Ghana Wants to Grow All Its Own Sugar by 2030, and Imports Will Face Quotas

Ending rice and sugar imports by 2030 is easily doable – Ato Forson

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson says Ghana can stop importing rice and sugar by 2030 if the country increases local production and creates a strong market for locally produced alternatives. He described the four-year target as achievable and said the government had identified measures to reduce the country’s dependence on the two imported commodities. […]

2027 Budget: Gov’t to establish four rice development hubs to boost local production, create 125,000 jobs

Government plans to establish four rice development hubs across Ghana, create 125,000 jobs and increase local production as part of efforts to end commercial rice imports by 2030.

Ghana targets sugar self-sufficiency by 2030 to cut import dependence

Ghana aims to achieve self-sufficiency in sugar production by 2030 as the government seeks to reduce import dependence and expand domestic agro-industrial capacity, My Joy Online reported. Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson announced the target while presenting the 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament on November 12, 2026. He identified sugar as […] ChiniMandi

Rice imports to be banned by 2030 – 2027 Budget

The 2027 Budget bans commercial rice imports by 2030, with Rice Development Hubs, 100,000 extra hectares and licence rules tied to local purchases.

Rice imports: Ghana to ban commercial imports by 2030 – 2027 Budget

From 2027, rice import licences will depend on buying Ghanaian rice first, with commercial imports prohibited altogether by 2030.