The Government of Ghana has signed a new agreement with Turkish equipment manufacturer Hattat Traktör to establish a local agricultural tractor assembly plant.
The announcement was made on July 4 by Eric Opoku, Minister of Agriculture, through his official Facebook page.
The project is expected to be carried out in partnership with 10G Globaltech Ltd, a Ghanaian firm selected to lead the industrial operation alongside the Ministry of Agriculture.
Hattat Traktör will provide technical support for the plant’s development.
The plant is expected to increase the availability of tractors across Ghana once it is operational, thereby improving access to farm machinery and boosting productivity in the agricultural sector.
Specific details on the construction timeline, production capacity, launch date, or location of the assembly plant have not yet been released.
This move follows the recent launch of Ghana’s “Farmers Service Centres” program in June, which aims to provide machinery and farm inputs to each of the country’s agricultural districts nationwide.
The government considers local tractor assembly a crucial component of its broader strategy to address low levels of mechanisation in farming.
According to a 2022 study, 78% of Ghana’s agricultural activities are still carried out manually.
This low rate of mechanisation has been identified as a significant constraint in expanding cultivated farmland. Data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) shows that while Ghana has 10 million hectares of arable land, only 7.4 million hectares were in use as of 2022.
Efforts to scale up farm mechanisation face additional challenges.
A 2020 report by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) noted that Ghana lacks well-structured mechanisation services.
The report cited high equipment costs and limited access to credit as significant barriers both for farmers and the broader agricultural machinery market.
Authorities hope that the new assembly hub will support ongoing programs to modernise agriculture, create local jobs, and make tractors more affordable and accessible for Ghanaian farmers.
