Scientists from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have recorded a breakthrough in wheat production in Ghana, with demonstration farms producing between four and five tonnes of wheat per hectare
This development, President John Dramani Mahama says could significantly reduce the country’s dependence on imported wheat.
The President disclosed the achievement on Tuesday at the opening of the Ghana Agrotech Fair 2026 in Accra.
He stated that he was pleased to meet scientists from CSIR who have made a breakthrough in wheat production in Ghana.
“The first demonstration farms that they have been able to plant produced between four to five tons of wheat per hectare,” he disclosed.
President Mahama said the implications for Ghana’s economy were considerable. “This will help us in import substitution, because Ghana imports almost $400 million worth of wheat every year,” he said.
If scaled from demonstration farms to commercial production, the breakthrough could begin to reduce that figure by supplying local millers and processors with domestically grown grain.
The President used the occasion to press Ghana’s research institutions to ensure their work translates beyond academic settings.
“Your research must move from the laboratory to the field, from prototypes to production, and from knowledge to enterprise,” he told universities and research bodies.
Richard Aniagyei, ISD
