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How many soyabean producers are there in Ghana?

There are however few large producers of soyabean who through the nucleus farm system engage many smallholder producers as outgrowers and providing some level of support such as land preparation and seed supply. There are 12 major soyabean grain processing companies in Ghana with capacity to process about 170,120 Mt per year.

Can Ghana be self-sufficient in soyabean production?

With support from the government, development partners and input and output market players through a PPP arrangement, Ghana can be self-sufficient in soyabean production with opportunity for exporting soyabean to niche markets in Europe and Asia.

Will soyabean imports increase in the next 3 years?

If local production does not significantly increase, it is further expected that due to increasing demand, imports will grow with at least 10% annually to 220,533 Mt per year in the next three years. In Ghana, soyabean is mainly grown by smallholder farmers with an average farm size of about 0.5 ha.

Is there a crop nutrition solution for soyabean?

Due to the lack of a suitable fertilizer blend for legumes, Yara has developed and tested a crop nutrition solution for soyabean. This ¡®soyabean partnership solution¡¯ has been subjected to widespread conditions in multiple seasons in farmers¡¯ fields in northern Ghana and shown to be robust.