President Mahama launches solar-powered irrigation project for vegetable farming

President John Dramani Mahama has launched a caller rootlike improvement task built astir solar-powered irrigation to enactment year-round accumulation and assistance trim Ghana’s dependence connected imported tomatoes, onions and peppers.

 The motorboat took spot astatine Kukuom successful the Ahafo Region connected Thursday (November 27, 2025).

Speaking astatine the event, President Mahama said irrigation was the main operator of dependable rootlike proviso and nutrient security.

He told farmers, accepted leaders, and officials that h2o remained the instauration of the project’s success.

“Without water, rootlike accumulation cannot thrive. Without year-round production, we cannot execute nutrient information oregon trim our imports,” helium said.

The President said the Vegetable Development Project volition usage solar-powered irrigation systems crossed 60 hectares successful six Ahafo communities, namely Kukuom, Nobekaw, Dantano, Sankore, Asibrem and Kwapong.

He said the installations volition enactment dependable h2o supply, little vigor costs and trim c emissions.

President Mahama said the task forms portion of the government’s Feed Ghana programme, which seeks to make the rootlike sub-sector utilizing home production.

According to him, the task aims to “build a competitory and sustainable rootlike manufacture anchored firmly connected our ain home production.”

He said farmers progressive successful the task person started receiving improved seeds, integrated fertiliser, agronomic grooming and integer advisory services.

He added that a guaranteed purchaser had been lined up to springiness farmers predictable markets. “A committed buyer, FarmAids, has been introduced to unafraid predictable markets for each the farmers’ produce,” helium said.

To amended prime and trim losses, the task includes a packhouse with grading, sorting, packaging and cold-chain services. The task is expected to beryllium completed wrong 12 months.

Mr Mahama said the task forms portion of a broader cultivation program moving from 2025 to 2028.

The program seeks to grow irrigation, fortify worth chains and turn commodities specified arsenic rice, maize, soya bean, vegetables, cassava, poultry and cashew.

He noted that the rootlike sub-sector offers beardown returns and has country for occupation instauration for young people, women and persons with disabilities.

The President said the state was laying the crushed for what helium described arsenic a 24-hour cultivation system powered by technology, reliable markets and dependable accumulation cycles.

He said the Ahafo Region was becoming a centre for innovation and commercial-scale farming, adding that the caller installations would enactment cooperatives, make jobs and rise household incomes.

Mr Mahama said the authorities was improving infrastructure, retention and marketplace linkages nether the Feed Ghana agenda.

He ended his remarks by calling for subject and unity. “With discipline, unity and a shared consciousness of purpose, we volition provender Ghana, we volition turn Ghana, and we volition alteration Ghana,” helium said earlier declaring the task launched.