Many farmers in the Bono East Region have switched from maize and yam, cultivating vegetables in commercial quantities to meet the growing market demand for vegetables in the region.
According to Mr Patrick Acheampong, the 2025 Bono East Regional Best Farmer, most of the farmers in the region were cultivating pepper, tomatoes, and garden eggs in commercial quantities.
During a visit to his farm at Tanoso in the Techiman Municipality, Mr Acheampong noted that farmers were producing vegetables, justifying that vegetable production was presently lucrative.
He said the market demand for vegetables had surged at the various markets in the region, saying that had pushed many of the farmers to switch from stable food and cultivating large acres of vegetables.
“In fact, many farmers who left vegetable production have returned seriously looking for land to engage in the cultivation of vegetables in commercial quantities,” Mr Frimpong stated.
Mr Acheampong expressed the fear that the trend could affect maize and yam production in the region, if the situation was properly not well managed.
He said presently the market prices of tomato and pepper were expensive, justifying that a box of tomatoes which used to sell at GHC4,000 was now selling at GHC5,000.
Mr Acheampong said the market price of a bag of pepper which used to sell at GHC6,000 was now selling at GHC9000.
He said vegetable farming was now attractive in the area and called on the government to support the farmers with farm inputs, seedlings and fertilizers.
