Status of Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana: Insight from Farmers’ Perception, Population, and Nonagricultural Sector Growth

<table class="table-group" id="tab8"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Activity</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Manual</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Mechanized</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Cost (Ghs/acre)</td><td class="align_center">Time spent (hr/acre)</td><td class="align_center">Cost (Ghs/acre)</td><td class="align_center">Time spent (hr/acre)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ploughing</td><td class="align_center">165</td><td class="align_center">10</td><td class="align_center">136</td><td class="align_center">0.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Weed control</td><td class="align_center">200</td><td class="align_center">12</td><td class="align_center">130</td><td class="align_center">0.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Harvesting</td><td class="align_center">220</td><td class="align_center">12</td><td class="align_center">150</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Cost of farm activities (northern and middle belts of Ghana).</div>

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Table 8: Status of Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana: Insight from Farmers’ Perception, Population, and Nonagricultural Sector Growth 