Every Friday, the calls start coming in. Distributors from Makola, Kejetia and Ho want to know one thing: how many bags of gari can Ahodwo Farms supply next week? The honest answer — 60 to 70 bags of 150kg — is never enough. Verified weekly demand for our gari now stands at roughly 500 bags, meaning we currently satisfy less than a fifth of the market that is actively asking for our product.
That gap is frustrating, but it is also the clearest possible signal of quality. Our gari is well fermented, evenly fried and consistently sieved, and buyers taste the difference. Rather than dilute the product to stretch volumes, we have chosen to scale production the right way: more cassava, more processing capacity, and more trained hands.
The first pillar is raw material. Our own 700+ cultivated acres feed the factory, and our Cassava for Cash Guarantee out-grower scheme adds about 2,000 acres more from 850+ partner farmers. This season we are recruiting additional out-growers across the North Tongu district so that the factory never waits for cassava.
The second pillar is equipment. We are investing in higher-capacity graters, hydraulic presses and additional frying stations at Juapong. Each new frying line adds roughly 40 bags a week of capacity, and our phased plan takes us past 200 bags a week in the near term on the way to the full 500.
The third pillar is people. We already employ over 400 young people — 70% of them women — and scaling production means scaling opportunity: more processing jobs, more drivers, more quality-control roles. Every new bag of gari is also a wage paid in the Volta Region.
To our customers: thank you for your patience when allocations run short. To prospective partners and investors: this is what an under-supplied market looks like from the inside. The demand is proven; the expansion is under way. If you would like to be part of it, visit our Invest page or come and see the farm for yourself.
