**4. Conclusion**

Tomato is indispensable in all Ghanaian recipes and contributes significantly to the economy of Ghana. Ghana has the potential to meet the country's tomato demand; however, low yield, unavailability of quality tomato varieties, pests and diseases have hindered this potential. This review presented tomato production trends in Ghana, past tomato-breeding programmes that have been carried out as well as some potential tomato-breeding objectives. Ghana will achieve self-sufficiency in tomato production if the government, Universities, Research Centres and National Research Institute (NRI) will invest more resources into tomato breeding to achieve both the short- and long-term-breeding objectives. This review will serve as a reference for improving tomato in the country.
