Ghana plans to deploy 4,000 farm machines by 2026
Ghana moves to speed up farm work through new machines and service centers.
GHANA – Ghana plans to place more than 4,000 farm machines and related tools across 50 districts by 2026 as the government pushes to improve food production.
The plan appears in the 2026 Budget and Economic Policy Statement that officials presented to Parliament on November 13. Agriculture accounts for about 20 percent of Ghana’s GDP and employs more than a third of the population, so officials see this upgrade as a key step for the sector.
The list of equipment includes 660 tractors, 200 mini tractors with their attachments, combine harvesters, precision seeders, fertilizer spreaders, and sprayers.
The plan forms part of the Farmer Service Centres initiative under the Feed Ghana Initiative program which runs from 2025 to 2028.
New centers to support farmers
The initiative will create 50 service centers across the selected districts. These centers will give farmers shared access to machines, training on how to use them, and support with inputs. The aim is to help farmers work faster and raise yields in the coming years.
President John Dramani Mahama spoke about the plan on November 11 and said the government will open the first 11 service centers in 2026. He noted that more details on the cost and origin of the machines will follow as the process moves forward.
He stated, “We will open the first set of centers next year, and we expect them to support farmers in every district where they operate.”
Officials have been in talks with international partners to support the program. In July, the Ministry of Agriculture reached an agreement with Turkish manufacturer Hattat Traktör to set up a tractor assembly unit in Ghana. A month earlier, Ghana held talks in Minsk to discuss supplies of new farm machines and other equipment from Belarus.
A 2022 study shows that about 78 percent of farm work in Ghana still happens by hand. The slow uptake of machines limits output and affects the growth of the farm sector. By increasing access to machines, the government hopes farmers will reduce manual work and improve food production.
Additional recent developments
Officials also confirmed new collaboration talks this year to attract more partners that can supply machines or support maintenance. These talks include private investors and foreign firms that want to take part in Ghana’s wider food system plans.
One official explained, “We want farmers to have reliable tools, and we also want local people to get jobs through assembly and repair activities.”
The government expects these steps to support food security, raise incomes for smallholder farmers, and build stronger local value chains.
More details on financing appear in the next phase of the Feed Ghana Initiative. If equipment costs appear in local currency in future updates, you can share them and I will convert them to US dollars with the correct brackets.
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