• Ghana inaugurates a $3.5 million fertiliser blending plant in Greater Accra with 385,000 tonnes annual capacity.
• The plant aims to reduce Ghana’s heavy fertiliser imports, especially NPK, which accounted for nearly 298,372 tonnes in 2024.
• Invess Agriculture plans a 5 million litre liquid fertiliser plant to serve the wider ECOWAS market, positioning Ghana as a regional fertiliser hub.

Ghana took a major step to reduce its fertiliser imports by launching a new blending plant in the southeast Greater Accra region. On August 14, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, inaugurated the facility in the Shai Osudoku district.

Private sector investors developed the $3.5 million plant, built by Invess Agriculture Ltd in partnership with the Nitron Group and managed by AAA Infrastructure Ghana Ltd. The plant can produce 385,000 tonnes of granulated fertiliser annually, according to a Ministry of Trade press release issued August 18.

Mrs. Ofosu-Adjare said the project will help Ghana cut its reliance on foreign fertilisers. Ghana, alongside Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, remains one of West Africa’s largest fertiliser importers. The country does not produce chemical fertilisers locally, making blending plants a key option to lower import dependency.

Compound fertilisers, especially NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium), dominate Ghana’s fertiliser imports. Data from the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) show Ghana imported nearly 554,239 tonnes of fertiliser in 2024, including 298,372 tonnes of NPK.

Invess Agriculture announced plans for a 5 million litre liquid fertiliser plant to expand operations into the ECOWAS region. The company hopes to make Ghana a fertiliser production hub for West Africa.

The IFDC noted that about 4.3% of Ghana’s fertiliser imports in 2023, mostly NPK, were re-exported to neighboring countries. With growing local production, Ghana could replace these re-exports with domestic supply and capture more market share in the sub-region.

The main fertiliser-dependent crops in Ghana include manioc, rice, maize, millet, and yam.

This article was initially published in French by Stéphanas Assocle

Edited in English by Ange Jason Quenum