Minister for Food and Agriculture (Ghana)
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The Minister for Food and Agriculture is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The Minister is responsible to government and the Parliament of Ghana for the development of Ghana's agriculture and maintaining food security in Ghana. This minister has in the past been also responsible for a Ministry of Cocoa Affairs which has now been absorbed back into the Ministry of Agriculture.
The first Ghanaian to head this ministry was Boahene Yeboah-Afari. The current minister is Owusu Afriyie Akoto (MP).[1][2]
| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boahene Yeboah-Afari | 1956 | 1956 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 2 | Francis Yao Asare | 1957 | 1960 | ||
| 3 | Kojo Botsio | 1960 | 1962 | ||
| 4 | Lawrence Rosario Abavana | 1962 | 1962 | ||
| 5 | Krobo Edusei | 1963 | 1965 | ||
| 6 | F. A. Jantuah | 1965 | 24 February 1966 | ||
| 7 | Jacob Ofori Torto | 1967 | 1968 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 8 | Albert Adomakoh | 1968 | 1969 | ||
| 9 | Kankam Twum Barima | 1969 | 1969 | rowspan=2 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 10 | Kwame Safo-Adu | 1969 | 13 January 1972 | ||
| 11 | Major-General Daniel Addo | 1972 | 1973 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 12 | Colonel Frank Bernasko | 1973 | 1975 | ||
| 1975 | 1976 | Supreme Military Council | |||
| 13 | Lt. Col. Paul Kwame Nkegbe | 1977 | 1979 | ||
| 14 | Major General Neville Alexander Odartey-Wellington | 1979 | 1979 | ||
| 15 | Colonel Samuel Akwagiram | 1979 | 4 June 1979 | ||
| 16 | Abayifa Karbo | 1979 | 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | |
| 17 | E. Kwaku Twumasi | 1979 | Limann government | People's National Party | |
| 18 | E. K. Andah | December 1980 | |||
| 19 | Nelson Agbesi | December 1980 | 31 December 1981 | ||
| 20 | Eugene Bortei-Doku[3] | Jan 1982 | Dec 1983 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 21 | John Ndebugre | 1984 | 1985 | ||
| 22 | Isaac Adjei-Marfo | 1985 | 1986 | ||
| 23 | Steve Obimpeh | 1986 | 1992 | ||
| 24 | Ibrahim Issaka Adam | 1992 | 7 January 1993 | ||
| 1993 | 1996 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress | ||
| 25 | Steve Obimpeh (MP) | 1996 | 1997 | ||
| 26 | Kwabena Agyei (MP) | 1997 | 1998 | ||
| 27 | J. H. Owusu-Acheampong (MP) | 1998 | 7 January 2001 | ||
| 28 | Courage Quashigah | 1 February 2001[4] | 2005 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 29 | Ernest Akubuor Debrah | 1 February 2005[5] | 7 January 2009 | ||
| 30 | Kwesi Ahwoi | 2009 | 24 October 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 24 October 2012 | 7 January 2013 | Mahama government | |||
| 31 | Clement Kofi Humado (MP) | 30 January 2013 | 16 July 2014 | ||
| 32 | Fiifi Fiavi Franklin Kwetey (MP) | 16 July 2014 | 3 February 2016 | ||
| 33 | Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna | 3 February 2016 | 7 January 2017 | ||
| 34 | Owusu Afriyie Akoto (MP) | 28 January 2017[6] | 2023 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 35 | Bryan Acheampong (MP) | 24 March 2023[7] | 6 January 2025 | ||
| 36 | Eric Opoku (MP) | 22 January 2025[8] | Incumbent | Mahama government 2 | National Democratic Congress |