Agriculture

Assin Foso Municipal is an Agrarian District. The popularity of agriculture is mainly due to the good vegetation and favourable climatic conditions prevailing in the Municipality. Major crops cultivated include plantation crops (oil palm, cocoa, rubber and citrus) and food crops (maize, plantain, cassava and rice). Crop farming is undertaken in three (3) levels.

TYPES OF FARMING

i. Subsistence Farming - where farmers only grow to feed their families and only sell a few for other upkeep expenses. This is in the minority (25% of farms in the Municipality)

ii. Commercial Farming - farmers do the farming as a whole business embracing the Agribusiness concept of farming. Farmers only grow to sell and make profits from these enterprises (40% of farms in the Municipality).

iii. Mixed Farming - involves the raising of crops and animals. Farmers in the municipality love this since they can make profit all year round from animal/crop sales (35% of farms in the Municipality).

CROPS BEING CULTIVATED

a. Tree crops - Oil palm, Coconut, Citrus and Cocoa

b. Root and Tuber - Mainly cassava and minor cultivated are cocoyam, yam and sweet potatoes

c. Cereals and Legumes - Mainly rice and maize. Minor cultivated is cowpea

d. Vegetables - Exotic - Cabbage, lettuce, carrots, cucumber, spring onions, and sweet pepper Local - Bell pepper, chili pepper, tomatoes, eggplant and Okra.

AGRO INDUSTRY STATUS

Oil Palm and Palm Kernel Processing are very dominant throughout the municipality followed by Rice Processing which is seen in rice growing areas.

FARMERS POPULATION

Farmers population is estimated to be Thirty-Five Thousand, Two Hundred and Thirty-One (35,231) made up of;

Males - 18,871

Females - 16,360

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