GHANA AT A GLANCE

BY Paul Tetteh Asare

Food material science lab 26th Sept,2012

LOCATION AND CLIMATIC FACTORS

Located in the western part of Africa Shares boundary with Burkina Faso- Northern part Cote dIvore Western side Togo Eastern side Gulf of Guinea to the south
Area: 238,533 square kilometers Capital city: Accra Climate: Tropics
Latitude/Longitude 5 33' N, 0 12' W

Temperature: 23-34oC

Seasons: Dry and Wet season

Terrain: Low plains with few plateau Regions: 10 region

ACCRA THE CAPITAL CITY

COUNTRY PROFILE
Population: 24,391,823 ( 24.3 million) By 2010 population census Language: Official: English Local languages: Akan, Krobo,Ewe, Ga, Hausa etc Currency : Cedi 1GHC= 1,700 won

RELIGION AND ETHNICITY

Mostly Christians but Muslims and Traditionalist also exit

Christianity: 68.8%

Islamic: 15% other 0.7%, None 6.1%

Traditionalist: 8.5%

POLITIES

Country formally called Gold Coast Independence : 6th March,1957 from British Administration Government : Constitutional Democracy Republic: 4th Political parties: Many Major: NDC and NPP Minor: CPP, IPP, PPP, PNC etc
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah First President of Ghana

ECONOMY

Major stakeholders in the economy Agriculture : 28.3% Industry: 21% Services: 50.7% Inflation rate: 9.5% (August,2012) Natural resources: Gold, Diamond, Bauxite, Manganese, Timber, Cocoa and recently Oil.

AGRICULTURE
Major stakeholders Animal production Crop production Processing

AGRICULTURE CONT
Animal Production
Mostly on small holder base Keep for various reason: Food Income Labour Insurance Payment of bride price

Kept under the mixed system No much financial commitment is involved Health care provision is minimal Housing may or may not be provided
Farm animals mostly kept Ruminants: Cattle, goat, sheep Non ruminant: rabbit, grass cutter, pig Poultry: fowl, guinea fowl, buck, turkey Pets : Dog, cat

AGRICULTURE CONT

Cattle

Guinea fowl

Poultry

Sheep

Goat

Pig

AGRICULTURE CONT
Crop production Types of crops produced a. Arable crops Cereals Legumes b. Plantation crops Cocoa Oil palm Citrus Coffee Systems of production Mixed cropping Mono cropping

But Cocoa and oil palm are the major contributor to Ghanas GDP

AGRICULTURE CONT
SOME POPULAR CROPS IN GHANA Cassava

Yam

Cocoyam

Plantain

AGRICULTURE CONT
Cocoa and it processing Cocoa pod with beans

Plant with pods

Opened pod

AGRICULTURE CONT
Processing of cocoa Drying of the beans

EDUCATION

Literacy rate; adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) 66.62 (2009)

Nature of education: free compulsory basic education Type of education system Primary (6 years) Junior high school (3years)
Senior high school (3 years)

Tertiary (Univ-4years, poly -3years)

There are many Public and Private Universities in Ghana

EDUCATION

ENTERTAINMENT

SPORTS

Football-Popular Sport-world Recognition

MUSIC
Music Types Hip life Highlife Gospel Reggae R&B Hip-hop etc
Types of traditional musical instruments
Drum set Rattle

Xylophone

CULTURE , TRADITIONAL AND FASHION

Similar Cultural system Dominated By music and dance

WESTERN AND LOCAL FASHION IN GHANA

Beads ( stones and glass)

CHIEFTANCY

TOURISM

Ghana has lots of tourism sites

Forts and castles Water falls Zoos

National parks
Traditional Buildings Museum Festivities

Castles and forts

Cape Coast castle

WILDLIFE
a. Elephant b. Monkey

WILDLIFE

Monkey

Crocodile

WILDLIFE

Antelope Canopy walkway

WATERFALLS

Thank you For Your audience