There’s money in dry season farming – John Dumelo urges Ghanaians to tap into irrigated agriculture

Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, John Dumelo, has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians—especially the youth—to embrace dry season farming as a sustainable and profitable source of income, describing it as a game-changer in the country’s agribusiness sector.

Speaking at the Citi Business Forum held on Thursday, June 19 in Accra, under the theme “Harnessing Agribusiness for Economic Growth: Expanding Ghana’s Agribusiness Frontiers”, Dumelo encouraged attendees to see agriculture not just as tradition, but as an untapped business goldmine.

“I want to encourage each and every one to get into farming,” he said.

“The thing about farming is times and seasons, but let’s try as much as possible to farm in the dry season. If you have some land, get it by the water side and do irrigation.”

Dumelo, an actor-turned-politician and now a key government voice in agriculture, used his own experience to illustrate the enormous profit potential in dry season cultivation.

He highlighted the dramatic price shift of cabbage between the rainy and dry seasons.

“It will interest you to know that I used to do cabbage.

“Now, cabbage is around GHS1,200 per bag during the regular season, but in the dry season, it goes for about GHS4,000 per bag,” he revealed.

“That means if you are a cabbage farmer in the dry season, there is money there – you will make money.”