Government constructing 1,000km of roads to support agriculture – Dumelo

The government is constructing 1,000 kilometres of agricultural roads to improve the movement of food from farming communities to major towns and cities, Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, John Dumelo, has said.

The project is expected to reduce transportationt challenges for farmers and make it easier to move produce to markets.

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Dumelo said the government is also establishing mini-processing centres and Farm Service Centres to help reduce post-harvest losses and improve access to farming inputs.

Speaking at AgriFair 2026 in Obuasi on Friday, October 16, 2026, he said the road projects form part of efforts to improve the agricultural value chain and support food production across the country.

“We are currently constructing 1,000 kilometres of agricultural roads. This is going to make it easier for us to transport food items from farming communities to towns and big cities,” he said.

Dumelo explained that the government is also establishing mini-processing centres in farming communities to help farmers process excess produce instead of allowing it to go to waste.

He said Farm Service Centres are being developed in different parts of the country to provide farmers with access to agricultural products at affordable prices.

According to him, construction has started at some locations, while others have already reached the ground-breaking stage.

“We want farmers to be able to access farming products at very good prices. We have already started construction on some of the centres, and we expect most of them to be ready next year,” he said.

The Deputy Minister also called on corporate institutions to invest directly in agriculture instead of limiting their support to donations and other corporate social responsibility activities.

He said businesses could establish vegetable farms, poultry farms, piggeries and other farming ventures to increase local food production.

“If some of these corporate bodies can establish farms, it will go a long way to boost the agricultural output of the country,” he said.

He further encouraged churches and other institutions involved in farming to consider investing in agro-processing facilities.

He explained that groups producing large quantities of crops such as maize could work together to establish factories to process their surplus produce.

Dumelo also said the government was supporting young people to enter farming through the provision of items such as water pumps, fertiliser and seeds.

He added that the National Food Buffer Stock Company was being empowered to purchase surplus produce from farmers, while efforts were underway to encourage year-round tomato production to help stabilise prices.

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