President John Dramani Mahama said Ghana’s plan to establish 50 Farmers Services Centres under the Feed Ghana Programme will transform agricultural practices by expanding farmers’ access to mechanisation services.
The centres are expected to provide mechanised agricultural equipment to farmers across the country, potentially reducing barriers to farm operations as the government seeks to improve agricultural productivity.
“When all the 50 Farmers Services Centres across the country become fully operational, Ghanaians would see a revolution in the nation’s agricultural practices,” Mahama said during an inspection of the Asunafo North Farmers Services Centre in the Ahafo Region.
The inspection took place on the second day of his two-day Resetting Ghana Tour of the region.
Agriculture Minister Eric Opoku said construction was underway at 15 of the planned 50 centres, which the government expects to operationalise by the end of the first quarter of 2027.
The nationwide initiative is designed to establish facilities in agricultural districts, providing farmers with access to mechanised equipment and related services. The first centre was launched at Takoratwene in the Afram Plains of the Eastern Region.
Expanding access to farm machinery could help farmers carry out field operations more efficiently, although the initiative’s eventual impact will depend on the availability of equipment and the centres’ ability to provide services to farmers across their respective districts.
The programme’s implementation will be a key step in determining how quickly the government can extend mechanisation services beyond the initial facilities and reach farmers in other agricultural areas.
The Feed Ghana Programme’s Farmers Services Centres initiative is part of the government’s broader effort to reshape agricultural practices through improved access to mechanisation. The planned rollout of the remaining facilities will determine the scale and pace of that expansion.
