{"id":9513,"date":"2022-12-06T10:15:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/2022\/12\/06\/minister-for-agriculture-embark-on-working-tour-of-northern-sector\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T10:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:15:02","slug":"minister-for-agriculture-embark-on-working-tour-of-northern-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=9513","title":{"rendered":"Minister for Agriculture embark on working  tour of Northern Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As part of effort to encourage farmers to adopt modern farming methods, the Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has embarked on a working tour of the  northern sector of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visit, which is the last leg of the minister\u2019s regional working tour embarked upon early this year, will take him to Upper West, Upper East, North East, Savannah and Northern regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It follows the celebration of the Farmers Day celebration held in the Central Regional capital of Cape Coast on Friday, December 2, 2022. Accompanying the minister on his tour are national directors of the MoFA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing a staff durbar and stakeholders at the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council in Wa on Monday, December 5, 2022, Dr. Owusu Afriyie stated that he had already been to eleven (11) regions, adding that \u201cI am in the northern part of the country now to check agriculture matters; it is going to take about a week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG-20221206-WA0019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG-20221206-WA0019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG-20221206-WA0019-600x428.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI make it a point to visit each region in the country every year with all my directors to see how policies made in Accra have impacted on farmers outside Accra,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026from the Upper West, we will move to the Upper East to carry out same task over there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the issue of shortage of inorganic fertilisers, he reiterated that it was a global issue, hence entreated farmers in the region to adopt organic fertilisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Owusu Afriyie explained that the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) Market is an intervention by the government to help bring down the soaring prices of foodstuffs on the markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa00213883420466589360556.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa00213883420466589360556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa00213883420466589360556-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa00213883420466589360556-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa00213883420466589360556-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPrices of foodstuffs in the urban centres are ridiculous. We\u2019re in the middle of harvest and prices of foodstuffs are expected to be reduced but it\u2019s not so! We had to intervene, and honestly the PFJ Market [initiative] is doing well. We want to cut down prices of foodstuffs,\u201d he averred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the regional coordinating council, the minister and his entourage visited farm fields including Abu Dassan Ventures, agro processing experts, who deal in groundnut paste, Tombrown, \u2018banku\u2019 mix, ginger powder among others.<br \/>Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the minister\u2019s visit, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Abu Dassan Ventures, Mumuni Dassah Issah, lamented that his outfit\u2019s products only reach a few part of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBono East is where our sales are most generated. We are looking forward to ensure that our products get to every corner of the country,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, his company has advanced measures to collaborate with the MoFA \u201cso that some of our products will be given space on the PFJ Market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa0018719247604966893470.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa0018719247604966893470.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa0018719247604966893470-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa0018719247604966893470-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa0018719247604966893470-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur major challenges are lack of personnel, funding and infrastructure. We are appealing to the authorities to assist us with loan facilities at considerable interest rates to help us expand production and bring on board new projects,\u201d he appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, the Regional Director of Agriculture in Upper West, Emmanuel Sasu Yeboah, gave a presentation on the state of agriculture in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He underscored that agriculture is the main source of livelihood for inhabitants of Upper Wes, revealing that the sector employs about 80% of the rural dwellers in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe farmers mostly produce staple food crops such as maize, rice sorghum wheat, millet, cowpea, groundnut, yam etc\u2026,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he added that shea butter, \u2018dawadawa,\u2019 mango, cashew and cotton remain major economic crops grown in Upper West, and also livestock farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Sasu Yeboah indicated that both the PFJ and the RFJ were boosting farm yields in the region compared to previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAvailability of the soya bean thresher has boosted soya been production and I can say Upper West Region can produce soya for export,\u201d he optimistically expressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa0022815082450040862201.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa0022815082450040862201.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa0022815082450040862201-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa0022815082450040862201-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/img-20221206-wa0022815082450040862201-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source: Contributor<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of effort to encourage farmers to adopt modern farming methods, the Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has embarked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2332],"class_list":["post-9513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-minister-for-agric-owusu-afriyie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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