hot making,high oil yield soybean oil plant in ghana

   
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  • hot making,high oil yield soybean oil plant in ghana
  • How is soyabean grown in Ghana?
  • In Ghana, soyabean is mainly grown by smallholder farmers with an average farm size of about 0.5 ha. Yields are however, highly variable and often poor.
  • What is Ghana doing to improve soybean production?
  • A ground-breaking initiative aimed at enhancing Ghana’s soybean production and addressing food and nutrition security challenges was launched today at an event attended by the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr Bryan Acheampong, the Ambassador of Japan, H.E. Mochizuki Hisanobu, FAO Representative in Ghana, Yurdi Yasmi and key stakeholders.
  • What is Ghana’s soybean production potential?
  • Ghana’s soybean production potential stands at an impressive 700,000 tonnes per year. However, only about 26 percent of this potential is being realized. The cultivation area covers an estimated 102,000 hectares of the 250,000 hectares of land suitable for production countrywide.
  • Which region has the lowest soybean yield in Ghana?
  • As a result, the impact of the soybean initiatives has been sub-optimal with Upper West region the worst affected in Ghana. Data show that the 194kgha ?1 average yield of soybean recorded in Upper West region is the lowest in Ghana, which is nearly 80% lower than the average yield of 348kgha ?1 for neighboring Northern region [ 9 ].