Jacob Ofori Torto

Jacob Ofori Torto was a Ghanaian public servant. He served as Ghana's Commissioner (Minister) for Agriculture from 1967 to 1968, and Ghana's Commissioner (Minister) for Forestry from 1968 to 1969.

Jacob Ofori Torto
Minister for Food  and Agriculture
In office 1967–1968
Appointed by	Joseph Arthur Ankrah
Preceded by	F. A. Jantuah
Succeeded by	Albert Adomakoh
Minister for Forestry
In office 1968–1969
Appointed by	Joseph Arthur Ankrah
Preceded by	Ministry split
Succeeded by	Ministry merged
Personal details
Born	(1906-05-30)May 30, 1906 Accra, Gold Coast
Nationality	Ghanaian
Education	King's College, Lagos
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture

Biography

Torto was born on 30 May 1906 in Accra.^[1][2] His formal education began at King's College, Lagos, Nigeria.^[1][2] He continued at the University of California, Berkeley where he obtained his bachelor's degree.^[1][2][3] He entered Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad in 1933, and qualified as an Associate of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (A. I. C. T. A).^[2]

Torto begun as an Inspector of Produce in the Gold Coast in 1933.^[2] In 1938, he was appointed Agricultural Officer, and in 1949, he was promoted to Senior Agricultural Officer.^[2] He was elevated to the position of Food Production Commissioner in April 1952,^[4] and later appointed Chief Agricultural Officer of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.^[5] From 1963 until his political appointment in 1967, he was a Field Project Expert for the United Nations.^[6] Torto served as Commissioner (Minister) for Agriculture and Forestry from 1967 until 1968 when the ministry was split into the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Forestry.^[7][8][9] He served as Commissioner (Minister) for Forestry from 1968 to 1969.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Torto's hobbies included lawn tennis. He once served as an Honorary Treasurer of the Ghana Lawn Tennis Association.^[14]

See also

• National Liberation Council
• Minister for Food and Agriculture (Ghana)

References

1. Towards Civil Rule in Ghana. State Publishing Corporation. 1968.
2. Office, Great Britain Colonial (1950). The Colonial Office List. H.M. Stationery Office.
3. Berkeley, University of California (1929). Register - University of California. University of California Press.
4. Agriculture, Ghana Ministry of (1951). Report.
5. Conference, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1956). Report of the Conference of FAO.
6. Towards Civil Rule. Accra: State Publishing Corporation. 1968. p. 18.
7. Ghana News. Embassy of Ghana. 1968.
8. Tsedze, Oscar (1967-08-10). Daily Graphic: Issue 5244, August 10 1967. Graphic Communications Group.
9. Conference, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1968). Report of the ... Session of the Conference.
10. West Africa. Afrimedia International. 1968.
11. Ghana Official Handbook. Information Services. 1968.
12. Co, Advance Publishing (1969). Accra-Tema in Pictures. Advance Press.
13. Curry-Lindahl, Kai (1969). Report to the Government of Ghana on Conservation, Management and Utilization of Ghana's Wildlife Resources. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
14. Ghana Year Book. Graphic Corporation. 1960.