The Minister for Food and Agriculture is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The Minister is responsible to government and the Parliament of Ghana for the development of Ghana's agriculture and maintaining food security in Ghana. This minister has in the past been also responsible for a Ministry of Cocoa Affairs which has now been absorbed back into the Ministry of Agriculture.
List of ministers The first Ghanaian to head this ministry was Boahene Yeboah-Afari. The current minister is Owusu Afriyie Akoto (MP).
Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party 1 Boahene Yeboah-Afari 1956 1956 Nkrumah government Convention People's Party 2 Francis Yao Asare 1957 1960 3 Kojo Botsio 1960 1962 4 Lawrence Rosario Abavana 1962 1962 5 Krobo Edusei 1963 1965 6 F. A. Jantuah 1965 24 February 1966 7 Jacob Ofori Torto 1967 1968 National Liberation Council Military government 8 Albert Adomakoh 1968 1969 9 Kankam Twum Barima 1969 1969 Busia government Progress Party 10 Kwame Safo-Adu 1969 13 January 1972 11 Major-General Daniel Addo 1972 1973 National Redemption Council Military government 12 Colonel Frank Bernasko 1973 1975 1975 1976 Supreme Military Council 13 Lt. Col. Paul Kwame Nkegbe 1977 1979 14 Major General Neville Alexander Odartey-Wellington 1979 1979 15 Colonel Samuel Akwagiram 1979 4 June 1979 16 Abayifa Karbo 1979 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council 17 E. Kwaku Twumasi 1979 Limann government People's National Party 18 E. K. Andah December 1980 19 Nelson Agbesi December 1980 31 December 1981 20 Eugene Bortei-Doku Jan 1982 Dec 1983 Provisional National Defence Council Military government 21 John Ndebugre 1984 1985 22 Isaac Adjei-Marfo 1985 1986 23 Steve Obimpeh 1986 1992 24 Ibrahim Issaka Adam 1992 7 January 1993 1993 1996 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress 25 Steve Obimpeh (MP) 1996 1997 26 Kwabena Agyei (MP) 1997 1998 27 J. H. Owusu-Acheampong (MP) 1998 7 January 2001 28 Courage Quashigah 1 February 2001 2005 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party 29 Ernest Akubuor Debrah 1 February 2005 7 January 2009 30 Kwesi Ahwoi 2009 24 October 2012 Mills government National Democratic Congress 24 October 2012 7 January 2013 Mahama government 31 Clement Kofi Humado (MP) 30 January 2013 16 July 2014 32 Fiifi Fiavi Franklin Kwetey (MP) 16 July 2014 3 February 2016 33 Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna 3 February 2016 7 January 201734 Owusu Afriyie Akoto (MP) 28 January 2017 2023 Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party 35 Bryan Acheampong (MP) 24 March 2023 6 January 2025 36 Eric Opoku (MP) 22 January 2025 Incumbent Mahama government 2 National Democratic Congress
See also
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
References
External links and sources Former Heads of MOFA