Abutia-Kpota is a farming community located at South-Western part of Ho, the capital town of

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. Abutia Kpota is one of the towns within the Ho West

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. The town is near the Kalapa Re-source Reserve.

History

People

Abutia Kpota is one of the numerous settler towns in the Abutia Traditional Area. The people of Abutia belong to the Eʋedome group of the Eʋes. Abutia has 3 ain traditional towns which are Abutia Kloe, Abutia Agove and Abutia Teti. The Paramount Chief of Abutia is from Abutia Teti with divisional Chiefs from Abutia Kloe and Abutia Agove. All Chiefs in the Abutia Paramountcy pays allegiance to the Paramount Chief called Togbega Abutia Kodzo Gidi IV. The majority of them are Christians, whilst a few are traditionalist. in the past, there were some Muslims too, but for now, they have dissolved into the ewe tribe.

Education

There is Evangelical Presbyterian School comprising Kindergarten, Primary and J.H.S. The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is annually staged at a nearby town, Abutia-Kloe. Performance of the outgoing students have not been encouraging over the years until recently one graduating class recorded 100% overall pass mark (i.e. The cohort qualify for admission into S.H.S.) in the BECE.

Agriculture

The community produces

cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively ...

maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

and vegetables such as

okra Okra or Okro (, ), ''Abelmoschus esculentus'', known in many English-speaking countries as ladies' fingers or ochro, is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It has edible green seed pods. The geographical origin of okra is disputed, with su ...

. The Abutia Kpota farms which is an initiative of the National Service Scheme mainly deals in maize plantation.

References

Populated places in the Volta Region {{VoltaRegion-geo-stub