A private agribusiness firm, Farmmate, is stepping in to boost tomato production in Ghana, with a focus on the Upper East and Upper West regions.
The company is building on gains made during the 2025/2026 crop season as part of efforts to strengthen local production and move Ghana towards self-sufficiency, particularly as Burkina Faso prepares to ban the export of fresh tomatoes to Ghana by the end of March 2026.
The development was disclosed by the Upper East Regional Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jonathan Abdallah Salifu, during an interview on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East Show with Seidu Mutawakil.
“There’s a company called Farmmate that has stepped in. They are saying that they want to take advantage of this situation. Last year, what they did was to pilot the initiative in some areas within the Upper East and Upper West regions. They had some success with the pilots, so I am told that in the next crop season, which starts this year, they are building on what they did last year,” he said.
Mr. Abdallah Salifu indicated that farmer registration is currently ongoing through the Regional Department of Food and Agriculture and the Irrigation Company of Upper Regions (ICOUR).
“They are not only coming to give farmers seeds; they are also providing other inputs to support production. They are also going to be the offtakers, so it will not be a situation where farmers struggle to find a market after production. There will already be a ready market,” he explained.
According to him, available information suggests that the company cultivated about 40 acres during the pilot phase, involving farmers under the Department of Food and Agriculture and ICOUR.
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