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0 The Ministry of Trade, Industries & Agribusiness, in collaboration with relevant sector ministries, agencies, and private-sector partners, is positioning Feed Industries as a core implementation pillar of the 24-Hour Economy.
This will be focused on expanding industrial raw-material supply at scale, sustaining 24-hour factory operations, creating decent and sustainable jobs for the youth, and driving exports.
Under this framework, the Government of Ghana has secured over 15,000 acres of land in the Central Region, with additional tracts across other regions, to implement a Youth in Exotic Crops & Agro-Industrial Value-Chain Programme designed explicitly to feed factories, not just farms.
Feed Industries as the Raw-Material Engine of the 24-Hour Economy
Feed Industries reframes agricultural production as an industrial input strategy, ensuring that factories operating day and night are never constrained by supply shortages. The programme delivers:
Large-scale, structured production of industrial and export-grade crops;
Guaranteed, year-round raw material flows to processing plants;
Reduced factory downtime and improved capacity utilization;
A shift from raw exports to value-added, export-ready processing;
Priority crops include pineapple, citrus, avocado, mango, coconut, papaya, ginger, and other strategic inputs for food, beverage, and agro-processing industries.
Anchoring 24-Hour Production: Ekumfi & CCPL
Within the Central Region agro-industrial corridor, anchor processors such as Ekumfi Fruit & Juices Ltd
And Central Citrus Processing Ltd (CCPL) are positioned as industrial off-takers and anchors under the Feed Industries framework, benefiting from:
Long-term, predictable raw-material supply;
Stable input pricing and volumes;
Improved competitiveness through 24-hour factory operations;
Structured youth participation via contract farming and shared-grower models;
18,000+ Youth Jobs with Integrated Accommodation Enclaves;
Beyond production, the Feed Industries programme is designed to deliver over 18,000 direct and indirect jobs for the youth, supported by a Youth Agro-Industrial Enclave Model that integrates employment with dignified living conditions.
Key features include youth jobs across farming, mechanisation, aggregation, processing, logistics, quality control, packaging, and exports, on-site or near-site accommodation enclaves within production and processing zones, housing designed to support shift-based, day-and-night operations and reduced transport costs, improved safety, productivity, and job retention.
This ensures that labour availability, welfare, and comfort support—rather than limit—continuous industrial production.
Trade, Jobs & Export Outcomes
Through this Ministry-led collaboration, Feed Industries advances national priorities by expanding raw-material supply for 24-hour industrial production, creating sustainable, non-casual youth employment, driving import substitution in juices, concentrates, and food inputs, increasing export earnings from processed agro-industrial products and establishing a scalable Feed Industries → 24-Hour Processing → Export Growth model nationwide.
