Crops

For more than a century, Ghana has relied on cocoa as a major cash crop and source of foreign exchange earnings. Despite the fact that the country has an abundance of arable and suitable land for cocoa production, such a golden opportunity is under threat as a result of deforestation, climate change and other human-caused environmental destruction; as a result, the amount of land suitable lands for cocoa production has decreased significantly. If current trends continue, many cocoa-growing households will be devastated as well as the country’s foreign exchange revenues.

In comparison, over 1.6 million farm households cultivate tree crops other than cocoa. As a result, the tree crop subsector provides excellent opportunities for economic diversification by expanding opportunities for job creation, poverty reduction, food security, foreign currency revenues, and overall contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GPD). SFL was set up as an initiative to help with the drive and development of the other cash crops suitable to be planted in Africa with huge potential.