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Sunyani, July 27, GNA-The Government will establish a Joint Arboreal and Industrial Crops Development Authority (TICDA) to regulate the purchase and marketing of cash crops such as cashew nuts, rubber, oil palm, shea nuts and others. Cocoa
This decision follows the government's ceaseless call to create a Council like the Ghana Cocoa Council for cashew for its price regulation, stability and other factors.
that an exclusive board for cashew "is not the best" since this would imply that there must be separate tips for other crops of tress and cash in the country
. Kennedy Osei Nyarko, a deputy minister of Agriculture said in an interview with reporters after the opening of the second session of the fifth edition of the Master's Training Program on the promotion of the value chain of the cashew in Africa in Sunyani.
by the Competitive Cashew Nut initiative (ComCashew) in partnership with the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the Ghana Cocoa Research Institute (CRIG) from Monday 23 July to Friday 27 July. 19659002] It aimed to increase the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of African cashew experts throughout the value chain and thereby promote the competitiveness of the African cashew sector and focus on the development of improved plant material and the fight against pests and diseases. 19659002] Participants were 72 cashew experts from 11 countries – Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d 'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zambia "share knowledge discuss best practices and lessons learned and create national and regional networks for future collaboration. "
M. Nyarko said the Authority would be run by the private sector without government interference. In response to a question, he said that as a private sector industry, the future of the cashew industry was promising in Africa, highlighting that its production at Ghana would be considerably increased. This initiative was enhanced through joint government advice, the TICDA policy initiative that had the opportunity to advance the respective industries.
million. Nyarko said in a speech that the government has invested heavily in research and production. improved planting materials, citing that recently, under his flagship government "plant for the export program" the government would distribute more than 80,000 cashew seedlings He commended ComCashew for his help in creating the new planting materials. a nursery of 30,000 people in the Afrancho community in the North Offinso district, Ashanti region, adding that the nursery would help the country to
M. Nyarko commended the Wenchi Research Station and the CRIG for their continued key contributions to Ghana's position as a major producer of high-yielding planting material.
He emphasized that Ghana continues to support the African subregion has conducted extensive research on tree crops and the provision of improved plant material, indicating that Sierra Leone has benefited greatly from large supplies quantities of plants.
Ernest Mintah, CEO of ACA and Mr. Florian Winckler, Deputy Executive Director of ComCashew, also spoke on the program
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By Nana Osei Kyeretwie, GNA
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