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Company News on Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Source: ghananewsagency.org
2018-11-27
President Akufo-Addo said Ghana should be inspired by the agricultural power of its neighbors
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo said Monday that Ghana should tap the country's incredible agricultural potential in its pursuit of prosperity.
He said that Ghana's agricultural production statistics were very poor compared to those of its western neighbor, Côte d'Ivoire, which had a lower population than Ghana.
Ivory Coast harvests nearly $ 16 billion a year in agriculture alone, while Ghana earns $ 2 billion a year.
President Akufo-Addo made the call when the Ghana National Farmers and Fishermen's Prize Winners' Association convened him at Jubilee House in Accra.
The badociation was there to inform the president of his work and challenges, and to present him with a number of requests, including including commercial farmers in the flagship Planting program to feed himself and extend the same considerations to smallholders. farm.
The President reaffirmed his administration's commitment to invest in the investment necessary to make agriculture a determining factor in the country's willingness to move forward and prosper, as well as for Ghana beyond the US. # 39; s help.
He pointed out that, to offset the low income from agricultural production, it was necessary for all actors in the agricultural sector to cooperate and participate actively in the development.
President Akufo-Addo said it was important that the country's farmer badociations organize themselves into a coherent and unified body, allowing them to take advantage of economies of scale and scale. Improve production, which would make the sector the engine of the Ghanaian economy.
"We take agriculture seriously … it has tremendous potential for the economic prosperity of this country, which is why we must consider agriculture as a decisive factor."
The Association also urged the government to consider removing fertilizer taxes to allow fertilizer dealers to reduce their prices in the open market.
Commenting on their concerns, the president said it was important that the government create synergies and broaden its scope to help farmers lead the agricultural revolution in the country.
He badured that the government would consider the suggestion to reduce taxes on fertilizer imports and find a solution to the financing of agriculture in the country.
Davies Narh Karboe, president of the badociation, said that the badociation has positioned itself to become a major player in the government's flagship policies aimed at promoting the country's industrialization agenda.
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