Ghanaians Love Rice – How Smallholder Farmers Could Harvest More of It With the Help of Machines

Rice has become a big part of Ghanaians’ daily diet. The country consumes about 1.45 million tonnes a year – but produces only 987,000 tonnes, approximately 68% of that.

Efforts to produce more rice often involve providing improved seeds and fertilisers for farmers to increase their farm size. This results in increased labour-intensive work for smallholder farmers.

Smallholder farmers are the backbone of local rice production in Ghana. They produce more than 50% of the total.

Smallholder farmers…