Dr Godfred Seidu Jasaw, the Chairman of the Agric and Cocoa Affairs Committee of Parliament, has assured tree crop plantation investors that Ghana’s legal framework is amenable to changes that would safeguard investments.

He explained that protection of smallholder farmers, local businesses and foreign investors was central to government’s agenda of growing the tree crop sector through plantation development and local value addition.

“Be assured that as we police the process, as we go with the management in every step of the process, as we go along with stakeholders and businesses in every step of the process, we’ll be amenable to reorient our legal regulations, our platforms for laws in this country regarding your investment,” he said.

Dr Jasaw, also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wa East, was speaking at an investment forum at the 2026 Ghana Tree Crops Summit and Exhibition in Accra.

Mrs Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, the Director-General of Ghana Prisons Service, in a statement read on her behalf, said the service contributed significantly to the growth of the tree crop sector.

She revealed that currently, the service managed 688.5 acres of palm plantation and 10 acres of mango scattered across prison establishments in the country.

“These plantations contribute to internal food security, income generation and national efforts at expanding tree crop acreage,” Mrs Baffoe-Bonnie said.

She noted that the Service had prioritised mechanised agriculture and industrialisation and was in the process of securing land banks at strategic locations across the country for large scale farming.

Mrs Baffoe-Bonnie said departments had been created to leverage on government interventions and policies under the 24-hour economy programme.

With its vast land resources across the country, she said the Service, when properly supported with investments, mechanisation, improved planting materials, and modern farm management practices, could support Ghana’s green economy agenda.

Dr Vida Korang, a Senior Lecturer at the Catholic University of Ghana, called for more attention to be paid to the contribution of women in the tree crop sector.

She observed that women played indispensable roles in the sector, yet were often undervalued to being primary cultivators, farm labourers, processors and aggregators.

“We are the traders, exporters, and micro-entrepreneurs and the custodians of indigenous knowledge and sustainable practices,” she said.