The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Saturday unveiled its Manifesto for the December 7, 2020, general election.
The document, dubbed “Leadership of Service: Protecting our Progress, Transforming Ghana for All”, is geared towards consolidating the gains made during the period of the NPP government in office and throws light on the party’s plan to keep the country on the path of socio-economic development.
Below are the Party’s plans:
Agriculture:
We will accelerate:
• our efforts in modernizing agriculture along the entire value chain, including expanding our Agricultural Mechanisation Centres
• support for farmers through:
• increased supply of inputs
• enhanced involvement of farm extension officers to work with farmers and breeders
• increased disease control
• improved warehousing and post-harvest logistics, and
• tighter linkages with industry mainly through 1D1F diversification of export-oriented, large scale agricultural enterprises in cocoa, palm oil, legumes, cereals, rice and horticulture, poultry and meat for regional markets
• large-scale private sector investment in processing, packaging, and export of agricultural produce
• promotion of import substitution, with special focus on rice, sugar, and poultry by
• scaling up supply of improved seeds and fertilizers to farmers
• promoting consumption of locally produced rice, sugar, and poultry
• supporting the private sector under the Rearing for Food and Jobs (RFJ) policy with subsidized day-old chicks, feed, and vaccines
• supporting soya bean production for the production of poultry feed
• enhancement of small ruminant production with the supply of improved breeds of sheep and goats
• the successful implementation of the Greenhouse Village concept, focusing especially on the youth
• activities under the Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) with the rapid growth of the Ghana Tree Crop Development Authority (GTCDA)
• the development of the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam, and
• access to finance through subscription to the Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing Scheme for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) program to finance and de-risk private sector investments in farming and other agricultural value-chain activities.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
