The Grain Bank

The Problem

A Nation That Cannot Hold Its Own Harvest

Ghana grows enough grain in a normal year, but it cannot dry, store or process it. So the harvest is dumped, prices collapse, much of the crop is lost, and the country imports what it could have kept.

1.2m MT

Of grain sit unsold while approx. 8 million people are food-insecure

approx. 30%

Of the cereal crop is lost after harvest, for want of drying and storage

700k MT+

Of local paddy rice unsold, while the country imports around a million tonnes

US$2bn+

Spent each year importing staples the country could grow

The Defining Contradiction

A country cannot be food-secure while it loses a third of its harvest and imports what it dumps. The missing piece is not more farms. It is the infrastructure to hold, preserve and upgrade what the land already produces.

The Solution

One National Campus, From the Field to the Shelf

The Grain Bank is a single, strategically sited campus in the northern breadbasket that serves the entire nation. It runs one continuous chain, and it processes its own grain and the public's.

Collect

Purchase

Dry

Clean & Grade

Store

Process

Two ways, one plant. The Grain Bank runs the chain on grain it buys for its own account, and offers the very same capability, drying, cleaning, certified storage and milling, as a national service to farmers, cooperatives, millers and the state.

The Capacity

Built for the Whole Nation, Not One Region

Owned silos, dryers and mills, sized to hold and process the nation's grain and to anchor a strategic reserve.

30,000 MT

Certified storage, flat store plus steel silos

90,000 MT

Grain drying capacity per season

100,000 MT

Cleaning and grading per year

15,000 MT

Milled rice per year

30,000 MT

Animal feed per year

95k to 110k MT

Total throughput per year at maturity

How It Works

The Harvest, Held

The Grain Bank stores all that would otherwise be left to spoil, then releases it when the nation needs it. Public benefit and sound operation move together.

Mop Up the Surplus

At the harvest glut, buy and store the grain that would otherwise be dumped or lost, putting a floor under farm-gate prices and protecting farmers.

Release the Reserve

In the lean season, release dried, graded grain back into the market, easing shortages and holding down consumer prices when supply is tight.

Buffer the Nation

A held strategic reserve absorbs a bad harvest or a price spike, reducing the need for emergency imports and the foreign exchange they consume.

National Impact

Four National Outcomes From One Hub

The Grain Bank is designed to strengthen the country, not one balance sheet.

Food Security & a Strategic Reserve

A held national buffer that absorbs the glut and ends the cycle of a country that cannot store its own harvest.

Forex & Import Substitution

Less imported rice and chicken means less pressure on the cedi and on scarce foreign reserves.

A Stable Poultry & Feed Industry

Reliable dried, graded maize and soya every week, so the bird industry produces local feed and local chicken.

Jobs, Farmers & the North

Rural employment, protected farm-gate prices, and industrial development in the breadbasket regions.

The Future

From a Single Hub to a National Grain System

Securing supply at the farm, and building reach across the region.

Farming for the Bank

A commercial outgrower model contracts farmers to grow maize, rice and soya at scale, with inputs, guaranteed offtake and fair, same-day payment.

Regional Exports

With the national reserve secured, the Bank turns surplus and value-added products toward regional markets, earning foreign exchange.

Our Own Fleet

Integrated, owned logistics move grain in from the farm-gate and product out to markets, the ports and the regional borders.

Contact

Get in Touch

For enquiries on national grain storage, drying, milling and the strategic reserve, reach us directly or send a message.

+233 24 559 9000 info@ghanagrainbank.com