The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Afriyie Owusu Akoto has revealed that the Ministry of Food and Agriculture will focus on strengthening the existing programs.
According to the Minister, the ministry will not come out with new policies in the second term of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.
Speaking to the media in Kumasi, Dr Afriyie Owusu added that the ruling NPP government have introduced a number of policy interventions to address the ailing sector.
The Agric Minister continued that a lot of successes have been achieved under the programs like Planting for Food and Export, Planting for Food and Jobs among several others initiated by the government.
The Planting for Food and Jobs, Planting for Export, Rearing for Food, Cocoa Hand Pollination and Free Distribution of Improve Seedlings to Domestic and Commercial farmers are what we intend to strengthen.
“These policies have ensured food security in the country enabling some local farmers to export some of their harvested produce such as maize, plantain, and vegetables to other neighboring countries of Ghana,” he said.
“The four years is not enough to expect a total transformation of Ghana’s agricultural sector”, Dr. Afriyie Akoto affirmed.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Solomon Nartey
