The Minister for Food and Agriculture is the government official responsible for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The Minister is responsible to the government and the Parliament for the development of agriculture and maintaining food security.
This minister of Food and Agriculture of Ghana has in the past been also responsible for the Cocoa Affairs that has now been absorbed back into the Ministry of Agriculture.
These are the names of the Ministers of Food and Agriculture from the time of independence to date with their respective governments.
List of ministers
The first Ghanaian to head this ministry was Boahene Yeboah-Afari. The current minister is Owusu Afriyie Akoto (MP).
| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
| 1 | Boahene Yeboah-Afari | 1956 | 1956 | Nkrumah government | Convention People’s Party |
| 2 | Francis Yao Asare | 1957 | 1960 | ||
| 3 | Kojo Botsio | 1960 | 1962 | ||
| 4 | Lawrence Rosario Abavana | 1962 | 1962 | ||
| 5 | Krobo Edusei | 1963 | 1965 | ||
| 6 | F. A. Jantuah | 1965 | 24 February 1966 | ||
| 7 | Jacob Ofori Torto | 1967 | 1968 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 8 | Albert Adomakoh | 1968 | 1969 | ||
| 9 | Kankam Twum Barima | 1969 | Busia government | Progress Party | |
| 10 | Kwame Safo-Adu | 13 January 1972 | |||
| 11 | Major-General Daniel Addo | 1972 | 1973 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 12 | Colonel Frank Bernasko | 1973 | 1975 | ||
| 1975 | 1976 | Supreme Military Council | |||
| 13 | Lt. Col. Paul K. Nkegbe | 1977 | 1979 | ||
| 14 | Major General Neville Alexander Odartey-Wellington | 1979 | 1979 | ||
| 15 | Colonel Samuel Akwagiram | 1979 | 4 June 1979 | ||
| 16 | Abayifa Karbo | 1979 | 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | |
| 17 | E. Kwaku Twumasi | 1979 | Limann government | People’s National Party | |
| 18 | E. K. Andah | December 1980 | |||
| 19 | Nelson Agbesi | December 1980 | 31 December 1981 | ||
| 20 | Bortei Doku | 1982 | 1983 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 21 | John Ndebugre | 1984 | 1985 | ||
| 22 | Isaac Adjei-Marfo | 1985 | 1986 | ||
| 23 | Steve Obimpeh | 1986 | 1992 | ||
| 24 | Ibrahim Issaka Adam | 1992 | 7 January 1993 | ||
| 1993 | 1996 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress | ||
| 25 | Steve Obimpeh (MP) | 1996 | 1997 | ||
| 26 | Kwabena Agyei (MP) | 1997 | 1998 | ||
| 27 | J. H. Owusu-Acheampong (MP) | 1998 | 7 January 2001 | ||
| 28 | Courage Quashigah | 1 February 2001[3] | 2005 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 29 | Ernest Akubuor Debrah | 1 February 2005[4] | 7 January 2009 | ||
| 30 | Kwesi Ahwoi | 2009 | 24 October 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 24 October 2012 | 7 January 2013 | Mahama government | |||
| 31 | Clement Kofi Humado (MP) | 30 January 2013 | 16 July 2014 | ||
| 32 | Fiifi Fiavi Franklin Kwetey (MP) | 16 July 2014 | 3 February 2016 | ||
| 33 | Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna | 3 February 2016 | 7 January 2017 | ||
| 34 | Owusu Afriyie Akoto[5] | 28 January 2017 | incumbent | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
