Agriculture Department

The Agricultural Department provides leadership for the development of agriculture and sustainability of the agro-environment in the Service.

The department promotes policies, strategies and appropriate agricultural technologies necessary to improve agribusiness, agro processing and crop/animal/ fish production.

Crop Farming

Majority of the farmers in the district are involved in crop farming and the main crops cultivated are:

• Starchy staples like cassava, cocoyam, and plantain,
• Legumes like beans; vegetables like tomatoes, okro, garden eggs, pepper, cabbage.
• Tree crops like oil palm, cocoa, citrus.
• Cereals like maize and rice. Maize is planted twice during the year, i.e during the major and minor seasons.

The predominant farm practice is mixed cropping. The crops grow in mixed stands normally inter-cropped with vegetable and cultivated for both home consumption and/or sale.

It also organizes agricultural field schools, workshops and seminars to assess farmers’ participation and the level of adoption of new farming technologies and practices.