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By Iddi Yire, GNA
Accra, March 22, GNA – Central West Africa
for the Improvement of Crops (WACCI) of the University of Ghana, will collaborate with
all actors in the maize value chain to stop maize imports into Ghana.
Professor Eric Danquah, founder of WACCI
Director said that in the context of efforts to ensure food security in the country, the
The African Union Commission and the European Union financed the activities of the Center.
proposal on four staple crops, including corn, amounting to one million
dollars.
Prof Danquah expressing himself at the opening of a
two days on the maize value chain at the University of Ghana in Accra, said
Ghana had to use modern technology in agriculture to
improve agriculture.
The two-day workshop nicknamed: "Public-private
Partnership for the sustainable intensification of maize production with a view to
Value Chain of Cultures ", brings together more than 70 participants.
Attendees at the workshop included
academics, researchers, governmental and non-governmental organizations,
farmers, farmer groups, market women and agricultural product manufacturers
products and equipment.
The main issues to be discussed include maize
production, processing, transport, storage and marketing.
The workshop aims to have an impact on maize
Value chain for Ghana's economic prosperity, in the quest for
Second Sustainable Development Goal: "Eliminate hunger, ensure food security and
improvement of nutrition and promotion of sustainable agriculture ".
"Modern technologies are not the quick fix
ball for the woes that plague agriculture, they become an important
component of the breeder's toolbox. "
"Africa can not be left behind in the use of
science and big data to revolutionize its agriculture and the way we capture,
prepare and store the data needed for agricultural development should be
revolutionized, "said Professor Danquah.
He stated that the need for efficiency and
efficiency in the development of resilient, high-yielding and nutritious
cultures calls for the use of modern science in plant breeding because "we could not
Cover your bets based on strangers. "
He said that the population of Ghana was increasing
at least twice as much as agricultural growth; stating that "common sense
suggests that life can be more difficult if we do things as usual.
"The Ghanaian population could reach about 38 million
by 2030, when we expect to achieve SDG2: Zero Hunger and we ask ourselves
if we could meet the food preferences of urbanized Ghana.
That's why we urgently need the political will to transform the institutions
for food and nutrition security, "he added.
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