The Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) has set the Minimum Producer Price (MPP) for second-grade fresh mango at GH¢5.22 per kilogram for the 2026 major mango season, marking a 24.9 percent increase from the GH¢4.18 per kilogram fixed for the 2025 minor season.
The announcement was made under Section 3(f) of the Tree Crops Development Authority Act, 2019 (Act 1010) and Regulation 47(1) of the Tree Crops Regulations, 2023 (L.I. 2471), following consultations with the Federation of Associations of Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE) and other actors across the mango value chain.
Producers holding first-grade mangoes are permitted to negotiate premium prices above the stated floor price, a provision the Authority says is designed to reward quality production and incentivise farmers to invest in better post-harvest handling and sorting practices.
Ghana’s mango sector operates across approximately 200,000 hectares of plantations producing between 300,000 and 400,000 metric tonnes annually, with the potential to scale to 3 million metric tonnes per year. The sector contributes to export earnings, rural employment, and agro-industrial development, and sits among the six tree crops that TCDA is mandated to regulate alongside coconut, cashew, rubber, oil palm, and shea.
The TCDA reiterated its compliance requirements alongside the price announcement, directing all actors across the tree crops value chain to register and obtain licences from the Authority. Nursery operators, service providers, input dealers, aggregators, exporters, and processors operating within any of the six regulated sectors are required to comply. The Authority said the registration and licensing framework is designed to improve standards, ensure traceability, promote quality assurance, and strengthen sector-wide regulation.
The floor price mechanism, which uses a formula factoring in production costs and international market prices, provides a transparent benchmark for commercial negotiations and helps shield smallholder farmers from the price volatility that has historically made the mango sector difficult to plan around, particularly given the fruit’s perishable nature and Ghana’s recurring post-harvest glut challenges.
