December 1980	31 December 1981
20	Eugene Bortei-Doku [3]	Jan 1982	Dec 1983	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
21	John Ndebugre	1984	1985
22	Isaac Adjei-Marfo	1985	1986
23	Steve Obimpeh	1986	1992
24	Ibrahim Issaka Adam	1992	7 January 1993
		1993	1996	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
25	Steve Obimpeh (MP)	1996	1997
26	Kwabena Agyei (MP)	1997	1998
27	J. H. Owusu-Acheampong (MP)	1998	7 January 2001
28	Courage Quashigah	1 February 2001 [4]	2005	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
29	Ernest Akubuor Debrah	1 February 2005 [5]	7 January 2009
30	Kwesi Ahwoi	2009	24 October 2012	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
		24 October 2012	7 January 2013	Mahama government
31	Clement Kofi Humado (MP)	30 January 2013	16 July 2014
32	Fiifi Fiavi Franklin Kwetey (MP)	16 July 2014	3 February 2016
33	Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna	3 February 2016	7 January 2017
34	Owusu Afriyie Akoto (MP)	28 January 2017 [6]	2023	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
35	Bryan Acheampong (MP)	24 March 2023 [7]	6 January 2025
36	Eric Opoku (MP)	22 January 2025 [8]	Incumbent	Mahama government 2	National Democratic Congress

See also

• Africa portal

• Ministry of Food and Agriculture

References

1. "Parliament approves first batch of Ministers". General news. Ghana Home Page. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
2. "'Think outside the box'- Mahama urges Ministers". General news. Ghana Home Page. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
3. 1984 Training for Agriculture and Rural Development. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1985. p. 87. ISBN   978-92-5-102139-2 . Retrieved 31 October 2021.
4. "Eleven Ministers Sworn-in". General news. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
5. "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". General news. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
6. "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb. Ghanaweb. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
7. Daniel Kenu; Nana Konadu Agyeman (24 March 2023). "K.T. Hammond, Bryan Acheampong, Asamoah Boateng others approved as ministers". Graphic Online. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Limited. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
8. "President John Mahama swears in six Ministers following Parliamentary approval". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.

External links and sources

• Former Heads of MOFA