Minister for Food and Agriculture (Ghana)


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.
NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1Boahene Yeboah-Afari19561956Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Francis Yao Asare19571960Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
3Kojo Botsio19601962Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
4Lawrence Rosario Abavana19621962Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
5Krobo Edusei19631965Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
6F. A. Jantuah196524 February 1966Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
7Jacob Ofori-Torto19671968National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
8Albert Adumakoh19681969National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
9Twum Barima1969Busia governmentProgress Party
10Kwame Safo-Adu13 January 1972Busia governmentProgress Party
11Major-General Daniel Addo19721973National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
12Colonel Frank Bernasko19731975National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
12Colonel Frank Bernasko19751976Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
13Lt. Col. Paul K. Nkegbe19771979Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
14Major General Neville Alexander Odartey-Wellington19791979Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
15Colonel Samuel Akwagiram19794 June 1979Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
16Abayifa Karbo19791979Armed Forces Revolutionary CouncilMilitary government
17E. Kwaku Twumasi1979Limann governmentPeople's National Party
18E. K. AndahDecember 1980Limann governmentPeople's National Party
19Nelson AgbesiDecember 198031 December 1981Limann governmentPeople's National Party
20Bortei Doku19821983Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
21John Ndebugre19841985Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
22Isaac Adjei-Marfo19851986Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
23Steve Obimpeh19861992Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
24Ibrahim Issaka Adam19927 January 1993Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
24Ibrahim Issaka Adam19931996Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
25Steve Obimpeh 19961997Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
26Kwabena Agyei 19971998Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
27J. H. Owusu-Acheampong 19987 January 2001Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
28Courage Quashigah1 February 20012005Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
29Ernest Akubuor Debrah1 February 20057 January 2009Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
30Kwesi Ahwoi200924 October 2012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
30Kwesi Ahwoi24 October 20127 January 2013Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
31Clement Kofi Humado 30 January 201316 July 2014Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
32Fiifi Fiavi Franklin Kwetey 16 July 20143 February 2016Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
33Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna3 February 20167 January 2017Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
34Owusu Afriyie Akoto28 January 2017incumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party